Shatterproof Is Not A Challenge

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Shatterproof Is Not A Challenge
Studio album by Hundred Reasons
Released	1st March, 2004
Recorded	Magic Shop, New York City
Genre	Alternative
Length	39:48
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	D. Sardy
Professional reviews
Kerrang! (3/5) Q (4/5)
Hundred Reasons chronology
Ideas Above Our Station 2002	Shatterproof Is Not A Challenge 2004	Live Bootleg 2004

Shatterproof Is Not A Challenge is the second album by British based rock band, Hundred Reasons. The album is generally not as well received by fans and critics as their debut Ideas Above Our Station, however, it has contains fan favourites such as "Harmony" and "Pop" which are played at shows to great enthusiasm from audiences.

Five months prior to the album's release, the single "The Great Test" was released in November 2003 and in February the following year, "What You Get". A video was also made for "Harmony" but no single release.

Shatterproof did not sell as well as their debut album, leading their record label, Columbia Records, to drop them. The band would later sign with V2 Records.

On the official Hundred Reasons message board, guitarist Paul Townsend responded to a poll asking which of the band's two albums were better: "I think this topic might be easer to anwser if I wasn't in the band. Both albums had there ups and downs, good and bad memories. I was much more confident with Shatterproof. With Ideas we were doing everything for the first time, we learned a lot. With Shatterproof we were so kean to move forward we never really focused on the things we got rite (silly buggers). I think we got bits rite on both albums, but naturally not everything. So again, we learned a lot.

"Still Be Here" is about singer Colin Doran reconnecting with his father, whom he had not seen for six years.

[edit] Track listing

• All tracks written by Hundred Reasons

1. "Savanna" – 3:10
2. "Stories With Unhappy Endings" – 3:48
3. "What You Get" – 3:27
4. "The Great Test" – 1:59
5. "Harmony" – 3:34
6. "Lullaby" – 3:39
7. "My Sympathy" – 3:45
8. "80mph" – 1:53
9. "Still Be Here" – 3:48
10. "Pop" – 3:10
11. "Truth With Elegance" – 4:19
12. "Makeshift" – 3:10

B-Sides

• "L.E.D." (released with "The Great Test")
• "Change of Season" (released with "The Great Test")
• "Anyone Else's Conclusion" (released with "The Great Test")
• "Seven Years" (released with "The Great Test")
• "What's Right" – 3:22 (relesaed with "What You Get")
• "When You're Done For" (relesaed with "What You Get")
• "Don't Forget" – 3:08 (relesaed with "What You Get")

[edit] Personnel

Band Line-up

• Colin Doran - Lead Vocals
• Larry Hibbitt - Guitar, Vocals (Lead Vocals on the chorus for "Pop")
• Paul Townsend - Guitar, Vocals (Lead Vocals on the verses for "Pop")
• Andy Gilmour - Bass
• Andy Bews - Drums

Producer

• Dave Sardy

Engineers

• Greg Gordon
• Juan Garcia
• Andy Saroff
• Jeff Hoffman

Mixed By

• Dave Sardy

Mastered By

• Stephen Marcussen

Drums Tech

• Artie Smith

Guitar Tech

• Stuart Valentine

[edit] Artwork

Sleeve Design and Illustration

• Mark Unwin for Precession Industries

Photo

• Steve Gullick