Ideas Above Our Station

Ideas Above Our Station
Studio album by Hundred Reasons
Released May 20, 2002
Recorded The Magic Shop, New York City
Mission Sound, Brooklyn
Genre Alternative rock, Emo, Post-Hardcore
Length 38:41
Label Columbia
Producer Dave Sardy
Hundred Reasons chronology
Ideas Above Our Station
(2002)		 Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge
(2004)Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Drowned in Sound [2]
entertainment.ie [3]
NME [4]
The Guardian [5]


Ideas Above Our Station is the first studio album by the English alternative rock band, Hundred Reasons, released on May 20, 2002, on Columbia Records. The album reached #6 in the UK album chart and is the band's most commercially successful album to date.

In 2012, the band got together after a three-year break to celebrate the album's ten-year anniversary.

Artwork

The album cover art is a stylised photograph of the Lloyd's Building in London.

Track listing

  1. "I'll Find You"
  2. "Answers"
  3. "Dissolve"
  4. "What Thought Did"
  5. "If I Could"
  6. "Falter"
  7. "Shine"
  8. "Drowning"
  9. "Oratorio"
  10. "Silver"
  11. "Gone Too Far"
  12. "Avalanche"

The Japanese version of the album contained two extra songs, "Remmus" and "No.5".

Personnel

  • Andy Bews - drums
  • Colin Doran - lead vocals, keyboard
  • Andy Gilmour - bass guitar
  • Larry Hibbitt - guitar, vocals, lead vocals (chorus of "Shine")
  • Paul Townsend - guitar, vocals, lead vocals (verses of "Silver")
  • Dave Sardy - producer
  • Greg Fidelman - engineering
  • Greg Gordon - editing, additional engineering
  • Juan Garcia - second engineer
  • Peter - second engineer
  • Jennifer Paola - production coordinator
  • Stephen Marcussen - mastering
  • Stewart Whitmore - digital editing
  • Steve Gullick - photography
  • Dave Goodchild - photography
  • Mark Unwin / Precesssion Industries - design, illustration

Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
position		 Certification Sales
UK Albums Chart[6] 6 Gold

Charting singles

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "epThree" ("I'll Find You") UK Singles Chart 37
2002 "If I Could" UK Singles Chart 19
2002 "Silver" UK Singles Chart 15
2002 "Falter" UK Singles Chart 38

References

  1. ↑ DiGravina, Tim. Ideas Above Our Station at AllMusic
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  4. ↑ #27 in NME Albums Of The Year
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  6. ↑ "Official Charts - Hundred Reasons - Ideas Above Our Station". Official Charts. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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