Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge

Shatterproof Is Not A Challenge
Studio album by Hundred Reasons
Released 1 March 2004
Recorded Magic Shop, New York City
Genre Alternative rock
Length 39:48
Label Columbia
Producer Dave Sardy
Hundred Reasons chronology
Ideas Above Our Station
(2002)Ideas Above Our Station2002
Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge
(2004)
Kill Your Own
(2006)Kill Your Own2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
NME[1]

Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge is the second studio album by British-based rock band Hundred Reasons, released on 1 March 2004, through Columbia Records.

Following the album's release, the band were dropped by Columbia Records. In 2006 guitarist Larry Hibbitt stated that:

there were a lot of things that were wrong with [the album]. A lot of it was to do with the fact that we had absolutely no working relationship with the label by the time it came out. There was loads of pressure to get Shatterproof out and get the ball rolling again. They just wanted a record - any record. It just got put out and forgotten about. It still sold 65,000 but nobody quite seems to realise that.[2]

On the official Hundred Reasons message board, guitarist Paul Townsend responded to a poll asking which of the band's first albums were better:

I think this topic might be easier to answer 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 keen to move forward we never really focused on the things we got right (silly buggers). I think we got bits right on both albums, but naturally not everything. So again, we learned a lot.[3]

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

The album reached number twenty in the UK Albums Chart, and was number one on Radio 1's Rock Album Chart.

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

Singles

In November 2003, four months prior to the album's release, "The Great Test" was released as a single, followed by "What You Get" in February 2004.

Personnel

Band Line-up

Producer

Engineers

Mixed By

Mastered By

Drums Tech

Guitar Tech

Artwork

Sleeve Design and Illustration

Photo

References

  1. "NME Album Reviews - Hundred Reasons : Shatterproof Is Not A Challenge". Nme.Com. 2004-03-04. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  2. Rauf, Raziq (2006-02-09). "Hundred Reasons: not out / In Depth // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
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