| The New Transistor Heroes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 7 April 1997 | |||
| Studio | Apollo (Glasgow) | |||
| Genre | Pop punk [1] | |||
| Length | 53:52 | |||
| Label | Wiiija | |||
| Producer | Rik Flick | |||
| Bis chronology | ||||
| ||||
The New Transistor Heroes is the debut studio album by the Scottish band Bis. [2] It was released on 7 April 1997.
The intro to the opening song "Tell It to the Kids" was recorded by a friend of the band, Mark Percival, credited in the album notes as Marky P.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ [3] |
| NME | 7/10 [4] |
| Pitchfork | 8.6/10 [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| Select | 1/5 [7] |
| The Village Voice | A− [8] |
| Wall of Sound | 71/100 [9] |
The Independent wrote: "The group Bis most resemble, in style and sound, is X-Ray Spex, but it's a resemblance bereft of any acknowledgement of what it means to mimic those attitudes in the late Nineties. Not only is the music a shrill imitation of late-Seventies punk ... but the targets are punk targets, too." [1]
All tracks are written by Bis
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tell It to the Kids" | 3:06 |
| 2. | "Sweet Shop Avengerz" | 2:41 |
| 3. | "Starbright Boy" | 3:39 |
| 4. | "Popstar Kill" | 2:33 |
| 5. | "Mr. Important" | 3:01 |
| 6. | "Antiseptic Poetry" | 3:05 |
| 7. | "Popyura" | 1:57 |
| 8. | "Skinny Tie SenSurround" | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Poster Parent" | 2:07 |
| 10. | "Monstarr" | 3:10 |
| 11. | "Everybody Thinks That They're Going to Get Theirs" | 2:29 |
| 12. | "Rebel Soul" | 5:02 |
| 13. | "Photoshop" | 3:09 |
| 14. | "X-Defect" | 3:09 |
| 15. | "Lie Detector Test" | 3:44 |
| 16. | "Dinosaur Germs" | 1:49 |
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) [10] | 19 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] | 50 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [12] | 55 |
In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically one or two tracks. A single can be released for sale to the public in a variety of physical or digital formats. Singles may be standalone tracks or connected to an artist's album, and in the latter case would often have at least one single release before the album itself, called lead singles.
An extended play (EP) is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes. An EP is usually less cohesive than an album and more "non-committal".
Bis are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark, John Clark, and Amanda MacKinnon, formed in 1994. The band's name, rhyming with 'this', derives from "black iron skyline", a lyric from the song "Twilight of a Champion" by The The.
Low-Life is the third studio album by English pop group New Order, released on 13 May 1985 by Factory Records. It is considered to be among the band's strongest work, displaying the moment they completed their transformation from post-punk hold-overs to dance-rockers. The album shows New Order's increased incorporation of synthesisers and samplers, while still preserving the rock elements of their earlier work. The original Factory CD issues of the album were mastered with pre-emphasis.
Homework is the debut studio album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 20 January 1997 by Virgin Records and Soma Quality Recordings. It was released in the US on 25 March 1997.
Discovery is the second studio album by the former French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 12 March 2001 by Virgin Records. It marked a shift from the Chicago house of their first album, Homework (1997), to a house style more heavily inspired by disco, post-disco, garage house, and R&B. Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk described Discovery as an exploration of song structures, musical forms and childhood nostalgia, compared to the "raw" electronic music of Homework.
In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a song or a piece of audio that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, LP record, or other recorded medium, in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener. In some cases, the piece of music may simply have been left off the track listing, while in other cases, more elaborate methods are used. In rare cases, a 'hidden track' is actually the result of an error that occurred during the mastering stage production of the recorded media. However, since the rise of digital and streaming services such as iTunes and Spotify in the late 2000s and early 2010s, the inclusion of hidden tracks has declined on studio albums.
Return to Central is the third studio album by the Scottish pop group Bis. It was released in 2001 and includes the single "The End Starts Today".
Intendo is a compilation album by Scottish rock band Bis. It is a collection of non-album tracks plus one new song as a gift to the American market. It was released on both CD and 12-inch vinyl.
Atom-Powered Action! is an EP by the Scottish indie pop band Bis, release in 1996 by Wiiija Records. It was released on 7 inch vinyl, cassette tape and compact disc. One song on the EP, "Starbright Boy" would show up on their debut album The New Transistor Heroes in 1997.
New Forms is the debut studio album by British drum and bass group Roni Size & Reprazent. It was released on 23 June 1997 through Talkin' Loud, and later re-released by Mercury Records and Universal Music Group. The album was released to critical and commercial success, winning the 1997 Mercury Prize, certifying platinum in the UK, and often being cited as their magnum opus.
Social Dancing is the second studio album by the Scottish musical trio Bis, released in 1999.
The Business were an English punk band formed in 1979 in Lewisham, South London, England. The band lasted for four decades until their frontman Micky Fitz died from cancer in December 2016.
Glaxo Babies are a Bristol-based post-punk band, formed in late 1977. There were three distinct phases in the band's life and after initially breaking up in 1980, they reformed in 1985, only to finally break up again in 1990. The band reformed once again in 2015 for the Un-Peeled 2015 event with Steve Street on bass and Tony Wrafter's son Oscar on vocals.
"Nine in the Afternoon" is a song by the American rock band Panic at the Disco, and the lead single from the group's second album Pretty. Odd.. It was the band's first song release that did not include the exclamation mark at the end of the "Panic" in the group's name.
Real to Reel is the first live album by the British neo-prog band Marillion, released in November 1984. It was co-produced by Simon Hanhart who had mixed the first two studio albums and co-produced the studio version of "Cinderella Search".
Amanda MacKinnon, better known by her stage name Manda Rin, is a Scottish singer, artist and songwriter. She is the singer, drummer and keyboardist of the Scottish indie rock band Bis, later fronted the Kitchen and also released a solo album. She also co-hosted a radio show on BBC Scotland called Air.
John Clark is a Scottish record producer, sound engineer and songwriter. He started out his career as a member of the band Bis, and has worked in the recording studio with Fangs, Franz Ferdinand, Stevie Jackson, Linus Loves and Mylo.
Drastic Cinematic is an LP by the American synthpop/electropop band Hyperbubble from German label Pure Pop For Now People. Guest vocals on the title track were provided by Aidan Casserly of Empire State Human, with whom the band would later work on the single, "Aidan Casserly Vs. Hyperbubble". The song "Geometry" included vocals by Manda Rin of the Scottish bands Bis and Data Panik as well as sampled sounds from her cat, Akiko. The song was later reprised in a second collaboration with the singer on the EP Hyperbubble + Manda Rin.
Hyperbubble + Manda Rin is an EP released by German label Pure Pop For Now People. It debuted as a CD and digital download on February 14, 2013 in the U.S. The recording was the second collaboration between the American synthpop/electropop duo Hyperbubble and Manda Rin of the Scottish bands Bis and Data Panik.
