Kill Your Own

Last updated

Kill Your Own
KillYourOwn.jpg
Studio album by
Released20 March 2006
RecordedKore Studios, London
Mid-Late 2005
Genre Alternative rock
Label V2
Hundred Reasons chronology
Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge
(2004)
Kill Your Own
(2006)
Quick the Word, Sharp the Action
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg[ citation needed ]

Kill Your Own is the third studio album by British-based rock band Hundred Reasons, released on 20 March 2006, on V2 Records. This is last album to feature guitarist Paul Townsend and the first to feature guitarist Larry Hibbitt as producer.

Contents

Guitarist and producer Larry Hibbitt stated that the album is:

"Quite an angry record. There are quite a few twisted moments and Colin's lyrics are a lot darker than before. At first the name seemed weird but after a while it just sort of made sense. It was the one that we just kept coming back to. It's a song about purposefully being a cunt to the people that you really love. It's when you really fuck people over, even when they're some of your closest mates." [1]

Producer of band's previous two albums, Dave Sardy, mixed three tracks on the album, as well as b-side, "Casual Friday". According to bassist Andy Gilmour "Casual Friday" was omitted from the album because Hibbitt put an "irritating keyboard" on the song.

Many of the songs on Kill Your Own were debuted during their 2005 Winter tour of the UK's Barfly venues. Those who attended the shows were given a free CD, Singles Club 3, which included "Feed the Fire" alongside other tracks from support bands, Brigade and Orko.

In 2005, "No Pretending" was released in demo form from their official website. Demos of "Kill Your Own" and "This Mess" were also later made available before the album's release.

Kill Your Own entered the UK Albums Chart at #79, and entered the BBC Radio 1 Rock Chart at #3.

Track listing

  1. "Broken Hands" – 3:37
  2. "Kill Your Own" – 3:45
  3. "Destroy" – 3:22
  4. "The Chance" – 3:32
  5. "The Perfect Gift" – 3:50
  6. "Live Fast, Die Ugly" – 2:32
  7. "Feed The Fire" – 3:49
  8. "This Mess" – 3:52
  9. "A Better Way?" – 2:04
  10. "No Pretending" – 4:33
  11. "Breathe Again" – 6:43

B-sides

Singles released

Personnel

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sixpence None the Richer</span> American alternative rock band

Sixpence None the Richer is an American Christian alternative rock band that formed in New Braunfels, Texas, and eventually settled in Nashville, Tennessee. They are best known for their songs "Kiss Me" and "Breathe Your Name" and their covers of "Don't Dream It's Over" and "There She Goes". The name of the band is inspired by a passage from the book Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Gilmour</span> English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

David Jon Gilmour is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979), and The Final Cut (1983). By the early 1980s, they had become one of the highest-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history; by 2012, they had sold more than 250 million records worldwide, including 75 million in the United States. Following the departure of Roger Waters in 1985, Pink Floyd continued under Gilmour's leadership and released three more studio albums.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">In the Flesh (Roger Waters tour)</span> Series of concert tours by Roger Waters

In The Flesh was a series of worldwide concert tours by Roger Waters that spanned three individual tours over the course of three years. Returning from a 12-year-long hiatus from the road, In The Flesh was a showcase of his best known work from his days with Pink Floyd, with that material dominating shows. Songs were also performed from Waters' most recently released solo album, 1992's Amused to Death, being played live for the first time. The tour's name is an allusion to the 1977 Pink Floyd tour for the Animals album, as well as the two songs so titled on the album The Wall.

Larry Wallis was an English guitarist, songwriter and producer. He was best known as a member of the Pink Fairies and an early member of Motörhead.

<i>David Gilmour</i> (album) 1978 studio album by David Gilmour

David Gilmour is the debut solo studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour. The album was released in May and June 1978 in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. The album reached number 17 in the UK and number 29 on the Billboard US album charts; it was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. The album was produced by Gilmour, and consists mostly of blues and guitar-oriented rock songs, except for the piano-dominated ballad "So Far Away".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Time (Pink Floyd song)</span> 1973 song by Pink Floyd

"Time" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It is included as the fourth track on their eighth album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and was released as a single in the United States. Bassist Roger Waters wrote the lyrics, and the music is credited to all four band members. Keyboardist Richard Wright shares lead vocals alongside guitarist David Gilmour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hundred Reasons</span> English alternative rock band

Hundred Reasons are an English alternative rock band from Aldershot, Hampshire, and Teddington, South West London, formed in 1999. The band consists of Colin Doran (vocals), Larry Hibbitt, Andy Gilmour (bass) and Andy Bews (drums).

