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The Neon Handshake
Studio album by
Hell Is for Heroes
Released11 March 2003
GenrePost-hardcore
Length42:19
LabelEMI
Hell Is for Heroes chronology
The Neon Handshake
(2003) 		Transmit Disrupt
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC MusicPositive Review[1]
Drowned in Sound[2]
NME[3]
Sputnikmusic[4]

The Neon Handshake is the debut album by London band Hell is For Heroes. The CD was released in February 2003 on Chrysalis Records.[5]

Rock Sound magazine picked it as the "Album of the Year".

In 2005, readers of Kerrang! magazine voted The Neon Handshake the 58th best British rock album ever.[6]

In 2018 the record was re-issued and released by Big Scary Monsters to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the band's debut release.

Track listing

  1. "Five Kids Go" – 3:44
  2. "Out of Sight" – 2:33
  3. "Night Vision" – 3:34
  4. "Cut Down" – 3:04
  5. "Few Against Many" – 4:02
  6. "Three of Clubs" – 3:03
  7. "I Can Climb Mountains" – 3:20
  8. "Disconnector" – 3:26
  9. "You Drove Me To It" – 3:01
  10. "Slow Song" – 5:31
  11. "Sick Happy" – 3:08
  12. "Retreat" – 3:44

References

  1. ^ BBC Music Review
  2. ^ Drowned in Sound Review
  3. ^ NME Review
  4. ^ Sputnik Music Review
  5. ^ BBC - Music - Review for Hell Is for Heroes - The Neon Handshake
  6. ^ Kerrang! The 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever! (at the bottom of the page)


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