15 Minutes (Nik Kershaw album)

15 Minutes

Studio album by Nik Kershaw

Released

6 April 1999

Recorded

1998

Genre

Rock

Length

56:51

Label

Rhino/Eagle

Producer

Nik Kershaw

Nik Kershaw chronology

The Best Of Nik Kershaw
(1993)

15 Minutes
(1999)

The Essential
(2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

15 minutes is a 1998 album released by UK singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw.

In a 2008 interview, Kershaw spoke of two tracks from the album after being asked for his proudest song.

"There's a song on the album, '15 Minutes', called 'Billy'. That would be my finest lyric. Lyrics usually take me days or even weeks but this was one of those rare occasions when they just poured out and everything fell into place. It has a complex rhyming scheme but still manages to make a point with humour. There's another song on the same album called 'Have a Nice Life' which is very simple and heartfelt. Again, that was quick and easy to write. The best ones always are and you spend most of your creative life trying to find them. The trouble is they find you and not the other way around."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Somebody Loves You"	5:02
2.	"Have A Nice Life"	3:58
3.	"Billy"	4:20
4.	"Find Me An Angel"	5:55
5.	"Your Brave Face"	5:50
6.	"What Do You Think Of It So Far"	3:56
7.	"God Bless"	4:24
8.	"Stick Around"	3:48
9.	"Fiction"	4:18
10.	"Made In Heaven"	5:56
11.	"Shine On"	4:54
12.	"15 Minutes"	4:39
13.	"Wouldn't It Be Good" (bonus)	5:01

Singles

Somebody Loves You" #70
- B-side (standard edition) – Wouldn't It Be Good (acoustic), The Riddle (acoustic).
  - B-side (limited edition) – The Wrong Man, Woman.
What Do You Think Of It So Far
- B-side – Oxygen (acoustic), Woman.

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. 15 Minutes at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
↑ "Nik Kershaw : Interview". Pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-09.

Nik Kershaw
Studio albums	Human Racing The Riddle Radio Musicola The Works 15 Minutes To Be Frank You've Got to Laugh No Frills Ei8ht
Compilations	The Collection Wouldn't It Be Good The Best of Nik Kershaw Greatest Hits Anthology The Essential Then And Now
Live albums	BBC Transcription Service - Live in Concert [promo] 12" Collection Live in Germany 1984
Singles	"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" "Wouldn't It Be Good" "Dancing Girls" "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" (re-issue) "Human Racing" "The Riddle" "Wide Boy" "Don Quixote" "When a Heart Beats" "Nobody Knows" "Radio Musicola" "James Cagney" "One Step Ahead" "Elisabeth's Eyes" "Wouldn't It Be Good" (re-issue) "I Wanna Change the Score" (with Tony Banks) "Old Friends" [promo] (with Elton John) "Wouldn't It Be Good ('98 Remix)" "Somebody Loves You" "Sometimes" (with Les Rythmes Digitales) "What Do You Think Of It So Far?" "Wounded" "Die Laughing" [promo] "What It Is" [promo] "The Riddle '05" [promo]
Record labels	MCA Koch
Related articles	Discography Sheri Kershaw

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