Discography:Six (Album)
| Mansun Album | |
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| Name | Six |
| Tracks | 13 |
| Track length | 70:37 |
| Recorded | 1998 |
| Writer/composer | Paul Draper |
| Producer | Paul Draper, Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mike Hunter |
| Publisher | Parlophone, Epic Records |
| Format(s) | CD Vinyl Cassette MiniDisc |
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Attack of the Grey Lantern ← Six → Little Kix
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Album Cover
The album's sleeve art was a painting produced by Max Schindler, and commissioned especially for the album. It contains many references to personal interests and obsessions of the band, such as a TARDIS and an image of Tom Baker as Doctor Who, and Patrick McGoohan as Number 6 (sitting in the ball chair commonly occupied by the different Number 2's), from The Prisoner. There is also a depiction of Winnie the Pooh standing close to a painting that may be a reproduction of Vinegar tasters, a Taoist allegorical painting. Guitarist Dominic Chad is known to be both a Taoist and a fan of A. A. Milne, and the album's name is in fact a reference to Milne's book Now We Are Six.
The cover art also depicts a number of (perhaps non-existent) books, including:
Life as a Series of Compromises by Graham Langdon Who On Earth is Tom Baker? by Tom Baker (the actor's autobiography) Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell (1984 was one of the album's working titles) The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade (referenced in the lyrics of "Legacy") The Book of Mormon (referenced in the lyrics of "Cancer") The Bible Code by Michael Drosnin (referenced in the lyrics of " People Places by Richard Rogers (referenced in the lyrics of "Anti-Everything") The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne (referenced in the lyrics of "Shotgun") Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard (referenced in the lyrics of "Negative") The Schizoid Man refers to an episode title of The Prisoner Paint It Black by Geoffrey Giuliano (a book on the death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, an important influence on Dominic Chad) The inlay booklet includes enlarged images of the piles of books from the cover, making it easier to read the authors and titles.
US Version
The US release of Six restructured the track listing considerably at the behest of Epic Records. The chapters and interlude were removed and the running order was rearranged with "Legacy" and "Shotgun" swapped. More significant was the omission of "Inverse Midas" and "Witness to a Murder (Part Two)" both of which were composed by Dominic Chad. The full eight-minute recording of the title track is substituted for the Arthur Baker re-recording. Small edits appear throughout the remaining track listing: the opening guitar from "Legacy", the feedback from the opening of "Negative" and the removal of silence from the end of "Cancer".
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Tracklisting
UK Version
Part One
1. "Six" (8:07)
2. "Negative" (4:21)
3. "Shotgun" (6:38)
4. "Inverse Midas" (1:44)
5. "Anti-Everything" (2:25)
6. "Fall Out" (3:47)
7. "Serotonin" (2:33)
8. "Cancer" (9:31)
Interlude
9. "Witness to a Murder (Part Two)" (3:06)
Part Two
10. "Television" (8:21)
11. "Special / Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)" (5:32)
12. "Legacy" (6:33)
13. "Being a Girl" (7:59)
Japanese Version
14. "I Care" (Japanese only bonus track) (3:42)
US Version
1. "Six (Baker Mix)" 3:56
2. "Negative" 4:16
3. "Legacy" 6:19
4. "Anti-Everything" 2:25
5. "Fall Out" 3:47
6. "Serotonin" 2:33
7. "Cancer" 9:16
8. "Television" 8:21
9. "Special / Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)" 5:18
10. "Shotgun" 6:27
11. "Being a Girl" (8:00)
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