thefakesoundofprogress

thefakesoundofprogress is the debut album from the Welsh rock band lostprophets. Released in 2000, it was recorded in one week for around £6000, & while originally intended as a demo went on to be released on Visible Noise Records. When the band signed to Columbia Records in 2001 it was partly re-recorded, remixed & re-released (notably combining many of the between track interludes into the end of songs, shortening the tracklisting) much to the chagrin of fans of the earlier release. This new version was released under Visible Noise in the UK. It includes the singles "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja" and "The Fake Sound of Progress".

Often seen as the heaviest of the first three lostprophets albums, many fans regard thefakesoundofprogress as the band's best effort to date.

Track listing
1. "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja" – 2:47
2. "The Fake Sound of Progress" – 5:32
3. "Five is a Four Letter Word" – 4:24
4. "... And She Told Me To Leave" – 5:55
5. "Kobrakai" – 5:33
6. "The Handsome Life of Swing" – 3:49
7. "A Thousand Apologies" – 4:06
8. "Still Laughing" – 5:43
9. "For Sure" – 4:20
10. "Awkward" – 4:24
11. "Ode to Summer" – 3:15

Original Track Listing
This is the track listing to the original LP (2000) before it was re-recorded, re-mixed and re-released in 2001 in UK and the US.

1. "Obscure Intro"
2. "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja"
3. "The Fake Sound of Progress"
4. "Interude"
5. "Five is a Four Letter Word"
6. "... And She Told Me To Leave"
7. "Interlude"
8. "Kobrakai"
9. "The Handsome Life of Swing"
10. "Interlude"
11. "A Thousand Apologies"
12. "Still Laughing"
13. "Interlude"
14. "For Sure"
15. "Awkward"
16. "Ode to Summer"

thefakesoundofprogress, first album, possibly the best

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The fake sound of progress

The Fake Sound of Progress is the second single from lostprophets debut album thefakesoundofprogress.

Track Listing:

C.D. 1
The Fake Sound of Progress
Happy New Year, Have a Good 1985 (demo)
View to a Kill (cover)

C.D. 2
The Fake Sound of Progress
Shoulder to the Wheel (cover)
Need You Tonight (cover)

Vinyl
The Fake Sound Of Progress
Happy New Year, Have A Good 1985 (demo)

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from the album: thefakesoundofprogress
Released: 11th March 2002 (U.K)
Format: CD
Genre: Alternative metal
Label: Visible Noise

Chart positions
21 - (U.K)

The fake sound of progress is the second lostprophets single

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Burn Burn

Burn Burn is the first single from Start Something, the second album from the Welsh rock band lostprophets.

Track listing

C.D. 1
Burn Burn
Our Broken Hearts (demo)
Like A Fire (demo)

C.D. 2
Burn Burn
Lucky You
Push Out The Jive, Bring In The Love (demo)

Vinyl
Burn Burn
Our Broken Hearts (demo)

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from the album: Start Something
Released: 3rd November 2003 (U.K)
Format: CD
Genre: Alternative metal
Length: 3:36
Label: Columbia Records / Visible Noise
Producer(s): Eric Valentine

Chart positions
17 (U.K)

Burn Burn is the first single of the seond album 'start something'

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Last summer

Last Summer is the fourth single from Start Something, the second album by the Welsh rock band lostprophets. The previous singles, Burn Burn, Last Train Home and Wake up (Make a move) had all been highly sucsessful on both sides of the Atlantic so this single was under pressure to be as good. It reached 13th in the UK Singles Chart and also charted in the United States. The music video for the single shows lead singer (Ian Watkins) driving around a small town on the last day of the summer school term. As he reaches his destination, the beach, he then goes back to the beginning and drives past the school again but in a different decade - the 70's, 80's, and the present (00's).

Track listing

CD 1
Last Summer
Sweet Dreams My LA Ex (cover)

CD 2
Last Summer
Reptilia (cover)
In The Air Tonight (cover)
Video : The Making Of Last Summer

Vinyl
Last Summer
Boys Don’t Cry (cover)

Also:
from the album: Start Something
Released: August 23, 2004 (U.K)
Format: CD
Genre: Rock
Length: 4:07
Label: Columbia Records / Visible Noise
Producer(s): Eric Valentine

Chart positions
13 (U.K)

The Fourth Single from start something is last summer

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Liberation transmission

Liberation Transmission is the third studio album by lostprophets. The album was released on June 26 and June 27, 2006 in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively and entered the UK album chart at number one (July 2 for 1 week).

