Polythene (album)

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Polythene
Studio album by Feeder
Released	May, 1997
Recorded	Mid 1996
Genre	Grunge Rock, Rock
Length	51:03
Label	The Echo Label
Producer(s)	Chris Sheldon, Feeder
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Metal Hammer (10/10) Q Kerrang!
Feeder chronology
Swim EP (1996)	Polythene (1997)	Yesterday Went Too Soon (1999)

Polythene was the first full-length album by the UK rock band Feeder and was released May 19, 1997 on the Echo Label, and then re-issued on October 28 of the same year in an Enhanced CD version, featuring their UK top 40 breakthrough single "High" and its video. The original version of the album was deleted soon after and is relatively rare.

After sizeable critical success, the album had moderate commercial success and was certified silver by the BPI in 2003 after the success of their breakthrough album Echo Park (The album passed the required 60,000 sales that year, but Echo applied for the award in 2003).^[1]

The album saw Feeder take on more of a grunge rock influenced sound, which wasn't seen on their other albums that followed. Many critics at the time called the band the UK's answer to the Smashing Pumpkins.^[2]

Contents 1 Awards and achievements 2 Track listing 2.1 Original version (Waterfall) 2.2 Re-released version (High) 3 UK Chart performance 4 References

[edit] Awards and achievements

• #1 on Metal Hammer's 1997 list.^[3]
• #6 on the Kerrang! 1997 list.^[4]
• #87 on Kerrang!'s "Best British Rock Albums of all Time" list.^[5]
• "Polythene" was the only British debut to appear at #1 in a 1997 critics list.^[6]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original version (Waterfall)

1. "Polythene Girl"
2. "My Perfect Day"
3. "Cement"
4. "Crash"
5. "Radiation"
6. "Suffocate"
7. "Descend"
8. "Stereo World"
9. "Tangerine"
10. "Waterfall"
11. "Forgive"
12. "20th Century Trip"

[edit] Re-released version (High)

1. "Polythene Girl"
2. "My Perfect Day"
3. "Cement"
4. "High"
5. "Crash"
6. "Radiation"
7. "Suffocate"
8. "Descend"
9. "Stereo World"
10. "Change"
11. "Tangerine"
12. "Forgive"
13. "20th Century Trip"

[edit] UK Chart performance

UK Album Chart
Week	01
Position	65

[edit] References

1. ^ FeederWeb
2. ^ "Polythene" Amazon.co.uk review
3. ^ Metal Hammers Top 20 Albums of 1997
4. ^ Kerrang!'s Top 20 albums of 1997
5. ^ Kerrang! magazines "Top 100 British Rock Albums of All Time" list- Feburary 2005
6. ^ Rocklist.net website with many end of year lists from current and defunct publications

Feeder
Grant Nicholas | Taka Hirose | Mark Richardson
Jon Lee
Discography
Albums and extended plays: Two Colours EP | Swim EP | Polythene | Yesterday Went Too Soon | Echo Park | Swim Rerelease | Comfort in Sound | Picture of Perfect Youth | Pushing the Senses | Feeder The Singles
Singles: Stereo World | Tangerine | Cement | Crash | High | Suffocate | Day in Day Out | Insomnia | Yesterday Went Too Soon | Paperfaces | Buck Rogers | Seven Days in the Sun | Turn | Piece by Piece | Just a Day | Come Back Around | Just the Way I'm Feeling | Forget About Tomorrow | Find the Colour | Comfort In Sound | Tumble And Fall | Feeling A Moment | Pushing the Senses | Shatter / Tender | Lost and Found | Save Us