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This is a complete list of releases from Welsh rock band The Automatic The Automatic (also known as The Automatic Automatic in the U.S.) was a Welsh rock band. The band's last-known lineup was composed of Robin Hawkins on vocals, bass and synthesisers, James Frost on guitar, synthesisers, backing vocals and occas ..., including albums, extended plays, singles and music videos. Discography Studio albums Singles Demos ;Studio EPs ;Studio ;Live DVD Covers Remixes Live releases References {{DEFAULTSORT:Automatic discography, The Automatic, The Rock music group discographies ...
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The Automatic
The Automatic (also known as The Automatic Automatic in the U.S.) was a Welsh rock band. The band's last-known lineup was composed of Robin Hawkins on vocals, bass and synthesisers, James Frost on guitar, synthesisers, backing vocals and occasional bass, Iwan Griffiths on drums and Paul Mullen on vocals, guitar and synthesiser. Mullen joined after the departure of Alex Pennie, who provided synthesiser, percussion and vocals. Signing to a deal between B-Unique Records and Polydor Records in 2005, the band released their Music recording sales certification, platinum selling debut ''Not Accepted Anywhere'' in 2006, which spawned three UK top 40 singles – "Raoul (song), Raoul", "Recover (song), Recover" and "Monster (The Automatic song), Monster". The band released their second album ''This Is A Fix'' accompanied by only one single, "Steve McQueen (The Automatic song), Steve McQueen" in 2008, which due to a dispute between the band's labels – B-Unique and Polydor – was plague ...
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European Hot 100 Singles
The European Hot 100 Singles was compiled by '' Billboard'' and ''Music & Media'' magazine from March 1984 until December 2010. The chart was based on national singles sales charts in 17 European countries: Austria, Belgium (two charts separately for Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. , the European Hot 100 had accumulated 400 number one hits. The final chart was published on December 11, 2010, following the news of ''Billboard'' closing their London office and letting their UK-based staff go. The final number one single on the chart was " Only Girl (in the World)" by Rihanna. History Europarade Top 30 The first attempt at a Europe-wide chart was the Europarade, which was started in early 1976 by the Dutch TROS radio network. The chart initially consisted of only six countries: the Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Belgium and Spain. In 1 ...
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NME Awards
The ''NME'' Awards is an annual music awards show in the United Kingdom, founded by the music magazine '' NME'' (''New Musical Express''). The first awards show was held in 1953 as the ''NME'' Poll Winners Concerts, shortly after the founding of the magazine. Though the accolades given are entirely genuine, the ceremony itself is usually carried out in a humorous and jovial manner, and have included categories in the past like "Villain of the Year" and "Worst Record". The trophies given to the winners resemble an extended middle finger. History The awards began as the ''NME'' Poll Winners Concert and associated awards ceremony in 1953. These continued through until 1972, where concerts were filmed and broadcast on ITV. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were most commonly featured. Venues included the Royal Albert Hall and the Empire Pool, Wembley. In 2008, a compact disc was given away with a special souvenir box set issue of the ''NME'' magazine on 27 February 2008, called ...
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ITunes
iTunes () is a software program that acts as a media player, media library, mobile device management utility, and the client app for the iTunes Store. Developed by Apple Inc., it is used to purchase, play, download, and organize digital multimedia, on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs, as well as play content with the use of dynamic, smart playlists. Options for sound optimizations exist, as well as ways to wirelessly share the iTunes library. Originally announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001, iTunes' original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac users' music collections. With the 2003 addition of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music, and a version of the program for Windows, it became a ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iP ...
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Live At The 100 Club (EP)
''Live at the 100 Club'' is the second EP from Welsh band The Automatic. The EP was recorded at London's 100 Club by Coca-Cola and iTunes and is available exclusively through iTunes. On the night the band also played a number of other songs including "Gold Digger" and " Recover". History The initial 100 Club gig was pinned as the celebration gig for Coca-Cola's opening of their new website ''www.music.coca-cola.com'', 300 fans were given the chance to go to the gig, through purchasing a ticket, and winning tickets through various competitions. The iTunes EP originally contained 5 songs, however mysteriously ''That's what She Said'' disappeared from the EP sometime in early 2007. iTunes and Coca-Cola launched a competition in conjunction with the 100 Club gig, for fans of The Automatic to win an iPod, signed posters, T-shirts, CDs and lanyards with free downloads for iTunes. For a limited time Coca-Cola allowed iTunes users to download a single song from the EP for free by o ...
