Expecting to Fly

Expecting to Fly is the debut album by The Bluetones. It was released on 12 February 1996 on Superior Quality Recordings via Universal Records, and knocked Oasis's (What's the Story) Morning Glory? off the number 1 spot in the UK album charts, although the Oasis album would return to number 1 the following week. The album is currently certified Platinum by the BPI. Its offspring singles were "Bluetonic", "Slight Return" and "Cut Some Rug". During a gig in Manchester in 2008, Mark Morriss was quoted as saying, 'We wanted to release this next track as a single, but the record company didn't agree, saying it didn't have a chorus...' The band proceeded to play "Carnt Be Trusted". A 2 CD Expanded Edition of the album was released on 9 March 2009.