International Velvet (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = International Velvet
Type = studio
Artist = Catatonia
Released = February 1998
Recorded = 1997 - 1998
Genre = Pop / Rock
Length = 44:56
Label = Blanco y Negro Records
Producer = Tommy D and Catatonia
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xfyxq8jldfe link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16063-international-velvet link] |
Last album = Way Beyond Blue
(1996)
This album = International Velvet
(1998)
Next album = Equally Cursed and Blessed
(1999)
Misc = Singles
Name = International Velvet
Type = studio
Single 1 = Mulder and Scully
Single 1 date = 26 January 1998
Single 2 = I am the Mob
Single 2 date = 23 March 1998
Single 3 = Road Rage
Single 3 date = 5 May 1998
Single 4 = Strange Glue
Single 4 date = 27 July 1998

"International Velvet" is a 1998 album by Welsh band Catatonia. This was Catatonia's breakthrough album, reaching number 1 in the charts, spawning 2 top 10 singles, Mulder and Scully and Road Rage, two other top 20 singles, International Velvet and Strange Glue, and catapulted the band and lead singer Cerys Matthews into the spotlight. Album sales reached 900,000, with it becoming one of the biggest selling albums of 1998.

Track listing

# Mulder and Scully
# Game On
# I am the Mob
# Road Rage
# Johnny Come Lately
# Goldfish And Paracetamol
# International Velvet
# Why I Can't Stand One Night Stands
# Part of the Furniture
# Don't Need the Sunshine
#Strange Glue
# My Selfish Gene

succession box
before = "Mezzanine" by Massive Attack
title = UK number one album
years = May 16 1998 – May 22 1998
after = "Version 2.0" by Garbage