Are You Normal? is the second studio album by English rock band Ned's Atomic Dustbin, released on 3 November 1992 by Columbia Records. It features the band's biggest American hit "Not Sleeping Around", which hit the top of Billboards Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Music Are You Normal? shows the band scaling back on the dual-bass, "punk-pop"-informed grebo sound of their debut album in order to "let the dynamics of the basses soak through the rush of power chords that dominate their early work."Are You Normal? - Ned's Atomic Dustbin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic It also shows the band beginning to work with electronics, sampling and "ultramodern production" that the band would continue to explore in their later work. AllMusic said the result is "an almost bouncy, bright album, full of great hooks and lyrical cleverness."
Track listing "Suave And Suffocated" "Walking Through Syrup" "Legoland" "Swallowing Air" "Who Goes First?" "Tantrum" "Not Sleeping Around" "You Don't Want To Do That" "A Leg End in His Own Boots" "Two And Two Made Five" "Fracture" "Spring" "Intact"
Personnel
Matt Cheslin – bass Alex Griffin – bass, vocals Jonn Penney – vocals Rat – guitar, vocals Dan Warton – drums Andy Wallace – producer, mixing, engineer Steve Sisco – mixing assistant Darren Galer – assistant engineer Steve Gullick – photography, snaps Leigh Smiler – lyricist, lettering Helga – design
Charts + Chart performance for Are You Normal? Chart (1992–1993) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 79
Samples The song "Suave and Suffocated" contains a sample of a monologue by Dennis Hopper in the movie Apocalypse Now.
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