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Stars of CCTV

by Hard-Fi

Stars of CCTV is a 2005 alternative rock album by Hard-Fi. It runs 13 tracks across 53 minutes on Atlantic.

Alternative Rock · Indie Rock · Rock

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13
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53 min
Runtime
130 bpm
Tempo
F minor
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Stars of CCTV album cover

Stars of CCTV album cover

The Stars of CCTV cover was designed by Albion and photographed by Bernice King and Ray Kilpatrick.

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Albion
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Bernice King, Ray Kilpatrick

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13 tracks · 53 min

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  • Stars Of CCTV (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)Anniversary edition · 2005 · 37 tracks
    1. 1Cash Machine
    2. 2Middle Eastern Holiday
    3. 3Tied up Too Tight
    4. 4Gotta Reason
    5. 5Hard to Beat
    6. 6Unnecessary Trouble
    7. 7Move on Now
    8. 8Better Do Better
    9. 9Feltham Is Singing Out
    10. 10Living for the Weekend
    11. 11Stars of CCTV
    12. 12Stronger
    13. 13Sick of It All
    14. 14Seven Nation Army
    15. 15Peaches (Radio 1 Live Version)
    16. 16Polish Love Song (Single Version)
    17. 171969
    18. 18Gotta Reason (Demo)
    19. 19Hard to Beat (Demo)
    20. 20Move on Now (Demo)
    21. 21Cash Machine (Roots Manuva Dub Remix)
    22. 22Cash Converter (Dub Machine, Pt. 2)
    23. 23Better Dub Better (Wolsey White Dub)
    24. 24Middle Eastern Holiday (Wrongtom Meets the Rockers East of Medina Dub)
    25. 25Living for the Weekend (Wolsey White & Fred Dub)
    26. 26Dub of CCTV
    27. 27Better Do Better (Wrongtom Wild Inna 81 Version)
    28. 28Dubbed Up Too Tight
    29. 29Move On Dub
    30. 30Dub Machine
    31. 31Middle Eastern Holiday (Chicken Lips Dub)
    32. 32Cash Machine (Roots Manuva Vocal Remix)
    33. 33Hard to Beat (Axwell Mix)
    34. 34Middle Eastern Holiday (Chicken Lips Vocal Mix)
    35. 35Hard to Beatmix
    36. 36Cash Machine (Wrongtom Mix)
    37. 37Cash Machine (Acoustic)

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Stars of CCTV is the debut album by English indie rock band Hard-Fi. It was first released on 4 July 2005 on Necessary/Atlantic and Warner Music UK. It was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize, and reached #1 in the UK albums chart in January 2006, taking it about 5 months to reach #1 mainly due to the preceding single "Cash Machine" catching the sellers' attention; its original peak position was #6. It has reached sales of 1.2 million copies worldwide, with over 300,000 in the UK alone. The single "Gotta Reason" is included on the soundtrack of the football video game FIFA 06. The cover of Stars of CCTV does not bear the "Parental Advisory" sticker, despite the profanity used in the single "Living for the Weekend".

In brief

When was Stars of CCTV released?
Stars of CCTV was released in 2005 on Atlantic.
How many tracks are on Stars of CCTV?
Stars of CCTV has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 53 minutes.
What genre is Stars of CCTV?
Stars of CCTV is catalogued under Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Rock.
What BPM is Stars of CCTV?
Stars of CCTV runs at a median tempo of 130 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.