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Stupid Things That Mean The World
Studio album by
Tim Bowness
Released17 July 2015
Recorded2014-2015
GenreArt rock, progressive rock
Length59.59
LabelInsideOut Music
Tim Bowness chronology
Abandoned Dancehall Dreams
(2014) 		Stupid Things That Mean The World
(2015)

Background

A follow-up to Abandoned Dancehall Dreams, Stupid Things That Mean The World - Tim Bowness's third solo album - was released on 17 July 2015 on Inside Out Music.

Produced by Bowness and mixed by Bruce Soord, collaborators included Peter Hammill, Colin Edwin, Phil Manzanera and David Rhodes.

The album reached No. 10 in both the official UK Rock and UK Vinyl charts, and No. 1 in Prog magazine's July 2015 and August 2015 charts. In September 2015, Stupid Things That Mean The World was No. 9 in the first ever official UK Progressive chart.

The album appeared in Dave Thompson's top releases of the year[1] in Goldmine and at #14 in Prog magazine's critic's chart for 2015 (Issue 62).

Track listing

(all songs by Tim Bowness unless otherwise indicated)

Single CD/vinyl edition

  1. The Great Electric Teenage Dream (3.58) (Stephen James Bennett/Tim Bowness)
  2. Sing To Me (5.46) (Tim Bowness/Steven Wilson)
  3. Where You've Always Been (4.07) (Tim Bowness/Phil Manzanera)
  4. Stupid Things That Mean The World (3.05)
  5. Know That You Were Loved (6.44)
  6. Press Reset (3.54)
  7. All These Escapes (3.06) (Tim Bowness/Brian Hulse)
  8. Everything You're Not (3.40)
  9. Everything But You (1.12)
  10. Soft William (1.40)
  11. At The End Of The Holiday (4.58) (Tim Bowness/Andrew Keeling)

2-CD limited-edition media book

Disc 1
  1. The Great Electric Teenage Dream (3.58) (Stephen James Bennett/Tim Bowness)
  2. Sing To Me (5.46) (Tim Bowness/Steven Wilson)
  3. Where You've Always Been (4.07) (Tim Bowness/Phil Manzanera)
  4. Stupid Things That Mean The World (3.05)
  5. Know That You Were Loved (6.44)
  6. Press Reset (3.54)
  7. All These Escapes (3.06) (Tim Bowness/Brian Hulse)
  8. Everything You're Not (3.40)
  9. Everything But You (1.12)
  10. Soft William (1.40)
  11. At The End Of The Holiday (4.58) (Tim Bowness/Andrew Keeling)
Disc 2
  1. Stupid Things That Mean The World (Alternate) (Nick Magnus mix) (3.09)
  2. Best Boy Electric (Sing To Me) (1994 No-Man demo) (Steven Wilson mix) (1.58) (Tim Bowness/Steven Wilson)
  3. Know That You Were Loved (Alternate, David Rhodes 'electric version') (Stephen Bennett mix) (6.29)
  4. I Still Miss You (Stupid Things That Mean The World, UXB 'Ambient' Mix) (6.13)

Charts

Chart (2015) Position
UK Rock Albums chart[2] 10
UK Top 100 Physical Sales[3] 75
UK Vinyl chart[4] 10
UK Progressive Albums chart[5] 9

Personnel

With:

References

  1. ^ Goldmine
  2. ^ OCC charts, 24 July 2015
  3. ^ OCC charts, 24 July 2015
  4. ^ OCC charts, 24 July 2015
  5. ^ BBC, 3 September 2015
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