<i>Ideas Above Our Station</i> 2002 studio album by Hundred Reasons

Ideas Above Our Station is the first studio album by the English alternative rock band, Hundred Reasons, released on 20 May 2002 on Columbia Records. The album reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart and is the band's most commercially successful album to date.

<i>Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge</i> 2004 studio album by Hundred Reasons

Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge is the second studio album by British-based rock band Hundred Reasons, released on 1 March 2004, through Columbia Records.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raging Speedhorn</span> British heavy metal band

Raging Speedhorn are a British heavy metal band, founded in Corby, Northamptonshire.

"Breathe " is a song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It appears on their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Just Surrender</span> American rock band

Just Surrender is an American rock band from Dover Plains, New York, formerly known as A Second Chance, formed by three high school friends: Jason "Jay" Maffucci, Andy Meunier and Steve Miller. The vocalist/guitarist Dan Simons, formerly of The Record Collection, joined the original three and it was a four-piece until 2008. The band is known for the up-beat mood in its music and for not having a lead vocalist, but rather having two vocalists who "share the spotlight". The group has released three studio albums and one EP.

David Stuart Sardy, more commonly known as D. Sardy, is an American composer, musician, songwriter, and multiple Grammy winning record producer. He came to prominence as the leader of 1990s noise rock band Barkmarket before turning mostly to production work, often with alternative rock, hard rock, electronic related genres, and then to scoring films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Dark Side of the Moon Live</span> 2006–08 concert tour by Roger Waters

The Dark Side of the Moon Live was a worldwide concert tour by Roger Waters, lasting two years. Waters and his band performed the titular album in its entirety at each show, beginning at the Rock in Rio festival on 2 June 2006.

<i>Quick the Word, Sharp the Action</i> 2007 studio album by Hundred Reasons

Quick the Word, Sharp the Action is the fourth studio album by British-based rock band Hundred Reasons, released on 15 October 2007, on V2. The album was recorded in Riga, Latvia, and is the first to feature guitarist Ben Doyle, following the departure of founding member Paul Townsend in 2006. Quick the Word, Sharp the Action was re-released on 20 April 2009.

<i>Return to the Dark Side of the Moon</i> 2006 studio album (tribute album) by Billy Sherwood

Return to the Dark Side of the Moon is a tribute album organised by Billy Sherwood, and released in 2006 on Purple Pyramid. It is a re-creation of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, and a sequel to Sherwood's Back Against the Wall, itself a re-creation of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Return to the Dark Side of the Moon, in addition includes an original piece composed by Sherwood in the style of the original album.

<i>Live at Freakscene</i> 2005 live album by Hundred Reasons

Live at Freakscene is the second live album by English alternative rock band Hundred Reasons, released on 26 September 2005 on Secret Records. The album was recorded at The Lemon Grove, at Exeter University. An accompanying live DVD of this performance was also issued.

Larry Hibbitt is a record producer from Wandsworth, London. He was guitarist/vocalist in the post-hardcore band Hundred Reasons. As a writer/producer he has worked with Nothing but Thieves, Marmozets, Sundara Karma, Saint Raymond, High Tyde, Pretty Vicious, Don Broco, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Sea Girls, Full colour, Valeras, Cortes, Geowulf, Norma Jean Martine, BLOXX and Sophie Jamieson.

<i>The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets</i> 2014 studio album by Marmozets

The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets is the debut studio album by the English alternative rock band Marmozets. It was released by Roadrunner Records on 29 September 2014. The album was very well received by music critics, receiving a 9/10 score from Metal Hammer upon release, and winning the Kerrang! Award for Best Album in 2015. In July 2016, Metal Hammer placed the album 70th in their list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century so far.

Michael Messer is an English singer, songwriter, slide guitarist, recording artist, producer, guitar designer/manufacturer. He is noteworthy for his ability to combine acoustic and electric National slide and lap steel guitar into his playing style. The American magazine Spirit listed Messer as one of the greatest slide guitarists alongside Duane Allman and Ry Cooder.

References

  1. Rauf, Raziq (9 February 2006). "Hundred Reasons: not out / In Depth // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.