- Half the World Is Watching Me
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Half the World Is Watching Me Studio album by Mew Released 2000 Genre Alternative rock, shoegazing, art rock Length 43:39 Label Evil Office Producer Mew Mew chronology A Triumph for Man
(1997)Half the World Is Watching Me
(2000)Frengers
(2003)Singles from Half the World Is Watching Me - "King Christian"
Released: 2000 - "Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years"
Released: 2000 - "Mica"
Released: 2000
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Half the World Is Watching Me is the second album by Danish alternative rock band Mew, released on their own record label Evil Office in 2000. The album was originally printed in about only 5,000 copies, but has been reissued twice for wider distribution. The most recent dates to 6 August 2007 and came with a nine-track bonus disc. The original release included a hidden track, "Ending" that is unique to this release.
Contents
Track listing
Original release
- "Ending" – 2:11
- "Am I Wry? No" – 4:43
- "Mica" – 2:58
- "Saliva" – 4:08
- "King Christian" – 4:25
- "Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years" – 4:22
- "156" – 4:48
- "Symmetry" – 5:18
- "Comforting Sounds" – 8:46
To find the hidden track "Ending", which is identified by the purple circle at the center of the disc, start the opening track "Am I Wry? No" and rewind past 0:00.
Bonus tracks on first reissue
- "She Came Home for Christmas" – 4:01
- "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)" – 2:01
This version did not include the hidden track "Ending", but added 2 bonus tracks (which are versions unique to this record). It is identifiable by a slightly different cover where the text has a white border, and an expanded booklet with full-page photographs of the band members. The disc is reflective, not totally white like the original release.
2007 reissue bonus disc
- "Half The World Is Watching Me" (studio outtake) – 3:05
- "Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years" (live 2001) – 3:19
- "Mica" (live 2001) – 3:42
- "Wheels Over Me" (live 2001) – 2:43
- "Wherever" (live 2001) – 5:32
- "156" (Cubase demo) – 5:22
- "Quietly" (demo) – 3:29
- "Comforting Sounds (Do I Look Puerto Rican?)" (demo) – 7:49
Mew Studio albums A Triumph for Man • Half The World Is Watching Me • Frengers • And The Glass Handed Kites • No More Stories...Demos and EPs Compilations Eggs Are FunnySingles "She Came Home for Christmas" • "King Christian" • "Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years" • "Mica" • "Am I Wry? No" • "Comforting Sounds" • "156" • "Apocalypso" • "Special" • "Why Are You Looking Grave?" • "The Zookeeper's Boy" • "Introducing Palace Players" • "Repeaterbeater" • "Beach"Record labels Related articles Categories Albums • SongsCategories:- Mew albums
- 2000 albums
- "King Christian"
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