How to Make Friends and Influence People
How to Make Friends and Influence People is the second album by the rock band Terrorvision, released in 1994 on Total Vegas Recordings. "Oblivion", "Middleman", "Pretend Best Friend", "Alice What's the Matter" and "Some People Say" were all released as singles. The title refers to the Dale Carnegie book How to Win Friends and Influence People. The album was recorded in 17 days.
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Released | 18 April 1994 | |||
Genre | Glam rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 54:50 | |||
Label | EMI, Total Vegas | |||
Producer | Gil Norton | |||
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The 15th anniversary of the release of the album was commemorated by tours in April and December 2009, whereby the band played the entire album from start to finish; the first time the album has been played live in its entirety. During the first leg of the tour, at the larger venues a recording of the show was available for purchase immediately afterwards.
The album was played in full again in May 2019 during a short UK tour to commemorate its 25th anniversary.[2]
Track listing
All tracks written by Terrorvision.
- "Alice What's the Matter" – 2:43
- "Oblivion" – 3:03
- "Stop The Bus" – 3:43
- "Discotheque Wreck" – 3:17
- "Middleman" – 3:32
- "Still the Rhythm" – 3:32
- "Ten Shades of Grey" – 3:03
- "Stab in the Back" – 4:51
- "Pretend Best Friend" - 3:47
- "Time O the Signs" – 3:25
- "What the Doctor Ordered" – 2:17
- "Some People Say" – 3:03
- "What Makes You Tick" – 4:10 (CD Track length – 14:34)
- "Hidden track" (starts – 9:32 into What Makes You Tick) – 5:02
The hidden track is a very low quality collection of sounds recorded by the band in New York, where the album was recorded.
Personnel
- Tony Wright - vocals
- Mark Yates - guitars
- Leigh Marklew - bass
- Shutty - drums
Guest musicians
- Anita Madigan - backing vocals (#2, #4, #13)
- Audrey Riley - backing vocals (#5)
- Enrico Tomasso - flugelhorn (#9)
- Spry Galliano - percussion (#8)
Production
- Gil Norton - producer, mixing
- Al Clay - engineer
- Mike Cyr - assistant engineer
- Mark Phythian - programmer
- Chris Sheldon - mixing
References
- How to Make Friends and Influence People at AllMusic
- Hodgson, David (6 May 2019). "Gig review: Terrorvision at Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 21 November 2019.