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Not Accepted Anywhere is the début album from Welsh rock band The Automatic, the album was released on June 19, 2006, supporting 3 singles prior to release "Recover", "Raoul" and "Monster", the albums release was then followed by the re-release of "Recover" and "Raoul", followed by a re-release of "Monster" for the albums release in the United States on June 22 2007.

Recording and production

For the recording of Not Accepted Anywhere the band worked with a number of producers in a number of locations.[5] The first track to the released was 2005 single "Recover" on November 7, the track was recorded initially at The Elevator studios, Liverpool and is the only track to have been recorded with Ian Broudie as producer.[6] "Raoul" was produced and engineered with Stephen Harris, who also mixed all of the tracks from the album. Other studios used for the recordings also included The Chapel Studios in Lincoln, The Pearce Rooms, Hammersmith and Stir Studios in Cardiff with Richard Jackson - the bands primary producer, who went onto mix their follow-up record This Is a Fix.[7]

guitarist/vocalist Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds produced the bands debut single "Recover", which on its re-release charted at #25 in the UK singles chart.

For the release in the United States the band along with Leon Zervos at Sterling Studios in New York re-worked and re-mixed the entire record, changing various levels of previous recordings to sound how they had originally envisioned; "The production is different, its been mixed to sound a bit more raw and a bit more rock, which is probably more reflective of the way we are live than the UK version is". [8] The record was also released under the title The Automatic Automatic after the band were faced with legal action with a artist in the United States who owned legal rights to the title The Automatic.[9]

The albums title is a spin off of the Mastercard promotional phrase "Accepted Everywhere", and came after a number of different titles were submitted to the bands management, included "Now Here In Nowhere".[10]

Artwork

The Not Accepted Anywhere main cover depicts a number of related imagery to the songs themselves; Raoul is represented by a sandwich, the pill relates to Monster's line "without these pills, you're let loose", Keep Your Eyes Peeled is shown by alert eyes, and a sign saying home represents Lost at Home. Team Drama is represented by a baseball bat with drama written on it, and a rat sits on top of the banner which reads the automatic, obviously to show the song Rats, "Recover" is represented by a megaphone from the red megaphones used in the phaelon edit of the video. You Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout could also be represented by the megaphone. That's What She Said is represented by a speech bubble. Seriously...I Hate You Guys is represented by a small piece of paper that has 'HATE' scrawled on it several times.

The artwork itself was designed and created by D*Face (Richard Stockton), who also worked on some of the bands other art including that for "Raoul"[11]

Release

Promotion

Prior to the debut album of The Automatic's release, both songs "Raoul", and "Recover" were released as singles, Recover was released late 2005, and was not chart eligible, however "Raoul", released late spring was eligible for the UK charts. As well as promotion from the two singles, The Automatic co-headlined the Topman/NME New Music Tour with other acts including Boy Kill Boy, ¡Forward Russia!, The Long Blondes and Howling Bells.

Once the album was released on June 19, 2006, with new single "Monster", which smashed previous single "Raoul", chart topping at No.4 in the UK charts, the band played Reading and Leeds festivals, and a number of other gigs. See The Automatic tour history. Tablature of the album is also now available. [12]

After the NME Awards Indie Rock Tour 2007 the band began promoting in the USA, On June 26, 2007 The Automatic release "Not Accepted Anywhere" in the USA and Canada, this comes prior to their Vans Warped Tour. Their first US single, "Monster", was released on april 24, 2007. [13] This release of Not Accepted Anywhere comes a year after the UK release. The band are promoting in the USA through the Vans Warped Tour.

Television Appearances

In 2006 they became the first band to make an return performance on The Friday Night Project.[14][15] On 18 March 2006 the band appeared on Channel 4's The Album Chart Show with Placebo and The Kooks.[16]

The band were featured in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge where they first performed their cover of Kayne West's "Gold Digger" which was later released on the compilation CD Radio 1's Live Lounge as well as being re-recorded and added as a b-side to the 2007 re-release of "Raoul".[17][18]

On 18 June 2006 the band played T4 on the Beach, similarly to their GMTV performance they were forced to mime, again leading to the band playing whilst drunk, however this time not as much destruction was caused by the band mates. [19][20][21]

In June 2006 the band appeared twice on "Transmission"[22][23] Prior to the album release, the band appeared on Top Of The Pop's where they performed "Monster".[24]

On four separate occasions the band have appeared on the T4 show Popworld. After the broadcasting in an interview the band stated that if The Kooks and Razorlight got into a fight then they would support The Kooks, saying that Johnny Borrell has a lot of people who already dislike him. This came after their appearance on Top of the Pops, as were The Kooks, and ironically Lostprophets, which they felt was awkward considering Fearne Cotton had previously been dating Luke Pritchard and Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins, during the interview with Popworld Iwan made jokes of how Fearne was giving Frost the "eye".[25][26]

In September 2006 the members made an appearance along with Manic Street Preachers in Sky Sports show Soccer AM, their track "Raoul" was also soon featured on the show's soundtrack to the year.[27] On 16 November 2006, Alex Pennie appeared as a guest on panel show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks along with Amy Winehouse.[28]

During the band's stay in the USA and Canada they appeared on several Fuse TV including The Vinnie Langdon Show. [29] Months later after the departure of Alex Pennie the band were briefly featured with for the first time with Paul Mullen, attending the 2007 Pop Factory Awards which was Broadcast on ITV Wales.

