Album · 1997
Do It Yourself
Do It Yourself is a 1997 britpop album by The Seahorses. It runs 11 tracks across 46 minutes.
Britpop · Alternative Rock · Blues Rock
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- 11
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- 46 min
- Runtime
- 129 bpm
- Tempo
- A major
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11 tracks · 46 min
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Do It Yourself is the only album by the Seahorses, an English alternative rock band that John Squire, formerly guitarist in the Stone Roses formed. The album's cover features a photograph of Squire's 1996 sculpture in the shape of globe made of puzzle pieces and also named Do It Yourself. The album was released to mixed-to-positive reviews, but was well received by the British public. It entered the UK album chart at #2, behind Gary Barlow's solo debut Open Road, and went on to gain platinum status after selling over 300,000 copies in the UK alone. The album featured three charting UK singles: "Love Is the Law" (#3), "Blinded by the Sun" (#7), and "Love Me and Leave Me" (#16), the latter of which was Liam Gallagher's first songwriting credit. NME readers voted The Seahorses the fourth best new act of 1997; Guitarist magazine readers voted Do It Yourself the tenth-best album of the year.
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A short UK tour in December 1997, with support from American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind, promoted the album's release, as did subsequent support slots with The Rolling Stones, U2 and Oasis. Ongoing recording sessions, which yielded the single "You Can Talk to Me" (UK #15, US Modern Rock Tracks #30), were aborted in January 1999, and the band split soon after, without completing the planned follow-up to Do It Yourself.
In brief
- When was Do It Yourself released?
- Do It Yourself was released in 1997.
- How many tracks are on Do It Yourself?
- Do It Yourself has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 46 minutes.
- What genre is Do It Yourself?
- Do It Yourself is catalogued under Britpop, Alternative Rock, Blues Rock.
- What BPM is Do It Yourself?
- Do It Yourself runs at a median tempo of 129 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Do It Yourself?
- Listeners of Do It Yourself also rate Let It Ride by Shed Seven, Return to the Last Chance Saloon by The Bluetones, Marchin' Already by Ocean Colour Scene.