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Mansun Album
Name	Kleptomania
Tracks	41
Track length	193:40
Recorded	1995 (1995)-2003
Writer/composer	Paul Draper
Producer	Paul Draper, Hugh Padgham, Michael Hunter
Publisher	Parlophone
Format(s)	CD, Vinyl, Cassette
Release date	27th September 2004 (UK) »
Album Chronology
Little Kix ← Kleptomania → Legacy: The Best of Mansun
Singles

Release Announcement

	Over the past few months I've been working with Parlophone on pulling together the loose ends since the split of the band. What we have decided is that Mansun's fourth album sessions will be released later this year. These recordings will appear in a three CD package, entitled 'Kleptomania'. CD1 will be the fourth album sessions, CD2 will have the best stuff from the EPs (the tracks that weren't ever available on the albums), and CD3 will be rare and unreleased material that we have dug up from the vaults at Abbey Road. I will also be writing detailed sleeve notes for the release which should be out in the autumn of this year.
—Paul Draper www.mansun.com

Recording

CD1 The 4th Album Sessions (Previously Unreleased)

All tracks performed by...

Paul Draper: vocals, guitars, bass and keyboards Dominic Chad: backing vocals, guitars, bass and keyboards Andie Rathbone: drums and percussion

Produced by: Richard Rainey and Paul Draper

Mixed at Drape-o-Sound Studios, England (except tracks 1, 9 & 10)

All songs written by Paul Draper Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 2004

Tracklisting

Track listing

Disc One

'The 4th Album Sessions' No. Title Length

1. "Getting Your Way" 4:30

2. "Slipping Away" 4:51

3. "Keep Telling Myself" 3:58

4. "Harris" 3:25

5. "Love Remains" 2:45

6. "Cry 2 My Face" 4:10

7. "No Signal/No Complaints" 4:53

8. "Home" 3:46

9. "Fragile" 3:41

10. "Wanted So Much" 3:26

11. "Good Intentions Heal the Soul" 26:12

12. "The Dog from Two Doors Down" (Hidden bonus track)

Disc two

Non-Album Singles, B-Sides and EP-Only Tracks No. Title Length

1. "Take It Easy Chicken" 4:31

2. "Everyone Must Win" 5:40

3. "Closed for Business" 3:08

4. "Ski Jump Nose" 3:43

5. "Can't Afford to Die" 2:50

6. "Railings" (with Howard Devoto) 5:54

7. "Flourella" (Original Version) 4:23

8. "Decisions, Decisions" 6:03

9. "Been Here Before" 4:12

10. "My Idea of Fun" 4:01

11. "When the Wind Blows" 4:51

12. "Check Under the Bed" 4:12

13. "Skin Up Pin Up" 3:42

14. "I Care" 3:41

15. "The World's Still Open" 3:38

Disc three

Rarities, Demos and Unreleased Tracks No. Title Length

1. "Rock 'n' Roll Loser" 4:03

2. "Secrets" 3:34

3. "These Days (Full Length Version)" 4:26

4. "It's OK" 4:43

5. "Drones" 3:29

6. "Right to the End of the Earth" 3:30

7. "I Can Only Disappoint U (Home Demo)" 5:01

8. "Love Is.... (Home Demo)" 4:26

9. "Love Remains (Home Demo)" 2:22

10. "Shot by Both Sides (Live John Peel Session)" 3:39

11. "Taxloss (Live)" 24:21

12. "Witness to an Opera" (Hidden bonus track – Instrumental Version of "Witness to a Murder (Part Two)")

13. "Thief (Alternative Version)" (2nd Hidden bonus track)

14. "Stupid Open Space" (3rd Hidden bonus track – Instrumental Easy Listening Version of "Wide Open Space")

Trivia

CD1 - The 4th Album Sessions (Previously Unreleased)

Kleptomania sleeve notes by Paul Draper, July 2004:

	'When Parlophone first approached me to put out tracks from the aborted fourth Mansun album I had a listen through a big pile of tapes and rough CDs that I had walked away from, with no idea of what type of record I was writing. I felt really terrible about the demise of the band and had no judgement on the quality of what the band had recorded so far for the fourth album. To say it was difficult to record is an understatement. Different versions, alternative choruses, different versions, guide vocals, bum notes, you name it. Tracks you'll hear are unfinished songs, and I had always intended to add another 2 or 3 songs to the album. In hindsight I think the music I wrote is good enough for people to look past all this and hear the songs, the words and melodies. I sincerely hope you enjoy listening to what is essentially a work-in-progress. We initially considered calling the album Mansun, but towards the end of the sessions Kleptomania was intended to be the title. So it has now become the title of this record. This CD is for all the fans who stuck with the band through thick and thin and to the people who petitioned for these songs to be released. We'll never be able to repay you for the enthusiasm for our music, for the euphoria of the good times and the support through the bad. Thank you for coming to the gigs and festivals, for writing the fanzines, fansites and letters, for buying the records but most of all for allowing this music to see the light of day.'

