Elliot Minor (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Elliot Minor
Type = Studio
Artist = Elliot Minor


Released = Start date|2008|4|14
Recorded = Dork Studios, California, USA
Genre = Alternative rock Pop rock
Pop punk
Length =
Label = Reposession Records / Warner Music
Producer = Jim Wirt
Reviews =
*"Kerrang!" Rating|3|5
*"RockSound" rating-10|7
*"Rock Midgets" Rating|4|5
Last album =
This album =
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Elliot Minor
Type = studio
single 1 = Parallel Worlds
single 2 = Jessica
single 3 = The White One Is Evil
single 4 = Still Figuring Out
single 5 = Parallel Worlds (re-release)
single 6 = Time After Time
single 1 date = April 9, 2007
single 2 date = August 6, 2007
single 3 date = October 29, 2007
single 4 date = January 28, 2008
single 5 date = April 7, 2008
single 6 date = June 23rd, 2008

"Elliot Minor" is the debut album from the english pop rock band Elliot Minor. The album was released on April 14 2008.

History

The band has released 4 singles before this album's release, "Parallel Worlds", "Jessica", "The White One Is Evil" and "Still Figuring Out", with "Parallel Worlds" being re-released a week before the album, on April 7th.

The album release date had been pushed back many times throughout the course of 2007, however guitarist Alex Davies confirmed on a BBC Radio 1 interview that the album would be released on the 21st April 2008. This has since been revised, and the album was released on April 14th.

Several promotion copies were leaked onto eBay, however were swiftly removed. Demos for all of the tracks have been available for sometime on various torrent websites, and several have also been available on the bands myspace. The track listing has been confirmed by a number of sources since the promotion copy leaked onto eBay. [ [http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=220;1;55;-1&sku=736752 Elliot Minor (self tittled)(2008)] HMV track listing and details on Elliot Minors debut album. - "Retrieved" - March 30 2008]

More recently the official site offered the first 500 albums signed by the band [ [http://elliotminor.trinitystreetdirect.com/store/page4.asp?suptype=&t=1&sub_type=1&prod_id=18&col=30 Elliot Minor (self titled)(2008) First 500 Signed] Official track listing and details on Elliot Minors debut album, with the first 500 on offer signed. - "Retrieved" - April 6 2008] .

The album was released on 14th April at 1:20am on iTunes, which was available for pre-order a week prior to the albums release date. The album went on sale in stores and many other music online download services the same day.

Upon release, the album managed to reach #6 in the UK Charts within the 1st week, and #30 in the Irish Charts.

Track listing

# "Time After Time" - 3:55 (Davies/Minton)
# "Parallel Worlds" - 3:42 (Davies/Minton)
# "The White One Is Evil" - 4:29 (Davies/Minton)
# "The Liar Is You" - 3:58 (Davies/Minton/Beni Giles)
# "Lucky Star" - 3:01 (Davies)
# "Jessica" - 3:12 (Davies/Minton/D Hetherton)
# "The Broken Minor" - 5:46 (Davies/Minton/D Hetherton)
# "Still Figuring Out" - 3:29 (Davies/Minton)
# "Silently" - 5:13 (Davies)
# "Running Away" - 3:22 (Davies/Minton/D Hetherton)
# "Last Call to New York City" - 6:06 (Davies/Minton)

*If consumers were to pre-order from 7Digital, they would receive 2 extra tracks: the band giving a track-by-track commentary on the record, and another 17-minute interview. Also, if pre-ordered from iTunes, users would be able to receive acoustic recordings of "Parallel Worlds", "Jessica", "Lucky Star" and "The Liar Is You".

Exclusively to Japan, on the album. There are 3 bonus tracks. Forgetting You, She's Getting Around, and Wait Another Week.Forgetting You was a B-Side on the "Jessica" single. Wait Another Week was a B-Side on the first release of the "Parallel Worlds" single. She's Getting Around is the album version. Many people have the demo since it was leaked on many torrent websites and Lime Wire. It is rumored that She's Getting Around (Album Version) will be featured on the next album.

ingles

Personnel

*Alex Davies - Lead Vocals; Lead/Rhythm Guitars; Keyboards; String Arrangements
*Ed Minton - Lead Vocals; Lead/Rhythm Guitars
*Ed 'Teddy' Hetherton - Bass Guitars
*Ali Paul - Keyboards
*Dan Hetherton - Drums; Backing Vocals

With:
*Eric Rigler - Uillean Pipes; Irish Whistles
*Nick Davies - French Horn (Tracks 7 and 11)
*Colin Davies - Trumpet (7 and 11)
*Dominic Davies - Trombone (11)

References

External links

* [http://www.elliotminor.com Elliot Minor Official Site]
* [http://myspace.com/elliotminor Elliot Minor Official MySpace]