Take to the Skies

Take To The Skies
Studio album by Enter Shikari
Released	March 19, 2007
Recorded	The Outhouse Reading, Berkshire, UK 2006 - 2007
Genre	Post-hardcore, metalcore, drum and bass, trance
Length	52:43
Label	Ambush Reality (UK) Tiny Evil (United States)
Producer	Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari chronology
Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour EP (2004) Take to the Skies (2007) The Zone (2007)
Alternative Covers
CD with DVD release cover (UK)
US Cover
Singles from Take to the Skies
"Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour" Released: March 5, 2007 "Jonny Sniper" Released: June 18, 2007

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk
Allmusic
BBC Music
Drowned In Sound
The Guardian
NME	(8/10)
Pitchfork Media	(6.7/10.0)
Spin Magazine

Take to the Skies is the debut studio album by Enter Shikari. On March 25, 2007, it reached #4 in the Official UK Album Chart selling 28,000 copies in its first week. It has been released as a standard CD, a limited CD + DVD edition and a double LP version (2 x 180grm 12" vinyl) with an embossed gate fold sleeve. The 12" vinyl edition is limited to 1000 copies and also contains the standard CD. The Album reached worldwide sales of 250,000 copies^{[citation needed]} and was certified Gold in the UK, after selling over 100,000 copies. The album produced two singles for "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour" and "Jonny Sniper".

Background

The album contains many songs that were featured on demos, singles and EPs released in the years prior to their debut. "Sorry You're Not A Winner" was first on the band's second EP Sorry You're Not A Winner EP in 2003. It was later re-recorded in 2006 along with "OK, Time For Plan B" (which was a previously released demo in 2005) for the bands second single Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B. "Jonny Sniper" and "Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour..." were both on the band's third EP Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour (EP) in 2004; they were completely re-recorded for the album. A demo version of "Mothership" was previously released for the bands first single in 2006. Also "Enter Shikari", "Labyrinth", and "Return To Energiser" were released as demos from 2005-06. After the release of the album in Europe, the band spent a long period of time finding a distributor, which they would need to release the album in North America. Finally they signed to Tiny Evil Records and the album was released on October 30.

On the albums track listing, tracks 1, 5, 9, 11, 13 and 17 are untitled on the actual track listing. However, the untitled tracks have been given names on the digital versions and other retailer descriptions. Track 1 is universally titled "Stand Your Ground; This Is Ancient Land". In most cases tracks 5,9,11,13 and 17 are all titled "Interlude", sometimes being numbered. However, on the iTunes track listing 9 and 17 are both titled Reprise One and Two, respectively. Also, Track 17 is sometimes titled "Closing".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Enter Shikari. 

Take to the Skies
No.	Title	Length
1.	"[Untitled]" (Stand Your Ground; This Is Ancient Land on digital versions)	1:08
2.	"Enter Shikari"	2:52
3.	"Mothership"	4:30
4.	"Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour..."	4:32
5.	"[Untitled]"	1:01
6.	"Labyrinth"	3:51
7.	"No Sssweat"	3:16
8.	"Today Won’t Go Down in History"	3:34
9.	"[Untitled]" (Reprise 1 on digital versions)	1:28
10.	"Return to Energiser"	4:35
11.	"[Untitled]"	0:18
12.	"Sorry, You're Not a Winner"	3:52
13.	"[Untitled]"	0:35
14.	"Jonny Sniper"	4:01
15.	"Adieu"	5:40
16.	"OK Time for Plan B"	4:55
17.	"[Untitled]" (Reprise 2 on digital versions)	2:44
Total length:		52:43

Take to the Skies (US iTunes Version)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stand Your Ground; This Is Ancient Land / Enter Shikari"	4:05
2.	"Mothership"	4:30
3.	"Anything Can Happen In the Next Half Hour / Interlude One"	5:41
4.	"Labyrinth"	3:56
5.	"No Sssweat"	3:18
6.	"Today Won't Go Down In History"	3:37
7.	"Reprise One"	1:31
8.	"Return to Energizer"	4:37
9.	"Sorry You're Not a Winner" (Remix)	4:12
10.	"Jonny Sniper / Intro"	4:34
11.	"Adieu"	5:40
12.	"OK, Time for Plan B"	5:04
13.	"Reprise Two"	2:42
14.	"Kicking Back On the Surface of Your Cheek" (Digital Exclusive)	3:46
Total length:		56:29

Singles

Information
Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour Released: 5 March 2007 Chart positions: #27 (UK Singles Chart), #1 (UK Rock Chart)
Jonny Sniper Released: 18 June 2007 Chart positions: #75 (UK Singles Chart)

Chart performance and certifications

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart	89
Irish Albums Chart	26
UK Albums Chart	4

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)	Gold	100,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Personnel

Band

• Roughton "Rou" Reynolds - Lead vocals, additional guitars, lap steel guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, samples, electronics, lyrics
• Chris Batten - Bass, vocals
• Liam "Rory" Clewlow - Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals
• Rob Rolfe - Drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Enter Shikari - Gang vocals
• Joel De'ath - Gang vocals
• Ben Shute - Gang vocals
• Ian Shortshaft - Gang vocals
• Arlen Keyte - Gang vocals
• Timbo Baggins - Gang vocals
• Mark Thomas - Gang vocals
• David Burgess - Gang vocals
• Connor Masarich - Gang vocals

Production

• Enter Shikari - Production
• Gavin Paul Maxwell - Technician
• John Mitchell - Recording
• Ben Humphreys - Recording
• Martin Giles - Mastering
• Peter Hill - Photography
• Keaton Henson - Illustration, design

Live At The Astoria DVD personnel

• Lawrence Hardy - Director, editor, camera operator
• Paul McLoone - Producer
• Manifesto Films - Producer
• Gavin Paul Maxwell - Technician
• Andrew Carey - Camera operator
• Hugo Levien - Camera operator
• Tatsu Ozaki - Camera operator
• Jerome McCann - Sound
• James Kemp - Sound mixing
• Jenifer Wright - Picture slideshow photography
• Stephen Condell - Picture slideshow photography