[Insert Paul Draper signature image, per sleeve notes]

1. Getting Your Way

'This was always going to be the opening song on the album. The last version of this song had a completely new chorus but was not complete enough to release. This is an earlier version that sounds close to the version we played on our last tour.'

Engineered and mixed by Cenzo Townsend.

2. Slipping Away

'This was recorded at Jacob's studio in Surrey. This is an early version of the song before new guitars were added, but the only mix we have available in a listenable form.'

Engineered and mixed by Cenzo Townsend. Mixed by Paul Draper. 'Instrumental track between Slipping Away and Keep Telling Myself composed and performed by Dominic Chad from 'The Parrot Sessions'.

3. Keep Telling Myself

'I woke up on September 11 2001 to see the second plane going into the World Trade Centre. I wrote this song that day, it was the first song I had written in a very long time. I remember vividly writing it but it wasn't an enjoyable experience, I just needed to do it. This is a fully finished song that Mike Hunter mixed with me in my home studio.'

Engineered by Cenzo Townsend. Mixed by Mike Hunter and Paul Draper.

4. Harris

'I wrote this song about how people are blinded by nationalism. Harris refers to Bomber Harris. Chad and I recorded the vocals and guitar live at Rockfield Studios and later overdubbed the backing vocals and bass.'

Engineered by Cenzo Townsend. Mixed by Mike Hunter and Paul Draper.

5. Love Remains

'We listened through my home demo version before recording, then just played the track a few times and this is how it sounded. It was done in Jane Seymour's ballroom at St. Catherine's Court, where we did most of the recording for these 4th album sessions.'

Engineered by Cenzo Townsend. Mixed by Mike Hunter and Paul Draper.

6. Cry 2 My Face

'This was the last song recorded for the album. It was never finished and this rough version is the only copy that exists.'

Engineered by Cenzo Townsend. Mixed by Mike Hunter and Paul Draper.

7. No Signal/No Complaints

'This was the first song recorded for the album. We rehearsed it at a rented farmhouse in Surrey then recorded it live at RAK Studios in London. It's a song about running away from technology and progress. But listening back it sounds like me running away from the band.'

Engineered by Cenzo Townsend. Mixed by Mike Hunter and Paul Draper.

8. Home

'About being involved in a destructive relationship and having the strength to get out of it. Only a guide vocal exists on this track, other than that the backing track is complete.'

Engineered by Cenzo Townsend. Mixed by Paul Draper.

9. Fragile

'A George Orwell inspired vision of the future where your only refuge is your own home.'

Engineered by Barney Chase. Mixed by Cenzo Townsend.

10. Wanted So Much

'I was trying to get a hybrid of an electronic and rock track as the arrangement for this song. I wanted to cut up the bass guitar on the verse so it was like a big beat record going into a powerful bridge. I wrote this when I was disillusioned with living in the city and wanted to get away from it all. The lyrics are pretty self explanatory.'

Engineered by Barney Chase. Mixed by Cenzo Townsend. Drum programming by Chris Agnew.

11. Good Intentions Heal The Soul

'I always has a problem with writing direct lyrics, I wrapped things up in gobbledegook so as to not expose myself too much. This song puts that right. This was originally intended to be the closing track on the album.'

Engineered by Cenzo Townsend. Mixed by Mike Hunter and Paul Draper.

CD2 - Non-Album Singles, B-Sides and EP-Only Tracks

'Thanks to everyone who voted in the online poll to help compile this "Best of the EPs" CD. Tracks that also appear on albums were ineligible, as were live, acoustic and remixed tracks. Onliy original songs were allowed. Virtually all the tracks on this CD were in the top 20 of the poll, while I added one or two of my favourites.'

1. Take It Easy Chicken

'This was the first track we ever recorded. We bought a reel of multi-track tape and drove down to Sonic Studios in Ealing London (this was the cheapest studio we could find in the back of the Melody Maker) to record four songs in a day in the summer of 1995. As our favourite track from the session we had 1000 copies of Take It Easy pressed up on 7" vinyl to launch our garden shed record label 'Sci Fi Hi Fi' and sent a few in the post to Radio 1 where it was played by John Peel and Steve Lamacq. I couldn't believe it when I first heard them play the song, we'd never played a gig, could hardly play live and had no record deal.'

