A lemez borítója
| 1. |
"Responsible Citizen" (The track was known as Hard Rock after being partially written in early 2007 at a Hard Rock Cafe.) |
3:34 |
| 2. |
"Steve McQueen" (Originally written and performed with Alex Pennie. Frank Turner, Chris T-T, Butch Walker provide gang vocals.) |
3:42 |
| 3. |
"Accessories" (Written around the same time as Steve McQueen, Secret Police and Responsible Citizen, the track was originally a lot longer however the band "hacked bits out of it" to make it shorter, the track is also confirmed that it will never be a single.) |
3:59 |
| 4. |
"Magazines" (Originally known as "Kings of Holey", sung primarily by Paul Mullen, the song is the second single from the album, and has to do with how we are manipulated by the media.) |
3:59 |
| 5. |
"This Ship" (Originally known as "Paul Harris", the track is the first one that was written with Paul Mullen) |
3:59 |
| 6. |
"In The Mountains" (Originally known as "Arjans", after a sandwich shop in Cardiff, parodying track "Raoul" from the bands first album.) |
4:31 |
| 7. |
"This Is A Fix" (The tittle track of the record, the track is partly to do with the war in Iraq, as well as dealing with manipulation, sung by primarily Mullen, with singer/bassist Rob Hawkins playing an Alesis Micron and photographer Peter Hill playing bass live, the track was the first one to be released for free digital download on July 30, 2008.) |
3:45 |
| 8. |
"Bad Guy" (Bassist/singer Rob came up with the lead riff on the computer, and later at a house party in Beverly Hills the band attended, they were asked by Barbara Broccoli, the daughter of Albert R. Broccoli, to come up with a James Bond theme tune, so using the riff Hawkins had come up with earlier in the year, the track is about the Bad Guys in spy films because the band felt they were more interesting than the good guy. Frost also has noted they never intended to use the chorus because they though they were stupid, however eventually got used to them and forgot.) |
3:45 |
| 9. |
"Sleepwalking" (Originally known as "Millennium Stadium", The track is about Jan Grzebski a polish man who awoke from his coma after 19 years in 2007, the track was originally titled Millennium Stadium as the band felt it sounded like a Stadium rock song.) |
3:41 |
| 10. |
"Secret Police" (Originally known as "Revolution", Originally recorded in 2006 with former Keyboardist Alex Pennie, and set to be released along with Steve McQueen in early 2007, instead was re-recorded with Mullen, along with Steve McQueen, however the track was still performed live throughout 2007 with keyboardist Pennie. The track is about something going on behind your back.) |
3:00 |
| 11. |
"Make the Mistakes" (Influenced by Kings of Leon's use of echoing guitars, the tracks main riffs were originally from Paul Mullen, it was also one of the last tracks to be written.) |
4:05 |
| 12. |
"Light Entertainment" (Originally known as "Seven Eight", Recorded in Cardiff the track with recorded as a instrumentally as a live track, the riff is a 7.8 timing, thus leading to its original tittle Seven Eight) |
3:33 |
43 perc
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Vannak olyan dalok, amiket ha egyszer meghallunk, akkor soha nem fogjuk elfelejteni, évek múlva is énekeljük ha meghalljuk valahol, és talán ez az igazi sláger definíciója. Persze a sláger lehet jó, középszerű, és nagyon gyenge is, de szerencsére a wales-i The Automatic és Monster című kislemezük mindenképp az első kategóriába tartozik. A Not Accepted Anywhere-en persze a Monster mellett még jópár hatalmas indie sláger is van, amiket szintén érdemes megismerni, ha valaki még nem tette meg. Most pedig itt az új lemez, és mivel már ismerem a wales-iek életművét, így nekilátok az új lemez meghallgatásának, mely a This Is a Fix címet kapta. Ami az előző lemezen a Monster volt, az most a Steve McQueen, és most itt nem akarok hasonlítgatni, mert a maga módján mindkettő remek dal, bár az új kislemezdalt többször kell meghallgatni, hogy ugyanúgy megfogja az embert, mint elődje. Az Automatic szinte az összes mostanában divatos zenei műfajt belesűrítette ebbe a rapszodikus, rendkívül sok váltással telepakolt dalba, van itt amcsi rock, new rave, emo, indie, amit összehozni nem éppen veszélytelen próbálkozás, de sikeresen vették az akadályt. A számok felépítése inkább amerikai, de a zene mégis teljes egészében brit. Ha hasonló zenekart akarunk keresni, akkor az Idlewild-ot lehet megemlíteni, de a Manic Street Preachers és az Ash hatása is érezhető. Steve McQueen, In the Mountains, Sleepwalking, Magazines, In the Mountains, This Ship, Accessories, ezek mind olyan slágerek, amiket mindannyian szívesen énekelnénk egy pubban, valahol a ködös albionban.
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AJÁNLOM AZ OLDALT
