A Triumph for Man is the first album

Album

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 by Danish band Mew

Mew (band)

Mew is a Danish alternative music band consisting of Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen. Bassist Johan Wohlert was also a founding member of the band, but left in 2006...

, released in April 1997 by the Danish record label Exlibris Musik.

Only 2,000 copies of the album were printed initially and prices for an original copy have reached upwards of US$200 on auction site eBay

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On 18 September 2006 A Triumph for Man was re-released along with a CD with bonus material, including demos and acoustic versions of songs.

Track listing

1. "Wheels over Me" – 2:33
2. "Beautiful Balloon" – 4:27
3. "Wherever" – 5:56
4. "Panda" – 4:11
5. "Then I Run" – 3:53
6. "Life Is Not Distant" – 1:08
7. "No Shadow Kick" – 3:06
8. "Snowflake" – 3:30
9. "She Came Home for Christmas
   She Came Home For Christmas
   She Came Home for Christmas is the second single by Danish alternative rock band Mew. The song was released after "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi ". The song originally appeared on the band's debut album A Triumph for Man in 1997, and was later included on Frengers, a compilation album of sorts, in...
   
   " – 4:54
10. "Pink Monster" – 0:46
11. "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (for You)" – 2:19
12. "How Things Turn out to Be" – 0:44
13. "Web" – 4:34
14. "Coffee Break" – 4:37

2006 reissue bonus disc

1. "Studio Snippet #1" – 0:31
2. "Say You're Sorry" (ATFM Session) – 6:09
3. "Beautiful Balloon" (acoustic) – 4:15
4. "Web" (demo) – 5:42
5. "Chinese Gun" (demo) – 3:06
6. "Studio Snippet #2" – 0:30
7. "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)" (demo) – 1:43
8. "Wheels over Me" (demo) – 2:48
9. "Superfriends" (demo) – 4:40

Singles

Mew only released one proper single from their first album, "She Came Home for Christmas

She Came Home For Christmas

She Came Home for Christmas is the second single by Danish alternative rock band Mew. The song was released after "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi ". The song originally appeared on the band's debut album A Triumph for Man in 1997, and was later included on Frengers, a compilation album of sorts, in...

". However a promo-single "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)" was released in March 1997, before the album.

Year	Single
1997	"I Should Have Been A Tsin-Tsi (For You)"
	"She Came Home for Christmas She Came Home For Christmas She Came Home for Christmas is the second single by Danish alternative rock band Mew. The song was released after "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi ". The song originally appeared on the band's debut album A Triumph for Man in 1997, and was later included on Frengers, a compilation album of sorts, in... "