Money and Celebrity

Money and Celebrity
Money and Celebrity
Studio album by The Subways
Released	18 September 2011
Recorded	2010
Genre	Alternative rock ; post-grunge ; punk rock ; post-punk revival ;
Length	37:45
Label	Cooking Vinyl, Warner Bros.
Producer	Stephen Street
The Subways chronology
Singles from Money and Celebrity
	"We Don't Need Money To Have A Good Time"; Released: 11 September 2011; "It's A Party"; Released: 2 January 2012; "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"; Released: 7 May 2012;

Last updated May 20, 2024

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Gigwise	^[2]
The Fly	^[3]
The Music Fix	^[4]
The Music Service	^[5]
NME	^[6]

Money and Celebrity is the third studio album by English rock trio The Subways, produced by Stephen Street. It was released on 18 September 2011.^[7] The making of the album was fan funded with fans pledging on exclusive offers made by the band through their PledgeMusic campaign. A percentage of money made was donated to charity (Clic Sargent) and the online updates meant the band discussed artwork designs and tracks directly with their fans as the album was put together. Pledges included "Gold passes" to every show the band played, exclusive acoustic performances, signed lyric sheets, limited run T-shirt designs and many more. The album was then licensed to Warner for Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland and Japan and label services provided by Cooking Vinyl for the UK and ROW.

Singles

"It's a Party" was released on the Subways official website as the first preview of the album.
"We Don't Need Money To Have A Good Time" was released as the first single from the album on 11 September 2011.^[8] Although the song failed to chart, it spent many weeks on the A-list for BBC Radio 1 and received considerable airplay as a result.
"It's a Party" was released as an official single on 2 January 2012 and B-listed by BBC Radio 1 .^[9]
"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" was released on 7 May 2012 as the third single from the album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Billy Lunn & The Subways

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's A Party"	3:26
2.	"We Don't Need Money to Have a Good Time"	3:13
3.	"Celebrity"	3:24
4.	"I Wanna Dance with You"	3:04
5.	"Popdeath"	3:23
6.	"Like I Love You"	2:52
7.	"Money"	3:37
8.	"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"	3:01
9.	"Down Our Street"	2:44
10.	"Rumour"	3:10
11.	"Friday"	2:42
12.	"Leave My Side"	3:09

All tracks are written by Billy Lunn

Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Latest Story (Japanese Bonus Track)"	3:39
14.	"Varsity Fox (Japanese Bonus Track)"	2:53
15.	"The Devil and Me (iTunes Bonus Track)"	3:28
16.	"Heartbreaker (Bonus Demo Track)"	3:06
17.	"Massive Adventures (Bonus Demo Track)"	3:09

History

During the period between the previous album All Or Nothing and the current one, the band created around 50 songs and decided against using them for the latest installment. Billy began writing for the album when he and some friends of his went to a local pub, they had just lost their jobs due to the current climate in the economy. Whilst they were drinking Billy found that he had no more money left for drinks and one of his friends said "Billy, we don't need money to have a good time" and from there Billy ran home and for the first time wrote the lyrics to a song before the music.^{[ citation needed ]} From 12 September 2011, NME Magazine began streaming the album in its entirety. On 15 September, the band let PledgeMusic customers download their version of the album, posing the question of which track was to be the next single from the LP.

Charts

Upon release, the album reached #43 in the UK Albums Chart and #16 in Germany's official charts, the Media Control Charts.^{[ citation needed ]}

Personnel

The Subways — Music on all tracks
Billy Lunn — Guitar, vocals, lyrics on all tracks except for track 4
Charlotte Cooper — Bass, vocals
Josh Morgan — Drums
Stephen Street — Mixed and Produced all of the album except for track 2
Adrian Bushby - Mixed and Produced track 2 (We Don't Need Money To Have A Good Time)
Jason Perry and Daniel P. Carter;— Co-songwriters on track four.

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References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Gigwise review
↑ "The Fly review". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
↑ The Music Fix review
↑ The Music Service Review Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ NME Review
↑ "Money and Celebrity by the Subways". iTunes . 18 September 2011.
↑ "We Don't Need Money to Have a Good Time - EP by the Subways". iTunes . 11 September 2011.
↑ "It's a Party - EP by the Subways". iTunes . January 2012.

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[1] Allmusic review

[2] Gigwise review

[3] "The Fly review". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2011.

[4] The Music Fix review

[5] The Music Service Review Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[6] NME Review

[7] "Money and Celebrity by the Subways". iTunes . 18 September 2011.

[8] "We Don't Need Money to Have a Good Time - EP by the Subways". iTunes . 11 September 2011.

[9] "It's a Party - EP by the Subways". iTunes . January 2012.

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v t e The Subways
Billy Lunn Charlotte Cooper Camille Phillips Josh Morgan
Studio albums	Young for Eternity All or Nothing Money and Celebrity
EPs	The Platypus I Lost You to the City Summertime Rock & Roll Queen No Heart No Soul Young for Eternity At 1AM Milk Mary Live at Birmingham Academy The Live Videos Live and Acoustic in Magdeburg
Singles	"1am" "Oh Yeah" "Rock & Roll Queen" "With You" "No Goodbyes" "Girls & Boys" "Alright" "I Won't Let You Down" "We Don't Need Money to Have a Good Time" "It's a Party"
Compilation albums	Glastonbury Unsigned 2004 Music from the OC: Mix 5 Transgressive Singles Collection Vol.1 Rescue Me (Soundtrack) Charlie Bartlett (Soundtrack) RocknRolla (Soundtrack) Die Welle (Soundtrack)
Discography