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( - Back in October 2004, Hard-Fi pressed up 500 copies of their debut mini-album `Stars Of CCTV'. Recorded in the band's beloved `Cherry Lips' studio, (a former 24 hour cab office on a bleak Staines industrial estate), it was recorded for £300 worth of rent and the price of a second hand computer: the result was a DIY masterpiece.
- Released on Necessary Records, `Stars Of CCTV' sold out within weeks, seminal US producer Rick Rubin was on the phone pronouncing the album 'a landmark record' and suddenly Hard-Fi gate crashed onto MTV, Radio 1 and the top of every major label's `Must Sign' list. They chose Atlantic Records and began recording the full length, no holds barred version of `Stars Of CCTV'.
- Again the album is co-produced by Richard Archer and long time cohort Wolsey White. After numerous dusk till dawn recording sessions, the duo would jump into a car and spin around the B-roads and bypasses of Staines, Egham and ASBO-capital Feltham, quite literally road testing their evening's work against its intended sullen suburban backdrop. The album, by default, is an emotive, eloquent celebration of modern day rut and romance.
- Cash Machine
- Middle Eastern Holiday
- Tied Up Too Tight
- Gotta Reason
- Hard To Beat
- Unnecessary Trouble
- Move On Now
- Better Do Better
- Feltham Is Singing Out
- Living For The Weekend
- Stars OF CCTV
Average rating (9 reviews)
awsome
rozary | 28/05/2008 | See all rozary's reviews (9) »
i bought this album hearing good things and i wasnt let down every song is great in particular cash maichine, hard to beat, better do better and living for the weekend.
Not to be missed!
pigeondetective | 16/05/2008 | See all pigeondetective's reviews (2) »
This band is fantastic. I can listen to 'stars of cctv' over and over and never get boared. Every track is edgy and true.
Good stuff!
lfcgod | 19/03/2008 | See all lfcgod's reviews (1) »
Good album at a bargain price - a must buy for the modern listener of alternative music
- Living For The Weekend (UK ECD/ Digital)
- Living For The Weekend (UK 2 Track CD)
- Stars Of CCTV (US ALBUM/ DIGITAL)
- Cash Machine [Re-Release]
- Tied Up Too Tight (Digital Release)
- CCTVersions (Digital Deluxe Version)
- Cash Machine [Re-Release]
- Suburban Knights (International 3 track DMD)
- Hard To Beat (International ECD)
- Better Do Better (7" #2)
- Hard To Beat (UK CD)
- Once Upon A Time In The West (Deluxe- all DSP's excluding itunes)
- Stars Of CCTV (Deluxe Version)
- Once Upon A Time In The West (UK Version)