Written and produced by Paul Draper. Engineered by Ronnie Stone. Assisted by Mike Hunter. Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1996. Originally released as a 7" single on Sci Fi Hi Fi recordings. Later released as the lead track on the TWO EP.

2. Everyone Must Win

'One of my favourite bands and one that was a big influence on me for their mix of synths and guitars, was Magazine. Although I knew Howard Devoto (Magazine's main man) had not really been writing and recording for a while, I approached him anyway to collaborate on something and in return received a set of lyrics and a demo in the post. Chad and I wrote the music around the lyrics and we worked out the rhythms and arrangement as a band in Parr Street Studios, Liverpool. This was my first collaboration and I was really nervous as to what Howard would think of it. This song became a regular in our live set.'

Written by Paul Draper/Howard Devoto/Dominic Chad. Produced by Paul Draper. Engineered and mixed by Mike Hunter. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Copyright Control. 1997. Taken from the SEVEN EP (Closed For Business CD2)

3. Closed For Business

'After completing our first U.S. tour in 1997 we returned to Parr Street studios where we had done most of our recording during the previous year. We recorded four tracks for an EP which was to be released in October 1997. This song, which I had written on the road in America, became the lead track on the EP. It was really not a commercial track compared to The World's Still Open which was going to be the lead track but became relegated to being track 4 for being too commercial.'

Written and produced by Paul Draper. Engineered by Mike Hunter. Mixed and strings recorded by Mark 'Spike' Stent. Harpsichord played by Dominic Chad. Strings arranged by Paul Draper and Stephen Hussey. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1997. Released as the lead track on the SEVEN EP

4. Ski Jump Nose

'This was originally a contender for lead track on our first EP for Parlophone records after signing to them at the start of 1996. In the end it was pipped by Egg Shaped Fred. It was part of our live set all the way through the first album and then we resurrected it for our headline performance at the Reading Festival in 1999.'

Written and produced by Paul Draper. Engineered and mixed by Ronnie Stone. Assisted by Mike Hunter. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1996. Taken from the ONE EP.

5. Can't Afford To Die

'We recorded this track at Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, which doesn't exist anymore. We went there because that's where The Police recorded a load of their early singles and we wanted to get a Stewart Copeland drum sound. We didn't quite manage it, but the track turned out alright anyway.'

Written by Paul Draper/Dominic Chad. Produced by Paul Draper. Recorded by Mike Hunter. Mixed by Ian Grimble. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1998. Taken from the EIGHT EP (Legacy CD1).

6. Railings

'This was the second song we collaborated on with Howard Devoto, this time we met up with Howard in the studio to do the vocals. There were quite a few versions of this song recorded, one with just my singing, and one with just Howard singing. Eventually this version was released.'

Written by Howard Devoto. Produced by Paul Draper and Howard Devoto. Recorded by Mike Hunter. Mixed by Ian Grimble. Published by Copyright Control. 1998. Taken from the NINE EP (Being A Girl CD1).

7. Flourella

'After our first recording session in London, we heard of a small recording studio in Ewloe, North Wales, near to where I grew up. I heard the Stone Roses had worked there on the Second Coming album. I'd never known it was there before but went and found it. We booked some studio time for our second recording session, to record some new songs that I had written, including this one. Initially I intended this song to be on our first album, fitting in lyrically with the eventual theme of Attack of the Grey Lantern, an idea I had been mulling around for years to write a collection of songs about shady small town characters I had met growing up in North Wales. Another song similar in style to Flourella was Moronica, a song we recorded in our first ever batch of recordings. Listening back to them now I can hardly believe I wrote songs with such bizarre lyrics.

Written and produced by Paul Draper. Engineered by Mike Hunter, Ronnie Stone and Ian Caple. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1997. Released as a double A-side single (with Skin Up Pin Up) on Regal Recordings. A different mix was later released on the FIVE EP (She Makes My Nose Bleed CD1).

8. Decisions, Decisions

'One of a few Bowie influenced tracks we recorded during the lifetime of Mansun. I love Chad's guitar solo at the end. I suppose this was a bit of a pastiche/tribute to Bowie, who we toured with in 1997 and who was a truly lovely guy and a real hero of mine.'

Written by Paul Draper/Dominic Chad. Produced and mixed by Hugh Padgham. Co-produced by Mike Hunter. Strings scored by Ann Dudley. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 2000. Taken from I Can Only Disappoint U (CD1).

9. Been Here Before

'We started recording the Six album in Liverpool then moved down to Olympic studio to carry on the session. This was the first track to come out of these Olympic sessions. I remember having a really bad deja vu or 'groundhog day' experience, which sparked me to quickly write this song.'

