Nuisance (album)

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Nuisance
Menswear Nuisance.jpg
Studio album by
Menswear
Released24 October 1995
Genre Britpop
Length48:54
Label Laurel/London
Producer Neill King
Menswear chronology
Nuisance
(1995)		¡Hay Tiempo!
(1998)
Singles from Nuisance
  1. "I'll Manage Somehow"
    Released: 3 April 1995
  2. "Daydreamer"
    Released: 19 June 1995
  3. "Stardust"
    Released: 18 September 1995
  4. "Sleeping In"
    Released: 27 November 1995
  5. "Being Brave"
    Released: 11 March 1996

Nuisance is the debut studio album by British rock band Menswear, released on 24 October 1995 by Laurel/London Records. [1] The album was preceded by "I'll Manage Somehow", "Daydreamer" and "Stardust"; the former charted in the top fifty while the latter two charted in the top 20. [2] The album peaked at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart. [2]

Contents

Production

All the material for Nuisance was written by Johnny Dean, Chris Gentry, Simon White, Matt Everitt and Stuart Black. The album was produced by Neill King.

Release

Preceding the album, "I'll Manage Somehow" peaked at number 49 in the UK. [2] This was followed up by "Daydreamer" and ""Stardust", charting at number 14 and number 16 respectively. [2] Nuisance was released on 24 October 1995 by the label Laurel and peaked at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart. [2] [nb 1] "Sleeping In" reached number 24 and "Being Brave" charted at number 10. [2]

Reception

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In a retrospective article about Britpop, Huffington Post writer Kayley Kravitz wrote that while Nuisance "stands up as a great Britpop record" it sound "[d]ated [...] but essential Britpop nonetheless." [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Johnny Dean, Chris Gentry, Simon White, Matt Everitt and Stuart Black.

  1. "125 West 3rd Street" – 3:06
  2. "I'll Manage Somehow" – 2:35
  3. "Sleeping In" – 4:42
  4. "Little Miss Pinpoint Eyes" – 2:07
  5. "Daydreamer" – 2:16
  6. "Hollywood Girl" – 2:18
  7. "Being Brave" – 4:02
  8. "Around You Again" – 3:23
  9. "The One" – 3:43
  10. "Stardust" – 2:55
  11. "Piece of Me" – 3:03
  12. "Stardust (reprise)" – 14:39
    Includes hidden track "Bones and Red Meat", which lasts for 3:20

Personnel

References

Footnotes
  1. ↑ UK Laurel 828 676 2
Citations
  1. ↑ Sprague, David (23 September 1995). "London's Menswear latest U.K. fashion". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 38. p. 23.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "MENSWEAR". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Nuisance Menswear". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Pattenden, Siân (11 October 1995). "Albums". Smash Hits . p. 65. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Kravitz, Kayley (29 July 2012). "Revisiting Britpop in 2012". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
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