You'd Prefer an Astronaut is the third studio album by the Champaign, Illinois

Champaign, Illinois

Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. The city is located south of Chicago, west of Indianapolis, Indiana, and 178 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Though surrounded by farm communities, Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of...

 post-hardcore

Post-hardcore

Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

 band Hum

Hum (band)

Hum is a post-hardcore band from Champaign, Illinois. They are best known for their 1995 radio hit "Stars." Hum has not been consistently active as a recording or touring group since 2000.-Founding and early recordings:...

. It was released in 1995 by RCA Records

RCA Records

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 as their major label debut.

Deftones

Deftones

Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...

 frontman, Chino Moreno

Chino Moreno

Chino Moreno is an American musician. He is best known as the lead singer and contributing guitarist of Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project bands Team Sleep and Crosses....

, has declared this album a “big part of where [Deftones] get a big part of [their] influence from, tone-wise.”

There is also a post-rock band from Oklahoma whose name comes from the album's title.

Track listing

1. "Little Dipper" – 4:45
2. "The Pod" – 4:38
3. "Stars
   Stars (Hum song)
   "Stars" is the second single from Hum's 1995 album You'd Prefer an Astronaut. The single was modestly successful in the United States, peaking at number eleven on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks, and at number twenty-eight on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The single was instrumental in helping You'd...
   
   " – 5:09
4. "Suicide Machine" – 5:58
5. "The Very Old Man" – 2:45
6. "Why I Like the Robins" – 4:58
7. "I'd Like Your Hair Long" – 5:25
8. "I Hate It Too" – 5:59
9. "Songs of Farewell and Departure" – 6:16

Personnel

• Jeff Dimpsey – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Tim Lash – guitar
  Guitar
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• Bryan St. Pere – drums
  Drum kit
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• Matt Talbott – guitar and vocals
  Singing
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