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Start Something is the second studio album by the Welsh alternative metal band Lostprophets, released on February 2, 2004 through Visible Noise in the United Kingdom and South Korea. The album was released internationally on February 5, 2004. The band began work on the album in 2003 after touring for support of their previous album, The Fake Sound of Progress. This album would mark the last album with drummer Mike Chiplin.

Start Something was a critical and commercial success and became the band's international breakthrough album. It peaked at number 33 on the Billboard 200 selling over 500 thousand copies in the United States alone and reached high positions on charts worldwide. Six singles were released from the album: "Burn Burn", "Last Train Home", "Wake Up (Make a Move)", "Last Summer", "Goodbye Tonight" and the radio single "I Don't Know". These singles helped Lostprophets reach mainstream popularity. In 2004, the album was certified platinum by the BPI in the United Kingdom.

Recording

The album was produced by Eric Valentine who has also produced albums by Queens of the Stone Age and Good Charlotte. MTV reports that the band chose the album name for two reasons. Firstly, the band wanted to motivate people they had met who stated that they would "love to do this and that" but never had the drive to do it. The second being that the band viewed Start Something as their first "musical step", as they felt The Fake Sound of Progress, originally intended as only a demo, "did not accurately reflect their ability".[1]

Lostprophets cancelled their show at Reading and Leeds Festival in 2003 to continue their work on the album. Lead singer Ian Watkins said they did it because "We want to make the best record possible and did not want to rush anything" and continued with "unfortunately these shows are at the final stages of making the record and we felt it was more important." The Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro replaced Lostprophets at the festival.[2]

Release history

Country Release Date
Korea February 2, 2004 (2004-02-02)
United Kingdom
Canada February 3, 2004 (2004-02-03)
United States
Worldwide February 5, 2004 (2004-02-05)

The album was met with much attention in the UK and the US, thanks to the three first singles from the album: "Burn Burn", "Last Train Home" and "Wake Up (Make a Move), which all met with high chart positions in the UK, US and in mainland Europe. On Friday, February 20, 2004 the album was certified Silver and Gold by the BPI and on Friday January 14, 2005 the album was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry again.[3] According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) the album has sold more than 500 thousand copies in the United States and been certified Gold because of it.[4] The album has sold 2.5 million copies worldwide according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).[5]

In the mids of February 2004, Start Something reached its peak at 33 on the Billboard 200 which was the highest charting position in the United States for them at the time.[6] They also reached 33 on the Billboard Comprehensive Albums chart in the United States.[7] The album first charted on the UK Albums Chart at 4 in 2004, in 2005 it peaked at its peak position 93 and after the release of Liberation Transmission in 2006 the album re-charted and peaked at 133.[8] Two singles were released from, the album the first single was "Burn Burn which peaked at 17 on the UK Singles Chart and later re-charted in 2004 and peaked at 110 and becoming the first Lostprophets single to chart in Oceania and mainland Europe.[8] The follow up single "Last Train Home" peaked at 8 on the UK Singles chart and topped the US Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.[8][9] "Wake Up (Make a Move)" (UK #18), "Goodbye Tonight" (UK# 42), "Last Summer" (UK# 13) and the American radio single peaked at 11 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks and 24 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.[8][9]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sputnikmusic [10]
Dot Music(7/10) [11]
Drowned in Sound(8/10) [12]
Allmusic [13]
scenepointblank(6/10) [14]
entertainment.ie [15]
HardcoreSounds [16]
Rolling Stone [17]

The album gained generally favorable reviews from Music Critics, At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 70, based on 13 reviews.[18] Music reviewer Johnny Loftus from Allmusic said that they had too big of a resemblance to bands such as Linkin Park, Incubus, and Faith No More; Loftus gave the album 2 out of 5 stars.[19] Rolling Stone reviewer Kirk Miller was more positive to the album and called it a "kick-ass tribute" again because of its resemblance to American rock band Faith No More and gave the album 3 out of 5 stars.[20] Justin Kownacki from Splendid said "this is one of those finely-polished discs that should have no trouble finding a huge audience" and was more over positive to the album.[21] Drowned in Sound reviewer Gen Williams said "It's a really really really really really REALLY great pop-metal explosion." and continued to say "Burn Burn" was an awesome Linkin Park and Adamski rip-off and giving the album 8 out of 10 stars.

