Take to the Skies

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Take to the Skies
Take to the Skies cover
Studio album by Enter Shikari
Released Flag of United Kingdom March 19, 2007

iTunes: March 18, 2007
Recorded 2006 - 2007 at The Outhouse in Reading UK
Genre Post-Hardcore
Electronica
Length 53:51
Label Ambush Reality
Producer(s) Enter Shikari
Professional reviews
Alternative Cover Art
CD with DVD release cover
CD with DVD release cover

Take to the Skies is the debut studio album by Enter Shikari. On March 25 2007, after its first week of release, it reached #4 in the Official UK Album Chart. It has been released as a standard CD, a limited CD + DVD edition and a double LP version (2 x 180grm 12" vinyl) with an embossed gate fold sleeve. The 12" vinyl edition is limited to 1000 copies and also contains the standard CD.
The album combines many of the songs that were featured on singles and EPs that were released in the years prior to the album's release, however they have all been rerecorded for the album. The single "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour..." was the first single to be released from the album using the re-recordings.


Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Album Track list

  1. " " - 1:07
    • The iTunes version of the album combines this song with "Enter Shikari" bringing the total time to 3:59
  2. "Enter Shikari" - 2:52
  3. "Mothership" - 4:30
  4. "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour..." - 4:32
  5. " " - 1:01
    • The iTunes version of the album combines this song with "Labyrinth" bringing the total time to 4:52
  6. "Labyrinth" - 3:51
  7. "No Sssweat" - 3:16
  8. "Today Won’t Go Down in History" - 3:34
  9. " " - 1:28
    • This song is titled "Reprise 1" on the iTunes version of the album
  10. "Return to Energiser" - 4:35
  11. " " - 0:18
    • The iTunes version of the album combines this song with "Sorry, You're Not A Winner" bringing the total time to 4:10
  12. "Sorry, You’re Not a Winner" - 3:52
  13. " " - 0:35
    • The iTunes version of the album combines this song with "Jonny Sniper" bringing the total time to 4:36
  14. "Jonny Sniper" - 4:01
  15. "Adieu" - 5:40
  16. "OK, Time for Plan B" - 4:55
  17. " " - 2:44
    • This song is titled "Reprise 2" on the iTunes version of the album

[edit] 'Live At The Astoria' DVD

Filmed live at the Astoria, London, November 4 2006.
Directed by Lawrence Hardy and produced by Paul McLoone for Manifesto Films.

  1. Labyrinth
  2. The Feast
  3. Sorry You're Not a Winner

Plus backstage footage & photo slide show

The entire Astoria gig was filmed and originally planned to be released in its entirety, however due to poor sound quality on many of the tracks, only three of the tracks made it to release.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] CD Personnel

Adapted from the information in the CD booklet:

  • Roughton "Rou" Reynolds - Vox, Electronics, Lap Steel, Lyrics
  • Chris Batten - Bass, Backing Vox
  • Liam "Rory" Clewlow - Guitar, Backing Vox
  • Rob Rolfe - Drums
  • Enter Shikari - Gang Vocals
  • Joel De'ath - Gang Vocals
  • Ben Shute - Gang Vocals
  • Ian Shortshaft - Gang Vocals
  • Timbo Baggins - Gang Vocals
  • John Mitchell - Recording
  • Ben Humphreys - Recording
  • Martin Giles - Mastering
  • Peter Hill - Photography
  • Keaton Henson - Illustration, Design

[edit] 'Live At The Astoria' DVD Personnel

Adapted from the information in the case of the DVD version of the album:

  • Laurence Hardy - Director, Editor, Camera Operator
  • Paul McLoone - Producer
  • Andrew Carey - Camera Operator
  • Hugo Levien - Camera Operator
  • Tatsu Ozaki - Camera Operator
  • Jerome McCann - Sound
  • James Kemp - Sound Mixing
  • Jenifer Wright - Picture Slideshow Photography
  • Stephen Condell - Picture Slideshow Photography

[edit] Singles

Cover Information
Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour...
Jonny Sniper
  • Released: TBA 2007

[edit] Sales

  • United Kingdom: #4 (30,000+)

[edit] Miscellanea

  • There has been some confusion about the unnamed tracks on the album. The original pre-release promo for the album sent out in January 2007 stated that the first track would be called "Stand Your Ground; This Is Ancient Land", and that the track preceding "Jonny Sniper" would be called "Jonny's Introduction". Other sources state that the final track is titled "Closing" and that the other interludes are named "Interlude 1, 2 and 3" respectively, however all of the interludes including the introduction and final tracks are untitled on the actual CD track list.
  • The unnamed tracks on the iTunes release were combined with the songs that proceed them, apart from the third and final unnamed tracks which are titled Reprise 1 and 2 respectively. It is thought this was done as these tracks were shorter than the others and so people may have been put off buying them.
  • The album was leaked onto the internet on March 4th, 2007 in .mp4 format.
  • The phrase "Take to the Skies" is not mentioned in any of the songs on the album, but it is mentioned in the song "Kickin' Back on the Surface of Your Cheek", which was featured as a b-side on the "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour..." single.
  • In the lyrics booklet that accompanies the album it states that one of the lyrics of the song "Enter Shikari" is ""not all is lost" the spirits shriek", this is actually the lyric to the demo version of the song, the lyric on the album version of the song is ""not all is lost" the spirits cry".


Enter Shikari
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Roughton "Rou" Reynolds | Liam "Rory" Clewlow | Chris Batten | Rob Rolfe
Discography
Albums: Take to the Skies
EPs: "Nodding Acquaintance EP" (2003) | "Sorry You're Not a Winner EP" (2004) | "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour EP" (2004, remastered 2005)
Singles: "Mothership" | "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B" | "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour" | "Jonny Sniper"
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