| Expecting to Fly | |||||
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| Studio album by The Bluetones | |||||
| Released | 12 February 1996 (UK) | ||||
| Recorded | 1996 | ||||
| Genre | Britpop | ||||
| Label | Superior Quality Recordings/A&M Records | ||||
| Producer | Hugh Jones | ||||
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Expecting to Fly is the debut album by The Bluetones. It was released on 12 February, 1996 on Universal Records, and knocked Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory? off the number 1 spot in the UK album charts. Its offspring singles were "Bluetonic", a "Slight Return" and a "Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock" double-A side.
Track listing
All tracks written by Morriss, Chesters, Devlin, Morriss unless otherwise stated.
- "Talking To Clarry" - 6:52
- "Bluetonic" - 4:08 (Morriss, Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Mitchell)
- "Cut Some Rug" - 4:32
- "Things Change" - 5:38
- "The Fountainhead" - 4:35
- "Carnt Be Trusted" - 3:50
- "Slight Return" - 3:21
- "Putting Out Fires" - 6:22
- "Vampire" - 4:32
- "A Parting Gesture" - 4:40
- "Time & Again" - 5:09
| The Bluetones |
| Mark Morriss | Adam Devlin | Scott Morriss | Eds Chesters | Richard Payne |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Expecting to Fly | Return to the Last Chance Saloon | Science & Nature | Luxembourg | The Bluetones |
| Singles: Slight Return/The Fountainhead | Are You Blue or Are You Blind? | Bluetonic | Slight Return (reissue) | Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock | Slight Return | Marblehead Johnson | Solomon Bites the Worm | If... | Sleazy Bed Track | 4-Day Weekend | Keep the Home Fires Burning | Autophilia | After Hours | Fast Boy/Liquid Lips | Never Going Nowhere | My Neighbour's House | Head on a Spike | Surrendered |
| EPs: A Bluetones Companion | Mudslide | Serenity Now |
| Compilations: Are You Blind? | The Singles | A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95 - 03 | The Early Garage Years |
| Live: BBC Radio Sessions | Once Upon a Time in West Twelve |
| Videos/DVDs: Mondo Concerto | Blue Movies | Beat About the Bush |
