Ideas Above Our Station is the critically acclaimed debut studio album by British

United Kingdom

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 based rock band, Hundred Reasons

Hundred Reasons

Hundred Reasons are an English rock band from Farnborough, Hampshire, composed of Colin Doran , Larry Hibbitt , Andy Gilmour , Andy Bews and Ben Doyle . Originally, the band was signed to Columbia Records in mid April 2001, after fourteen months of near-constant touring...

, released on May 20, 2002 on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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. The album reached number six in the UK album chart and is the band's most commercially successful album to date.

The album cover art

Cover art

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 is a stylised photograph of the Lloyd's Building

Lloyd's building

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 in London.

Track listing

1. "I'll Find You"
2. "Answers"
3. "Dissolve"
4. "What Thought Did"
5. "If I Could"
6. "Falter"
7. "Shine"
8. "Drowning"
9. "Oratorio"
10. "Silver"
11. "Gone Too Far"
12. "Avalanche"

The Japanese

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 version of the album contained two extra songs, "Remmus" and "No.5".

Personnel

• Andy Bews - drums
• Colin Doran - lead vocals
• Andy Gilmour - bass
• Larry Hibbitt - guitar, vocals, lead vocals (chorus of "Shine")
• Paul Townsend - guitar, vocals, lead vocals (verses of "Silver")
• Dave Sardy
  Dave Sardy
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  - producer
• Greg Fidelman - engineering
• Greg Gordon - editing, additional engineering
• Juan Garcia - second engineer
• Peter - second engineer
• Jennifer Paola - production coordinator
• Stephen Marcussen - mastering
• Stewart Whitmore - digital editing
• Steve Gullick - photography
• Dave Goodchild - photography
• Mark Unwin / Precesssion Industries - design, illustration