Written by Paul Draper/Dominic Chad. Produced by Paul Draper and Mark 'Spike' Stent. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1998. Taken from the NINE EP (Being A Girl CD2).

10. My Idea Of Fun

'This song is about how a serial killer's view of the world would seem normal to himself. It was recorded above Bath Moles club but the session didn't go too smoothly as the building we were staying in caught fire in the middle of the night and four fire engines arrived and evacuated us. After a bit of oxygen and a night's rest we were ok to carry on, but it was a close call.'

Written by Paul Draper/Dominic Chad. Produced, engineered and mixed by Mike Hunter. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 2000. Taken from I Can Only Disappoint U (CD2).

11. When The Wind Blows

'When I was a kid there was a cartoon film about an old couple living through a nuclear attack. I had had notes for years to write a song about it as it really affected my at the time. I bought a graphic novel of the cartoon and read it then wrote this song. This is one of my favourite EP tracks we ever released.'

Written by Paul Draper/Dominic Chad. Produced by Paul Draper and Mark 'Spike' Stent. Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1998. Taken from the TEN EP (Negative CD1).

12. Check Under The Bed

'This was the first thing we recorded after we finished the Six album. I'd used up a lot of my song ideas on that album, so this was a really old track which we dug out and worked on.'

Written by Paul Draper/Dominic Chad. Recorded by Mike Hunter. Mixed by Ian Grimble. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1998. Taken fron the EIGHT EP (Legacy CD1).

13. Skin Up Pin Up

'This came out of our first ever recording session in London, and became one of our second double A-sde single - released on the Regal label - with Flourella. We'd all taken the day off work and to London in the early hours of the morning and this was the first song we recorded. I remember staying up the night before programming the drum loops so we'd save time in the studio. 808 State later remixed this track for the soundtrack to the film Spawn, which I really liked.'

Written and produced by Paul Draper. Engineered by Ronnie Stone at Angel Share Studio. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1996. Originally released as a double A-side single (with Flourella) on Regal Recordings. Later featured in the FOUR EP (Wide Open Space CD1).

14. I Care

'During the writing of the Six album my lyrics became really dark as tried to distance myself from the commercial animal that Mansun was becoming. This is probably the most disturbing lyric I ever wrote, I remember finding it difficult to sing and find it hard to write about now.'

Written by Paul Draper. Produced by Paul Draper and Mark 'Spike' Stent. Recorded and mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1998. Taken from the NINE EP (Being A Girl CD2).

15. The World's Still Open

'this was the last thing we recorded for the Closed For Business session and we started it on the last day of recording, forcing Mike Hunter (our long time engineer) to stay up all night mixing it. We wanted it to sound like all of our favourite records from the seventies in one recording.'

Written and produced by Paul Draper. Engineered and mixed by Mike Hunter. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 1997. Taken from the SEVEN EP (Closed For Business CD2).

CD3 - Rarities, Demos And Unreleased Tracks

1. Rock 'N' Roll Loser

'Originally we thought this was going to be the first single off Little Kix, but everyone went off it and it was discarded from the session. It has sat in the vaults at Abbey road since 1999.'

Written by Paul Draper. Produced by Paul Draper and Hugh Padgham. Engineered by Mike Hunter. Mixed by Mike Hunter and Paul Draper. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 2004. Previously unreleased from Little Kix sessions.

2. Secrets

'A song we tried out on our last tour. I intended to add an intro and a different chorus, but this is where we were at with the track when the band split. Only a guide vocal exists. This song was always known as, "the totally different track". I wrote the lyrics after the track was recorded and put this throw away vocal on during the last night of a session at Rockfield studio in Wales.'

Written by Paul Draper. Produced by Richard Rainey and Paul Draper. Engineered by Cenzo Townsend. Mixed by Mike Hunter and Paul Draper. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 2004. Previously unreleased from the 4th album sessions.

3. These Days (Full Length Version)

'This is the original full length version of a little section that was going to be on the 4th album. It originally started as this song, but I eventually edited it down. The song is about reaching a place or peace and calm in life but not being sure if its apathy or genuine happiness.'

Written by Paul Draper. Produced by Richard Rainey and Paul Draper. Engineered by Barney Chase. Mixed by Mike Hunter and Paul Draper. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 2004. Previously unreleased from the 4th album sessions.

4. It's OK

'Both It's Ok and Drones were songs I wrote at Stanbridge Farm in Sussex while rehearsing with the band. We recorded them live at RAK Studios in St. John's Wood, London in early 2000.'

Written by Paul Draper. Produced and engineered by Cliff Norrell. Mixed by Mike Hunter. Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. 2004. Previously unreleased.

Media Gallery

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  Kleptomania UK Promo CD 3

References

Kleptomania Sleeve Notes