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.
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.
by Scarer August 11, 2006
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)
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.
by Scarer August 11, 2006
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"
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"
by Scarer August 11, 2006
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)
Also:
from the album: thefakesoundofprogress
Released: 11th March 2002 (U.K)
Format: CD
Genre: Alternative metal
Label: Visible Noise
Chart positions
21 - (U.K)
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)
Also:
from the album: thefakesoundofprogress
Released: 11th March 2002 (U.K)
Format: CD
Genre: Alternative metal
Label: Visible Noise
Chart positions
21 - (U.K)
by Scarer August 11, 2006
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)
Also:
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)
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)
Also:
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)
by Scarer August 11, 2006
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)
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)
by Scarer August 11, 2006
Rooftops is a single by Welsh band lostprophets, which was released in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2006.
The first airing of the single in the UK recently was in front of 25,000 fans when the lostprophets headlined the Give It a Name festival in Manchester and London.
The song is taken from the number one album Liberation Transmission and was recorded in Hawaii. The b-sides found on the single came from the same sessions - all of which are brand new tracks. The video was filmed on location in Los Angeles, USA and was co-directed by the band and Ryan Smith (of Story of the Year).
Track list
CD 1
Track Title
1 Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
2 Ordinary Life Demo
CD 2
Track Title
1 Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
2 Dead to Me Demo
3 No Way Out Demo
Vinyl
Side Title
A Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
B Etched b-side
Trivia:
When the band pitched their dream video for "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" to their record label, it was refused because it would have cost 8 million pounds to produce. It subsequently went through several re-drafts before they settled on the final version.
The chorus of "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" was inspired by the scene in the film Garden State where the characters are screaming into a pit. The general theme of the song also matches the film's — "make a mark" in your life while there's still time.
Also:
from the album: Liberation Transmission
Released: 19 June 2006
Format: CD, 7"
Recorded: Hawaii, 2006
Genre: Alternative metal, Hard Rock
Length: 3:45
Label: Visible Noise
Producer(s): Bob Rock
Chart positions
#8 (UK Singles Chart)
#16 (US Modern Rock)
#22(US Mainstream Rock)
#25 (RIANZ Top 40)
The first airing of the single in the UK recently was in front of 25,000 fans when the lostprophets headlined the Give It a Name festival in Manchester and London.
The song is taken from the number one album Liberation Transmission and was recorded in Hawaii. The b-sides found on the single came from the same sessions - all of which are brand new tracks. The video was filmed on location in Los Angeles, USA and was co-directed by the band and Ryan Smith (of Story of the Year).
Track list
CD 1
Track Title
1 Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
2 Ordinary Life Demo
CD 2
Track Title
1 Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
2 Dead to Me Demo
3 No Way Out Demo
Vinyl
Side Title
A Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
B Etched b-side
Trivia:
When the band pitched their dream video for "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" to their record label, it was refused because it would have cost 8 million pounds to produce. It subsequently went through several re-drafts before they settled on the final version.
The chorus of "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" was inspired by the scene in the film Garden State where the characters are screaming into a pit. The general theme of the song also matches the film's — "make a mark" in your life while there's still time.
Also:
from the album: Liberation Transmission
Released: 19 June 2006
Format: CD, 7"
Recorded: Hawaii, 2006
Genre: Alternative metal, Hard Rock
Length: 3:45
Label: Visible Noise
Producer(s): Bob Rock
Chart positions
#8 (UK Singles Chart)
#16 (US Modern Rock)
#22(US Mainstream Rock)
#25 (RIANZ Top 40)
by Scarer August 11, 2006