Abort, Retry, Fail? (EP)

>Abort, Retry, Fail?_ is an EP released in 1996 by White Town.

>Abort, Retry, Fail?_
EP by
Released1996
GenreAlternative rock, alternative dance
LabelParasol, Chrysalis
White Town chronology
Socialism, Sexism & Sexuality
(1994)
>Abort, Retry, Fail?_
(1996)
Women in Technology
(1997)
White Town EP chronology
Fairweather Friend
(1992)
>Abort, Retry, Fail?_
(1996)
The Barren Seas
(2015)
Singles from >Abort, Retry, Fail?_
  1. "Your Woman"
    Released: 13 January 1997

The title of the EP was taken from the DOS error message "Abort, Retry, Fail?". This referred to the problems White Town's sole member, Jyoti Mishra, had when a computer crashed during the production of the track. The liner notes of the single explain this with "I got the title for this single from the weekend I mixed the tracks. My hard drive went bonkers and I spent 72 reformatting the dang thing". The notes do not explain what time scale the "72" refers to.

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[1] 40

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jyoti Mishra.

No.TitleLength
1."Your Woman"4:18
2."Give Me Some Pain"4:23
3."Theme for a Mid-Afternoon Game Show"2:48
4."Theme for a Late-Night Documentary About the Dangers of Drug Abuse"6:08

Notes

  • The EP was released as both 4-track and 2-track CD singles. The cassette single contained only the first two tracks. The 12" single contained the first two tracks plus a remix of "Your Woman" by Scissorkicks.
  • The trumpet on "Your Woman" is sampled from "My Woman" by Lew Stone and the Monseigneur Band. Mishra discovered the song via the 1978 BBC television series Pennies From Heaven.[2]
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gollark: Yes.
gollark: It's your fault.
gollark: Well, maximizing LyricLies good.
gollark: hello world

References

  1. "End of Year Charts 1997". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  2. "White Town – Your Questions Answered!". Whitetown.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
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