Discography:Kleptomania (Album)

Kleptomania Cover Art

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 MiniDisc
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."

cite from Paul Draper via 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[edit] Disc one[edit] '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[edit] 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[edit] 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)

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.'

Kleptomania sleeve notes by Paul Draper, July 2004:

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.

References

Kleptomania Sleeve Notes