On 21 July 2006 some time after the band's chart success with "Monster", they were asked at the last minute to perform the song on GMTV at around 9am. The night before the band had been drinking after their gig at Carling Academy Bristol on their tour with Cat the Dog and Viva Machine and "decided to stay up all night after the gig" drinking more and more, unhappy with the prospect of having to mime on the morning show.[30][31] Former keyboardist Alex Pennie explained; "Frost (James, guitarist) was pretty drunk when we started 'Monster', and I'm easily led. Before we knew it I was standing in my boxer shorts in the GMTV garden and Frost had trashed all the equipment".[32] Guitarist James Frost had smashed his rented guitar, as well as throwing himself into the drum kit, whilst Pennie waved his Alesis Micron around. Iwan and Rob had continued to mime. During the incident a cameraman allegedly received a glancing injury from guitarist James Frost and threatened the band with legal action. This matter was later resolved. The band have stated that they doubt they will ever be asked back, although they have 'not been banned' by GMTV.[33]

Lyrical themes and style

The first track of the album "Thats What She Said" drones of unhappy day to day lives, waiting for the weekend to begin, much in a similar style to "Raoul", a sandwich shop owner working opposite the Cardiff studio that much of Not Accepted Anywhere was written, Raoul was revealed to be a metaphor for getting away from work; "Lets go see Raoul".[34] "You Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout" makes fun of those who only listen to popular songs on the radio "So much trash on the radio today, Keep dancing in the routine way" without any personal views or opinions on the song.[35] Both "Recover" and "Monster" hit out at drink and drug issues in the UK, with "Recover" about a waster trying to motivate themselves, "Get up" and "Recover", whilst "Monster" is about how binge drinking reveals the Monster in people.[36][37] The track "Lost At Home", a slower song dealing with finding who you really are, "On The Campaign Trail" is a reference to American journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.[38] "Team Drama" and "Seriously...I Hate You Guys" are both written about people who force their problems onto you with the lyrics in "Team Drama" "Walking crisis make sure everyone knows your pain Keep a surprise not your private lives to make sure we're all entertained" being a prime example of this.[38] "By My Side", vocalist Robin Hawkins reported this was the track he was most happy with lyrically, screaming out "Is this the end of the world, i can't tell, its been like this so long" the song is about introspection and examining yourself to find out what you really want to be in life, as well as growing up. Many of "Rats" lyrics like "Thats What She Said" and "Raoul" refer to the day to day lives, and the music scene and people who follow the different scenes "If everyone in the room could hear themselves sing out of tune then they'd feel like i do".[39]

Reception

NME journalist Dan Martin rated the album highly, praising the "multi-voice" sound of the record, calling the bands single "Monster"; this year’s "I Predict A Riot" (Kaiser Chiefs) and the catchiest indie hit of the summer, also taking a liking to Alex Pennie; "the Tourette’s bashing a keyboard with his fists and screeching backing vocals, have made him sound like a new instrument all of its own" rating the album 8/10 overall.[40] Sophie Heawood of The Guardian was praising of the record, giving it 3/5, calling Monsters chorus "As idiotic choruses go, it's a keeper".[41] Chad Grischow of ING expressed a common criticism of the record "the overly repetitive one-note sound of Not Accepted Anywhere makes The Automatic a rather boring", rating the album only 5.8/10[42]

There's an annoying little man shouting all over our album — and it's me!

— Alex Pennie talking to NME[43]

Chart performance

The album itself hit No. 3 in the UK Album Chart. Four of the five UK singles were also entered to UK Singles Charts. Monster topped all 4, hitting number 4, whilst Recover reached 25, and Raoul releases reached 34 and 44.[44][45]

Chart (2006) Entry Peak
position 		Certification Sales
UK Album Chart Jul 2006 3 Gold
UK Re-entry Jan 2007 33 Gold

Personnel

Musicians

Mixing and Production

Track listing

Not Accepted Anywhere
No.TitleLength
1."That's What She Said"3:15
2."Raoul"3:53
3."You Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout"3:06
4."Recover"2:52
5."Monster"3:41
6."Lost at Home"3:26
7."Keep Your Eyes Peeled"3:01
8."Seriously... I Hate You Guys"3:27
9."On the Campaign Trail"3:01
10."Team Drama"3:13
11."By My Side"3:46
12."Rats"3:39
USA
No.TitleLength
1."Gold Digger (cover of Kayne West)"3:23
Bonus Track Version
No.TitleLength
1."Song 6"3:28
2."Monster (Culprit 1 Remix)"3:53
itunes
No.TitleLength
1."Monster (Live at Electric Ballroom)"4:17
B-Sides
No.TitleLength
1."Jack Daniels"(featured on Recover & Raoul EP)"3:10
2."Song 6 (featured on featured on Recover & Raoul EP)"3:28
3."Trophy Wives (featured on Raoul & Raoul EP)"1:57
4."Night Drive (featured on Monster & Raoul EP)"4:12
5."High Tide on Caroline Street (featured on Monster & Raoul EP)"2:57
6."Time=Money (featured on Recover(Re-Release))"3:07
7."Easy Target (featured on Raoul(Re-Release))"3:52

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  23. ^ "Transmission with T-Mobile Episode #1.2 (2006)". IMDB. 23 June 2006 (Season 1, Episode 2). Retrieved 2008-04-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  35. ^ The SunYou Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout meaning
  36. ^ The SunMonster Interview
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  43. ^ NME 19 May 2007 Page 35
  44. ^ Chart PositionChart Position of Not Accepted Anywhere
  45. ^ Chart ReferenceLate Chart Reference to Not Accepted Anywhere
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