Superabundance

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Superabundance

Studio album by Young Knives

Released

March 10, 2008

Genre

Indie rock, Post-punk revival

Length

47:58

Label

Transgressive Records

Producer

Tony Doogan

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link
Crawdaddy! (mixed) link
Drowned In Sound (7/10) link
The Fly April 08
The Guardian link
The Mirror 2nd March 08
NME (5/10) link
The Observer link
Q #261, April 2008, p.106
The Times link

Young Knives chronology

Voices of Animals and Men
(2006)

Superabundace
(2008)

Singles from Superabundance

"Terra Firma"
Released: November 29, 2007
"Up All Night"
Released: February 25, 2008
"Turn Tail"
Released: May 19, 2008

Superabundance is the second full-length album by Young Knives, released in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2008. The album reached number twenty-eight in the UK Album Charts.^[1]

The tracks "Terra Firma" and "Up All Night" were released as singles prior to the album launch. "Turn Tail" will be the next single to be released, on May 19, 2008, with "Counters" or "Light Switch" as other songs for possible future release.^{[citation needed]}

The closing track "Current of the River" is a re-recorded version of the B-side to "She's Attracted To".

1 Track listing
2 B-sides
3 Charts
- 3.1 Album
- 3.2 Singles
4 Special editions
- 4.1 Bonus DVD
- 4.2 Special 7" Single
5 Notes

[edit] Track listing

"Fit 4 U" – 3:16
"Terra Firma" – 2:48
"Up All Night" – 2:58
"Counters" – 4:11
"Light Switch" – 3:47
"Turn Tail" – 4:44
"I Can Hardly See Them" – 3:07
"Dyed in the Wool" – 3:10
"Rue the Days" – 3:46
"Flies" – 1.39
"Mummy Light the Fire" – 4:04
"Current of the River" – 10:34
- "Long Cool Drinks by the Pool" (hidden track)

[edit] B-sides

Song	B-side of
"A Cavern"	"Terra Firma"
"Back to Back"
"Holiday Every Day"
"Le Petomaine"	"Up All Night"
"Swimming With The Fishes"
"Stand and Deliver" (cover version)
"Mummy Light the Fire" (acoustic version)	"Turn Tail 7""
"Turn Tail" (acoustic version)	"Turn Tail 7""
"Boys Of Humble Beginnings"	"Turn Tail CDEP"
"Valiant Foes"	"Turn Tail CDEP"
"Out Of The Housey"

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Charts (2008)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[1]	28

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	Peak position (UK)
2007	"Terra Firma"	43^[2]
2008	"Up All Night"	45^[3]

[edit] Special editions

[edit] Bonus DVD

A CD and DVD version is available featuring videos made by the band for each track of the album.

[edit] Special 7" Single

A special acoustic version of "Turn Tail" will be released on vinyl. The version was recorded directly onto vinyl in one take, at Westbourne Studios in London. This process is not believed to have been undertaken commercially since the 1970s.^[4]