Suburban Rock 'N' Roll

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Suburban Rock 'N' Roll
Studio album by Space
Released March 8, 2004
Recorded 2002-2003
Genre Britpop
Length 40:15
Label RandM/Pinnacle
Producer Stephen Lironi
Professional reviews
Space chronology
Tin Planet
(1998)		 Suburban Rock 'N' Roll
(2004)
Alternate cover
Original artwork designed by Tommy Scott
Alternative cover
Promo artwork
Promo artwork

Suburban Rock 'N' Roll is the third (fourth if you count the unreleased Love You More than Football) and, so far, final studio album by Space, released on March 8, 2004. It is their first proper album release since 1998's Tin Planet. The tracks "Zombies", "Suburban Rock 'N' Roll" and "20 Million Miles from Earth" were released as singles, all of them failing to reach top 40 (as well as the top 75).

For this album Space ditched the polished, commercial-friendly sound that inhabited Tin Planet and Love You More than Football and returned to the darker style of their debut Spiders. Tommy Scott's lyrical themes also changed, as they aim to move away from the character-driven lyrics of old and are a lot more impressionist, with songs dealing with death, crime and surveillance amongst other serious and controversial themes. The band also reunited with Spiders' producer Stephen Lironi, who is credited as songwriter of a few tracks, though Scott has insisted he wrote all the material himself.

Suburban Rock 'N' Roll is the first Space album with no techno/electronic instrumentals from Franny Griffiths, as the band wanted the album to be more song-orientated.

The album was not a great success, as public interest waned in the band almost 6 years ago and promotion for the record was almost non-existent. Despite the failure of both album and singles, the album remains a favourite among fans, and, according to a poll on the official Space website, has proved to be a more popular record than Tin Planet [2].

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Suburban Rock 'N' Roll" (Scott/Space/Lironi) – 3:34
  2. "Zombies" (Scott/Space/Lironi) – 3:54
  3. "Hitch Hiking" (Scott/Space) – 3:10
  4. "Punk Rock Funeral" (Scott/Space) – 3:17
  5. "Hell's Barbecue" (Scott/Space) – 4:20
  6. "Paranoid 6teen" (Scott/Space) – 3:35
  7. "The English Language Let Me Down" (Scott/Space/Lironi) – 3:44
  8. "Pretty Suicide" (Scott/Space) – 3:39
  9. "20 Million Miles from Earth" (Scott/Space/Lironi) – 2:57
  10. "Quiet Beach" (Scott/Space) – 4:34
  11. "The Goodbye Song" (Scott/Space) – 3:28
    • All lead vocals: Tommy Scott

[edit] Personnel

Space:

Additional Musicians:

  • Stephen Lironi - additional guitar, keyboards
  • Ged Lynch - percussion

Production:

  • Stephen Lironi - producer
  • Doug Trantow - engineering & mixing
  • Jack Jelfs - assistance
  • Alan Yoshida - mastering
  • Mark Cowley @ HUG Management - management
  • Tommy Scott - original artwork
  • Dave "Yorkie" Palmer - layout & design
  • Roy Elridge & Mike Andrews @ RandM - record label

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