Are You Normal?
1992 studio album by Ned's Atomic Dustbin
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Are You Normal? is the second studio album by English rock band Ned's Atomic Dustbin, released on 3 November 1992 by Columbia Records.[3] It features the band's biggest American hit "Not Sleeping Around", which hit the top of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.[4]
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| Released | 3 November 1992 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 40:44[1] | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Andy Wallace | |||
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Music
Are You Normal? shows the band scaling back on the dual-bass, "punk-pop"-informed grebo sound of their debut album in order to "let the dynamics of the basses soak through the rush of power chords that dominate their early work."[5] It also shows the band beginning to work with electronics, sampling and "ultramodern production" that the band would continue to explore in their later work.[5] AllMusic said the result is "an almost bouncy, bright album, full of great hooks and lyrical cleverness."[5]
Track listing
- "Suave And Suffocated"
- "Walking Through Syrup"
- "Legoland"
- "Swallowing Air"
- "Who Goes First?"
- "Tantrum"
- "Not Sleeping Around"
- "You Don't Want To Do That"
- "A Leg End in His Own Boots"
- "Two And Two Made Five"
- "Fracture"
- "Spring"
- "Intact"[1]
Personnel
- Matt Cheslin – bass
- Alex Griffin – bass, vocals
- Jonn Penney – vocals
- Rat – guitar, vocals
- Dan Warton – drums
- Andy Wallace – producer, mixing, engineer
- Steve Sisco – mixing assistant
- Darren Galer – assistant engineer
- Steve Gullick – photography, snaps
- Leigh Smiler – lyricist, lettering
- Helga – design[6]
Charts
Samples
The song "Suave and Suffocated" contains a sample of a monologue by Dennis Hopper in the movie Apocalypse Now.