Attack of the Grey Lantern

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Attack of the Grey Lantern
Studio album by Mansun
Released	February 17, 1997
Recorded	1996-1997
Genre	Indie Rock
Length	59:31
Label	Parlophone
Producer(s)	Mark Stent, Paul Draper
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (9.3/10) link LeMec Music Net (8/10) link
Mansun chronology
	Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997)	Six (1999)

Attack of the Grey Lantern is the debut album by English Rock band Mansun. Based around a concept of a superhero, the titular "Grey Lantern" and his encounters with the bizarre inhabitants of a fictional English town.

Contents 1 UK Track Listing 2 US Track Listing 3 Notes 4 Singles & Eps 4.1 Egg Shaped Fred (One Ep) 4.2 Take It Easy Chicken (Two Ep) 4.3 Stripper Vicar (Three Ep) 4.4 Wide Open Space (Four Ep) 4.5 She Makes My Nose Bleed (Five Ep) 4.6 Taxlo$$ 4.7 Special Mini-Album 5 Notes

[edit] UK Track Listing

1. "The Chad Who Loved Me" – 5:02
2. "Mansun's Only Love Song" – 5:55
3. "Taxloss" – 7:04
4. "You, Who Do You Hate?" – 3:09
5. "Wide Open Space" – 4:31
6. "Stripper Vicar" – 4:05
7. "Disgusting" – 4:21
8. "She Makes My Nose Bleed" – 3:55
9. "Naked Twister" – 4:39
10. "Egg Shaped Fred" – 4:12
11. "Dark Mavis" – 14:38
    • Contains the hidden track "An Open Letter To The Lyrical Trainspotter" – 4:02

[edit] US Track Listing

1. "The Chad Who Loved Me" – 5:02
2. "Wide Open Space" – 4:31
3. "She Makes My Nose Bleed" – 3:55
4. "Naked Twister" – 4:39
5. "Take It Easy, Chicken" – 4:26
6. "You, Who Do You Hate?" – 3:09
7. "Mansun's Only Love Song" – 5:54
8. "Taxloss" – 7:03
9. "Disgusting" – 4:21
10. "Egg Shaped Fred" – 4:12
11. "Dark Mavis" – 8:36

[edit] Notes

The American release features a re-sequenced track order, effectively ruining the intended concept of the album. The song "Stripper Vicar" has also been replaced with "Take It Easy, Chicken."

According to Mansun's Kleptomania liner notes, frontman Paul Draper states that "Take It Easy, Chicken" was their first song and the band really did not know how to play their instruments (let alone play as a band) when Steve Lamacq and John Peel started to play the song on BBC Radio 1.

A UK number one album.

Through '96 and '97 Mansun released 'Egg Shaped Fred' (which was re-recorded for the album to include new drummer Andie Rathbone), 'Stripper Vicar', 'She Makes My Nose Bleed' and 'Taxloss' (written Taxlo$$).

"Wide Open Space" became a dance anthem after being remixed by DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold (under the production alias Perfecto). This remix was included on Oakenfold's compilation Resident: Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream, as an indicator of being one of the most played songs at major UK nightclub Cream, as well as in nightclubs around the world, over the 1997-1999 period.^[1]

'Taxloss' alludes to The Beatles' song Taxman, as well as Long Haired Lover From Liverpool by Little Jimmy Osmond.

[edit] Singles & Eps

[edit] Egg Shaped Fred (One Ep)

• Released 25th of March 1996.
• UK Singles Chart: #37

UK CD & Japan CD "Egg Shaped Fred" – 3:53 [Different Version] "Ski Jump Nose" – 3:42 "Lemonade Secret Drinker" – 3:46 "Thief" 5:18 [+ Hidden Bonus Track – 1:47]

Cassette & 7" "Egg Shaped Fred" – 3:53 "Ski Jump Nose" – 3:42 "Lemonade Secret Drinker" – 3:46 "Thief" – 3:02

[edit] Take It Easy Chicken (Two Ep)

• Released 3rd of June 1996.
• UK Singles Chart: #32

CD, Cassette & 7 "Take It Easy Chicken" - 4:30 "Drastic Sturgeon" - 3:23 "The Greatest Pain" - 3:51 "Moronica" - 4:32 [edit] Stripper Vicar (Three Ep) Released 9th of September 1996. UK Singles Chart: #19 7" Limited Edition "Stripper Vicar" – 4:05 "No One Knows Us" – 3:41 CD1 "Stripper Vicar" – 4:05 "The Edge" – 3:14 "The Duchess" – 4:28 CD2 "Stripper Vicar" – 4:05 "An Open Letter To a Lyrical Trainspotter" – 4:01 "No One Knows Us" – 3:41 "Things Keep Falling Off Buildings" – 4:19 [edit] Wide Open Space (Four Ep) Released 25th of November 1996. UK Singles Chart: #15 US Modern Rock Chart: #25 7" Limited Edition "Wide Open Space" – 4:32 "Rebel Without A Quilt" – 4:09 CD1 "Wide Open Space" – 4:32 "Rebel Without A Quilt" – 4:09 "Vision Impaired" – 2:39 "Skin Up Pin Up" – 3:40 CD2 Limited Edition "Wide Open Space" – 4:32 "The Gods of Not Very Much" – 4:39 "Moronica (Acoustic Version)" – 3:14 "Lemonade Secret Drinker (Acoustic Version)" – 2:47 [edit] She Makes My Nose Bleed (Five Ep) Released 3rd of Feburary 1997. UK Singles Chart: #9 7" Limited Edition "She Makes My Nose Bleed" – 3:55 "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" – 4:39 CD1 "She Makes My Nose Bleed" – 3:55 "The Most To Gain" – 2:20 "Flourella" – 4:27 "She Makes My Nose Bleed (Acoustic)" – 3:32 CD2 "She Makes My Nose Bleed" – 3:55 "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" – 4:39 "Live Open Space" – 4:43 "Drastic Sturgeon (Live)" – 3:17 [edit] Taxlo$$ Released 28th of April 1997. UK Singles Chart: #15 CD1 "Taxloss" – 7:02 "Grey Lantern" – 2:04 "Taxloss (Lisa Marie Experience Remix)" – 6:10 CD2 "Taxloss" – 4:27 [Edit] "The Impending Collapse Of It All" – 4:04 "Ski Jump Nose (Live)" – 6:31 "Wide Open Space (Acoustic)" – 4:16 Remixes 12" "Taxloss (John 'OO' Fleming Remix)" – 8:12 "Taxloss" – 7:02 [Album Version] "Taxloss (Lisa Marie Experience Remix)" – 6:10 "Taxloss (Gaudi Remix)" (?.??) Japanese Two Ep "Taxloss" – 4:27 [Edit] "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" – 4:39 "Live Open Space" – 4:43 "Drastic Sturgeon (Live)" – 3:17 [edit] Special Mini-Album Japan Only Ep Tracks 1 - 5 taken from "Three Ep". Tracks 6 - 8 taken from "Two Ep". "Stripper Vicar" – 4:05 "An Open Letter To a Lyrical Trainspotter" – 4:01 "No One Knows Us" – 3:41 "The Edge" – 3:14 "The Dutchess" – 4:28 "Take It Easy Chicken" – 4:31 "Drastic Sturgeon" – 3:24 "Moronica" – 4:33 [edit] Notes ^ Birchmeier, Jason. Resident: Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream review. All Music Guide. Retrieved on April 11, 2006.