Tourist (album)

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Tourist
Tourist cover
Studio album by Athlete
Released January 31, 2005
Genre Indie, Britpop
Length 46:15
Label Parlophone
Producer Victor Van Vugt, John Cornfield, Athlete
Professional reviews
Athlete chronology
Vehicles and Animals
(2003)		 Tourist
(2005)		 Beyond the Neighbourhood
(2007)

Tourist was the second album by English Indie rock band Athlete, released in January 2005 (see 2005 in British music). For this second album, Athlete demonstrate a more mature musical style, creating a more stripped-down, sombre and reflective album than their first album Vehicles and Animals. The album is also richer musically (arguably similar to Coldplay).

The first single from the album, "Wires", became the biggest hit for the band when it entered the UK Singles Chart at #4. The album also fared well in the charts, reaching the top of the UK Albums Chart the week it was released. Despite this success, Tourist had a mixed critical reception, with some suggesting that Athlete had failed to sustain the unique style of their previous album, while others saw the new album as a logical progression from their old sound. Despite the mainstream breakthrough the band achieved with this album, their fanbase was reduced to a mere cult when follow-up Beyond the Neighbourhood, became their smallest-seller.

At the end of 2005, Tourist became the 32nd best-selling album of the year in the UK, and "Wires" was the 89th best-selling single.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Chances" – 4:50
  2. "Half Light" – 3:41
  3. "Tourist" – 3:57
  4. "Trading Air" – 4:27
  5. "Wires" – 4:20
  6. "If I Found Out" – 5:02
  7. "Yesterday Threw Everything At Me" – 3:45
  8. "Street Map" – 4:38
  9. "Modern Mafia" – 2:45
  10. "Twenty Four Hours" – 5:01
  11. "I Love" – 3:49
  12. "Lay Your Head" - 4:55

[edit] Bonus DVD

  1. "Wires" (video)
  2. "Tourist" (Behind the Scenes Documentary)
  3. "Wires" (live video - Shepherds Bush 2004)
  4. "Tourist" (live video - Shepherds Bush 2004)
  5. "New Project" (live audio - Shepherds Bush 2004)
  6. "Vehicles and Animals" (live audio - Shepherds Bush 2004)
  7. "You Got the Style" (live audio - Shepherds Bush 2004)
  8. "Shake Those Windows" (live audio - Shepherds Bush 2004)

[edit] Singles

[edit] Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom January 31, 2005 Parlophone LP 5607401 / 7243 5 60740 1 9
CD 5607402 / 7243 5 60740 2 6
CD / DVD 5637040 / 7243 5 63704 0 1
Australia February 21, 2005 Capitol Records CD 5638612
Japan February 23, 2005 Toshiba-EMI CD TOCP 66347 / 4988006826823
July 6, 2005 CD TOCP 66405
United States April 12, 2005 Astralwerks CD / DVD ASW 60954 /
May 10, 2005 CD ASW 73951 / 7243 8 73951 2 1


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Athlete
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Studio albums
Vehicles and Animals (2003) · Tourist (2005) · Beyond the Neighbourhood (2007)
Singles
"You Got the Style" · "Beautiful" · "El Salvador" · "Westside" · "Wires" · "Half Light" · "Tourist" · "Twenty Four Hours / Stand in the Sun" · "Hurricane" · "Tokyo" · "The Outsiders EP"
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