Friendlier Up Here

Friendlier Up Here is the debut studio album by the Irish mod/pop rock quartet, The Aftermath. It was released on 25 April 2008.[1]

Friendlier Up Here
Studio album by
Released25 April 2008
GenreMod, new wave, indie rock, pop rock
Length47:10
LabelLive Transmission
ProducerPhil Vinyl
Singles from Friendlier Up Here
  1. "One Is Fun/Are You Not"
    Released: 2006
  2. "Hollywood Remake/Need"
    Released: 2006
  3. "All I Want is For You to Be Happy"
    Released: 2007

The album featured three singles which had previously entered the Irish Singles Chart, all inside the Top 20; "One is Fun/Are You Not?" spent two weeks in the chart and peaked at #11, "Hollywood Remake/Need" also spent two weeks in the chart and peaked at #19 whilst latest single "All I Want is For You to Be Happy" spent a week in the chart at #13.[2] The lead single was the album's opener "Are You Not Wanting Me Yet?".[3]

The title comes from a lyric in the song "Northern Lingerie", which was later released as a single. It refers to what band member Johnny Cronin called "a safer zone for your listening pleasure" and is "a big LSD reference too" in homage to Echo & the Bunnymen.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by The Aftermath.

No.TitleLength
1."Are you not wanting me yet?"3:51
2."I Wish my Love Would Die"2:56
3."Northern Lingerie"3:49
4."All I Want Is For You To Be Happy"5:47
5."One Is Fun"3:23
6."Overlooking Paris"2:28
7."Up & Down with The Aftermath"0:41
8."Need"2:24
9."There's A Darkness"3:38
10."Hollywood Remake"2:28
11."Dejection"2:53
12."Joyful Mystery"5:02
13."Six Days To Saturday"3:25
14."Monsters"7:45
Total length:47:10

Singles

Year Title Peak chart position
IRL
[5]
2006 "One Is Fun/Are You Not" 11
"Hollywood Remake/Need" 19
2007 "All I Want is For You to Be Happy" 13
"—" denotes a title that did not chart.

Personnel

References

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