Amplifier is the debut album of the Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

 alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Amplifier

Amplifier (band)

Amplifier are a progressive rock band from Manchester, England. The main trio forming the band are singer and guitarist Sel Balamir, bassist Neil Mahony and drummer Matt Brobin. The band has released three albums and two EPs since its inception in 1999. Their self-titled debut album was released in...

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Originally released by Music For Nations

Music For Nations

Music For Nations was a British independent record label focusing mainly on rock and metal. They were a subsidiary of the larger label distributor Zomba Records who in turn is owned by BMG....

 on June 6, 2004, it was re-released by the German

Germany

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-based label SPV

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 in May 2005 after the collapse of the former. The Music For Nations release came in two formats: jewel case with 10 tracks, and digipack with 13 tracks. Unlike normal special editions, the 13-track version's bonus track

Bonus track

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s are in the middle of the album, apparently forming the "true" album as the band intended it. The SPV release contains a bonus EP with four additional tracks (all previously released) and videos of two songs from the original.

The critical reception of the album was generally positive, with comments such as:

"A British rock-scene altering record. Enjoy it in all its infinite glory" Kerrang!

Kerrang!

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"No other record this year will have the audacity to field such lofty ambitions, let alone have the skills to fulfil them" NME

NME

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Track listing

All songs by Sel Balamir.

Music for Nations - Original Release

1. "Motorhead" – 6:15
2. "Airborne" – 8:28
3. "Panzer" – 7:02
4. "Old Movies" – 5:50
5. "Post Acid Youth" – 6:05
6. "Half Life" – 3:47
7. "Drawing No1" - 2:09
8. "Neon" – 4:16
9. "On/Off" – 6:33
10. "The Consultancy" – 4:59
11. "Drawing No2" - 2:49
12. "One Great Summer" – 5:56
13. "UFOs" – 7:26

SPV - 2CD Re-release

1. "Motorhead" – 6:15
2. "Airborne" – 8:28
3. "Panzer" – 7:02
4. "Old Movies" – 5:50
5. "Post Acid Youth" – 6:05
6. "Neon" – 4:16
7. "On/Off" – 6:33
8. "The Consultancy" – 4:59
9. "One Great Summer" – 5:56
10. "UFOs" – 7:26

Bonus EP Tracks

1. "Boomtime" – 4:51
2. "Half Life" – 3:47
3. "Throwaway" – 2:29
4. "Glory Electricity" – 7:36

Credits

• Sel Balamir – Guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals and co-production
  Record producer
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• Neil Mahony – Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Matt Brobin – Drums
  Drum kit
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• Matt Steele – Electric Piano
  Electric piano
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   on "Old Movies" and reverse piano on "On/Off"
• Claire Lemmon – Backing vocals on "Neon"
• Mike Vennart and Steve Durose
  Oceansize
  Oceansize were a British rock band, formed in Manchester, England on 19th October 1998. The band consisted of Mike Vennart , Steve Durose , Richard "Gambler" Ingram , Mark Heron and Jon Ellis for the majority of its career, with Steve Hodson replacing Ellis on bass in 2006...
  
   – Backing vocals on "Panzer" and "UFOs"
• Steve Lyon – Co-production
• Chris Sheldon
  Chris Sheldon
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   – Mixing
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• Max Dingle – Assistant mixing
• Chris Blair – Mastering
• Rainer Holst – Mastering of bonus EP

External links

• Lyrics Contains lyrics to all Amplifier songs.