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Covers for different
versions
Released: 15 May 1993
All release dates
Highest UK Chart Position: 15
Chart History |
Intl Chart
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Sales
Formats:
UK
CD
Cat. No. FOODCD 9 /
CDP 7894422
Cassette
FOODTC 9
Vinyl
CFOODLP 9
Cassette
Promo
unknown
US
US CD
89442-2
US Cassette
89442-4
US CD Promo
DPRO-89442
US Cassette Promo
4PRO-89442
Asian Countries
Japanese CD
TOCP-7743
Japanese re-issued
CD TOCP-3307
Korean Cassette
EKPC-0596
Other Countries &
Formats
French Double CD
"Fun Radio" 89949-2
Double CD "2CD
Originals"
5920022
Digital Download
(from 2006)
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Record labels:
UK: Food/EMI Records
US: SBK Records
Japan: Toshiba/EMI
Records Japan
Korea: EMI Records
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Tracklist:
01. For
Tomorrow
02. Advert
03. Colin Zeal
04. Pressure On
Julian
05. Starshaped
06. Blue Jeans
07. Chemical
World
Intermission
08. Sunday
Sunday
09. Oily Water
10. Miss
America
11. Villa Rosie
12. Coping
13. Turn It Up
14. Resigned
Commercial Break |
Extra tracks in the US release are "Popscene", "Peach"
(CD only) and "When The Cows Come Home" (CD only). It
has also "Intermission" and "Commercial Break" on
separate tracks and the demo of "Chemical World"
instead of the finished song.
Extra track in the Japanese version is "Young &
Lovely". Re-released version also includes "Popscene".
French Double CD ("Fun Radio") is
packaged with the UK version of "Leisure".
Double CD ("2CD Originals") contains "Parklife" album.
Liner notes
Credits inside the album
booklet.
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Trivia:
- The title
"Modern Life Is Rubbish" comes from little graffiti written on a wall on
Bayswater Road in West London near Marble Arch.
Don't bother looking for it as it's been painted
over.
- Other considered
titles for this album were "England vs.
America" and "British Image 1".
- "Turn It
Up" is this album's "Bang" - the
band hates it most. It was included on the album
because David Balfe thought it was the only song
which would do well in America.
- The painting of the
steam engine ("Mallard") in the cover,
is meant to represent British tradition. It is
painted by Paul Gribble.
- The very early version of the
band's second album was planned for the spring 1992 release and included
the following songs: Oily Water, Mace, Badgeman Brown, Popscene,
Resigned, Garden Central, Hanging Over, Into Another, Peach, Bone
Bag, Never Clever, Coping, My Ark and Pressure On Julian.
- Total running time
(UK ver.): 58:57
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