A Triumph for Man

Infobox Album | Name = A Triumph for Man
Type = Album
Artist = Mew


Released = April 1997
Recorded = ?
Genre = Indie
Length = 46:59
Label = Exlibris Musik
Producer = Mew, Damon Tutunjian
Reviews =
*Soundvenue - rating|6|6 [http://www.soundvenue.com/review.asp?id=3471 link] | This album = "A Triumph for Man"
(1997)
Next album = "Half the World Is Watching Me"
(2000)

"A Triumph for Man" is the first album by Danish band Mew, released in April 1997 by the Danish record label Exlibris Musik.

Only 2000 copies of the album were printed initially and prices for an original copy have reached upwards of $200 on auction site eBayFact|date=February 2007.

On September 18, 2006, "A Triumph For Man" was rereleased along with a CD with bonus material, including demos and acoustic versions of songs.

Track listing

# "Wheels over Me" – 2:33
# "Beautiful Balloon" – 4:27
# "Wherever" – 5:56
# "Panda" – 4:11
# "Then I Run" – 3:53
# "Life Is Not Distant" – 1:08
# "No Shadow Kick" – 3:06
# "Snowflake" – 3:30
# "She Came Home for Christmas" – 4:54
# "Pink Monster" – 0:46
# "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (for You)" – 2:19
# "How Things Turn out to Be" – 0:44
# "Web" – 4:34
# "Coffee Break" – 4:37

Bonus cd for 2006 re-release

# "Studio Snippet # 1" – 0:31
# "Say You're Sorry (ATFM Session)" – 6:09
# "Beautiful Balloon (Acoustic)" – 4:15
# "Web (Demo)" – 5:42
# "Chinese Gun (Demo)" – 3:06
# "Studio Snippet # 2" – 0:30
# "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You) (Demo)" – 1:43
# "Wheels over Me (Demo)" – 2:48
# "Superfriends (Demo)" – 4:40

ingles

Mew only released one proper single from their first album, "She Came Home for Christmas". However a promo of "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)" was released in March 1997, before the album.

Two different versions of "She Came Home For Christmas" have been released since this original single, one version coming from "Half the World Is Watching Me" and the other from "Frengers", the latter a double A-side release with "That Time on the Ledge".

She Came Home for Christmas - (EXLCDM008)
# "She Came Home for Christmas (New Version)" – 3:59
# "Snowflake (Gloria Hirsh Remix)" – 6:11
# "Wheels over Me (Alleder Und Fa Remix)" – 4:55
# "She Came Home for Christmas (Toneklang Mix)" – 5:55

I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (for You) - Promo single (EXLPRO005)
# "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (for You)" – 2:19
# "Beautiful Balloon" – 4:27