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Raoul (EP)
''Raoul EP'' is an 8-track EP by Welsh band The Automatic featuring the original versions of singles " Recover" and " Raoul", plus B-sides from the "Monster", "Raoul" and "Recover" singles. It was originally released for the European market, but has since been made available in the UK, making it more convenient for fans to get hold of the rarer tracks all on CD. Raoul is the owner of a sandwich shop in Cardiff, who would make the band's sandwiches History On 11 May 2006 a video for song "Song6" was uploaded to the band's MySpace after the song was featured on the "Recover" single earlier that year.myspace
The Automatic myspace video Many of the ''Raoul EP'' tracks are featured on the first three singles by the band; "Jack Daniels" is featured on the
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Cannot Be Saved
"Cannot Be Saved" is the third single by Welsh rock band The Automatic, taken from their third album '' Tear the Signs Down''. The single was released on 20 June 2010 as a digital download. Composition "Cannot Be Saved" was penned by Rob Hawkins and is about paranoia, described by Rob as ''"You know, like in the summer when everyone seems to be on edge and it feels like it could just kick off for no reason"''. The track predominantly features lead vocals from Robin Hawkins, with Paul Mullen and James Frost providing backing vocals. Release "Cannot Be Saved" was announced as the third single from ''Tear the Signs Down'' on 19 May 2010 via the band's Facebook page. The artwork is inspired from the ''Tear the Signs Down'' art by Rich Samuels, and the design for the single was first used on T-shirts available on the album tour. Music video The music video was shot across the January, February and March dates of the Tear the Signs Down album tour, directed by James Frost, with sup ...
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Run & Hide (The Automatic Song)
Run & Hide is the second single taken from '' Tear the Signs Down'', the third studio album by Welsh band The Automatic. The single was announced on BBC Radio Wales. Run & Hide was released on 1 March 2010, 1 week prior to '' Tear the Signs Down'' on 8 March 2010. Music & lyrics The song is the first single to feature Paul Mullen providing lead vocals, it also uses a string arrangement, and was originally titled "Parasol". Release The song was performed acoustically with "Steve McQueen", "Interstate" and a cover of " She Wolf" on Alan Thompson's BBC Radio Wales evening show. The song was officially premiered on BBC Radio 1 at 8:55 PM 19 January 2010 on Zane Lowes Show. Music video The music video for Run & Hide was shot at the live music venue Cardiff Coal Exchange on 5 January 2010 and features the band playing against an LED light rig and in a cellar, pictures of the shoot were posted on Facebook and Twitter.
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Interstate (song)
Interstate is the first single from '' Tear the Signs Down'', the third studio album by Welsh alternative rock band The Automatic. The single was released on 6 December, and marks the first release through the band's own record label, Armored Records. Music and lyrics Similarly to previous single "Steve McQueen", "Interstate" is considered a bridge between previous record " This Is a Fix" and " Tear the Signs Down". Lyrically and musically however the track is more like material from debut album ''Not Accepted Anywhere'', with the use of synthesizer keyboards and three part vocals – predominantly from Robin Hawkins and Paul Mullen, with backing vocals throughout from James Frost. The track was written and recorded at Warwick Hall of Sound, and according to Paul Mullen was one of the easiest tracks to write, taking mere hours. The lyrics ''"freedom, no stress, being away from everything and basically driving along a big long road to God knows where"'' refer to their split wit ...
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Steve McQueen (The Automatic Song)
"Steve McQueen" is the first and ultimately only single from Welsh rock band The Automatic's second album '' This Is A Fix''. It is their fifth single overall. The track began radio and video play as of 7 July 2008 and was released on 18 August 2008. The track premiered on the 2007 NME Indie Rock Tour, along with "Revolution" – which later would be titled "Secret Police", and was originally recorded over the final weeks of 2006 with original member of The Automatic – Alex Pennie, penned to be released in April 2007, the single was for unknown reasons scrapped until 2008 when it was re-recorded with Paul Mullen as a member of the band.The Automatic interview
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Monster (The Automatic Song)
"Monster" is the third UK single by Cardiff-based Welsh band the Automatic, taken from their debut album, '' Not Accepted Anywhere''. The track was released on 5 June 2006 in the UK and subsequently reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. It was released in the United States under the alias of the Automatic Automatic on 14 May 2007. It is the Automatic's highest charting single to date in the United Kingdom. Composition The track's music was composed by James Frost and Robin Hawkins, with the original incarnation featuring a different chorus, both musically and lyrically. However the band decided first to change the music before deciding to rewrite the chorus's lyrics. The chorus was planned to have a fairytale-esque theme to it, with keyboardist and vocalist Alex Pennie penning the idea which would become the track's famous lyric ''"What's that coming over the hill? Is it a monster? Is it a monster?"''. Originally however, the lyric was used just to fill the chorus until a mo ...
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Raoul (song)
"Raoul" is both the second and the fifth single from ''Not Accepted Anywhere'', the first album by the Welsh band The Automatic. The single was released twice, first on 27 March 2006 and again on 8 January 2007 at the decision of the band's record labels Polydor and B-Unique. Composition The song's lyrics deal with people's day-to-day lives – getting stuck in the same routines and casting aside ambitions. Raoul, a sandwich shop owner in Cardiff, was where the band went during days spent in their studio to get away from this drill. The vocals on Raoul were originally split three ways between Robin Hawkins (lead), Alex Pennie (shouts over the top) and James Frost (joint lead in the second verse and backing in the choruses). After Pennie's departure and the addition of Paul Mullen in 2007 the vocals continued to be split three ways. In 2008, the band re-worked the track, replacing the guitar and bass guitar in the first verse, with both Frost and Mullen playing synthesisers, buil ...
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