Tour

To promote the album, the band toured North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. Four months before the release of Start Something the band started the support tour for it. They tour started in the United Kingdom.[22] The band also announced being Linkin Park's support act in their UK winter arena tour.[23] They later announced playing at the NME Award show in the London Astoria and then later announced UK dates in such places as Glasgow, Newcastle and Manchester among others.[24] The concert in the London Astoria ended up being sold out.[25]

On July 15 Lostprophets started their North America tour which included thirteen dates all put together, the American tour ended on August 3, 2004.[26] Lostprophets would also go on to be a part of the MTV's Campus Invasion Tour, the band was a supporting act for headliner Hoobastank, the tour kicked of in University of Tennessee.[27] In May, 2004 the band visited Vancouver, Canada for a one night show.[28] Later on they went to play in New Zealand and Australia as part of the Big Day Out festival. They would also go down to Japan for their first time.[28] The band returned to the UK in November, 2004 and for the first time they played big headline dates, because of this they extended their UK tour.[29][30]

Sky Sports Super League intro

The track Start Something was the intro music to Sky Sports coverage of the Super League with the music providing introduction to the games and background music to the game preview as well as being featured at half-time.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lostprophets

No.TitleLength
1."We Still Kill the Old Way"4:20
2."To Hell We Ride"3:40
3."Last Train Home"4:35
4."Make a Move" (titled "Wake Up (Make a Move)" in later editions)3:56
5."Burn Burn"3:36
6."I Don't Know"3:57
7."Hello Again"4:56
8."Goodbye Tonight"3:54
9."Start Something"3:26
10."A Million Miles"4:32
11."Last Summer"4:07
12."We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan" (omitted in American edition)4:05
13."Sway" (divided in two, with second half as "Outro" on American edition)10:24
Total length:59:29 (UK)
51:59 (US)
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Lucky You"4:33
15."Like a Fire"4:02

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart Position
Austrian Albums Charts[31] 60
French Albums Charts[32] 69
German Albums Chart[33] 51
Irish Album Charts[34] 61
New Zealand Album Charts[35] 14
UK Album Charts[8] 4
UK Album Charts[8] 93
UK Album Charts[8] 133
US Billboard 200[6] 33
US Billboard Comprehensive Albums[7] 33

References

  1. ^ Joe D'Angelo (February 25 2004). "Lostprophets Ready To Start Something Orchestral With Second LP". MTV. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Lostprophets Pull Out of Carling Weekend". NME. July 29 2003. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "BPI - Lostprophets". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  4. ^ "RIAA Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  5. ^ James McLaren. "About rock music". BBC Wales. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  6. ^ a b "Billboard 200 – Start Something". Billboard. February 28 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ a b "Billboard Comprehensive Albums – Start Something". Billboard. May 22 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "Chart Log UK 1994–2006 DJ Steve L. – LZ Love". Zobbel. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  9. ^ a b "Lostprophets singles Chart History". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  10. ^ Sputnikmusic Review
  11. ^ Dot Music Review
  12. ^ Drowned in Sound Review
  13. ^ Allmusic Review
  14. ^ scenepointblank Review
  15. ^ entertainment.ie Review
  16. ^ HardcoreSounds Review
  17. ^ Rolling Stone Review
  18. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/lostprophets/startsomething?q=Start%20Something
  19. ^ Johnny Loftus. "Start Something". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  20. ^ Kirk Miller. "Start Something". Rolling Stone.
  21. ^ Justin Kownacki. "Start Something". Splendid.
  22. ^ "Lostprophets Planning to 'Start Something'". NME. October 2 2003. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ^ "Lostprophets Go to the Park". NME. October 17 2003. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. ^ "Lostprophets 'Start Something' in 2004". NME. November 20 2003. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  25. ^ "Feel My Pain!". NME. February 10 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  26. ^ Barry A. Jeckel. "Billboard Bits: Beastie Boys, Lostprophets, Authority Zero". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  27. ^ Todd Martens (February 24 2004). "Hoobastank, Lostprophets Head Back To School". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. ^ a b "Lostprophets 'Start Something' in Japan". NME. May 4 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  29. ^ "Lostprophets Return". NME. July 29 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  30. ^ "Lost on the Road". NME. September 1 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  31. ^ "Austrian Record Chart". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  32. ^ "French Record Chart". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  33. ^ "German Albums Chart". charts-surfer.de/. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  34. ^ "Irish Record Chart". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  35. ^ "New Zealand Record Chart". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
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