Expecting to Fly (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Expecting to Fly
Type = Studio album
Artist = The Bluetones


Background = Orange
Released = 12 February 1996 (UK)
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Folk rock, rock
Length =
Label = Superior Quality Recordings/A&M Records
Producer = Hugh Jones |
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1kmsa9igu23h link]
*NME rating-10|8 [http://www.bluetones.org.uk/reviews/1996/nme_10_02_96.html link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebluetones/albums/album/145443/review/5946928/expecting_to_fly link]
Last album = "A Bluetones Companion"
(1995)
This album = "Expecting To Fly"
(1996)
Next album = "Return to the Last Chance Saloon"
(1998) |

"Expecting to Fly" is the debut album by The Bluetones. It was released on 12 February, 1996 on Superior Quality Recordings via Universal Records, and knocked Oasis's "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" off the number 1 spot in the UK album charts. Its offspring singles were "Bluetonic", a "Slight Return" and a "Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock" double-A side.

Track listing

All tracks written by Morriss, Chesters, Devlin, Morriss unless otherwise stated.

# "Talking To Clarry" - 6:52
# "Bluetonic" - 4:08 (Morriss, Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Mitchell)
# "Cut Some Rug" - 4:32
# "Things Change" - 5:38
# "The Fountainhead" - 4:35
# "Carnt Be Trusted" - 3:50
# "Slight Return" - 3:21
# "Putting Out Fires" - 6:22
# "Vampire" - 4:32
# "A Parting Gesture" - 4:40
# "Time & Again" - 5:09

succession box
before = "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" by Oasis
title = UK number one album
years = February 24 1996 – March 1 1996
after = "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" by Oasis