The first single, Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast), was released on June 19th 2006, and reached number 8 in the UK Top 40. The second single will almost certainly be A Town Called Hypocrisy, as bassist Stuart Richardson claimed in a recent BBC interview.

The album was leaked via BitTorrent for illegal download on June 12 2006, two weeks prior to its official release.

Track listing
"Everyday Combat" - 5:11
"A Town Called Hypocrisy" - 3:39
"The New Transmission" - 3:32
"Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" - 4:11
"Can't Stop, Gotta Date with Hate" - 3:42
"Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time)" - 3:36
"Everybody's Screaming!!!" - 3:52
"Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters and the Story Of a Lonely Girl" - 4:04
"4:am Forever" - 4:27
"For All These Times Son, For All These Times" - 3:54
"Heaven for the Weather, Hell for the Company" - 4:13
"Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances and Messed Up Chances)" - 4:25

Trivia:

This is the first lostprophets album to include the lyrics to album's songs in the album's packaging. thefakesoundofprogress did not include the lyrics, whilst Start Something specifically states that the lyrics could be found on the band's official website, although they no longer can be.
It is also the first lostprophets album recorded without original drummer Mike Chiplin. Josh Freese drummed at the request of Bob Rock, but the band's first choice was Travis Barker.
Both of the other lostprophets albums featured interludes between some songs; no songs on Liberation Transmission are linked together, or feature interludes.
The first line in the chorus of "Can't Stop, Gotta Date with Hate" was taken from a line in the film The Goonies.
The Latin phrase on the album cover, "nobis pro lemma vobis", translates roughly as "for us, for them, for you". This lyric comes from the song Burn Burn, which can be found on the band's previous album Start Something.

liberation transmission is classed as lostprophets 'emo' album.

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Last train home

Last Train Home is the second single from Start Something, the second album by the Welsh rock band lostprophets. This single is the bands highest charting to date and one of their most sucessful songs. The band refused to release the accompanying music video to MTV's Total Request Live, however, realising it could seriously damage their credibility among serious American rock fans, and thus make it harder for the band to establish a long-lasting career and loyal international fan base.

Track listing

C.D. 1
Last Train Home
Last Train Home (demo)
The Politics Of Emotion

C.D. 2
Last Train Home
Cry Me A River (cover)

Vinyl:
Last Train Home
Shinobi (acoustic)

Also:

from the album: Start Something
Released: January 26, 2004 (U.K)
Format: Enhanced CD
Genre: Alternative metal
Length: 4:35
Label: Columbia Records / Visible Noise
Producer(s): Eric Valentine

Chart positions
8 (U.K)
75 (U.S Hot 100)
1 (U.S Modern Rock)
10 (U.S Mainstream Rock)

Last train home is the counted as lostprophets's best song.

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Start something

The album was produced by Eric Valentine. He has also produced albums by Queens of the Stone Age and Good Charlotte.

MTV reports that the band chose the name for two reasons. Firstly, the band wanted to "motivate people to motivate people". "We spent the last three years touring and meeting loads of people who were like, 'I'd love to do this and that,' but they never had the drive to get up off their asses and do it," explained singer Ian Watkins. "Start something. Start anything."
The second is that the band recorded the album in a studio over ten months with a much bigger budget. lostprophets first album thefakesoundofprogress was recorded in a week and was originally intended as a demo.

As at the end of February 2004, Start Something has reached a peak of 33 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US, and #4 in the UK. It has made the heavy metal charts in Australia as well as the album charts. Five singles were taken from this album: "Last Train Home", "Burn Burn", "Wake Up (Make a Move)", "Last Summer" and "Goodbye Tonight". The first four made the top 20 in the UK, with the first even making the top 10. "Burn Burn" has also made the Australian top 50 singles charts. "I Don't Know" was also released for radio airplay in the USA.

Track listing:
1. "We Still Kill the Old Way" – 4:20
2. "To Hell We Ride" – 3:40
3. "Last Train Home" – 4:35
4. "Make a Move" – 3:56
5. "Burn Burn" – 3:36
6. "I Don't Know" – 3:57
7. "Hello Again" – 4:56
8. "Goodbye Tonight" – 3:54
9. "Start Something" – 3:26
10."A Million Miles" – 4:32
11."Last Summer" – 4:07
12. "Sway...." – 10:25
On the UK release, track 12 is "We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan" – 4:05, followed by track 13, "Sway....", and on the Japanese release, the tracks "Lucky You" – 5:30 and "Like A Fire" – 5:47, were included as tracks 14 and 15 respectively. "Lucky You" was also included in the "Spiderman 2" movie soundtrack.

Start something is a great album.

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