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''Standing in the Way of Control'' is the third studio album by American
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, which was released on January 24, 2006. The album was produced by
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and
Ryan Hadlock Ryan Hadlock (born 1978) is an American record producer, best known for his production work on platinum-selling album '' The Lumineers'' by The Lumineers. Career Hadlock has been around music his entire life, as his parents Joe and Manny Hadl ...
It reached number 1 on the
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and also reached Gold status in the United Kingdom. ''
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Beth Ditto Mary Beth Patterson (born February 19, 1981), known by her stage name Beth Ditto, is an American singer and songwriter most notable for her work with the indie rock band Gossip. Her voice has been compared to Etta James, Janis Joplin and Tina ...
's performance on the album as "a compelling combination of
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." Describing the title track, journalist Kevin Courtney noted that it was a "barnstorming indie-electro-disco stomper". The
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also serves as the unofficial theme song to the British teen drama '' Skins'', as its use in the DVD menu and promotional material led viewers to associate it with the series. It is also featured on the show's soundtrack album.


Track listing

All songs written by Gossip. #"Fire with Fire" – 2:49 #" Standing in the Way of Control" – 4:16 #" Jealous Girls" – 3:39 #"Coal to Diamonds" – 4:00 #"Eyes Open" – 2:10 #"Yr Mangled Heart" – 4:22 #" Listen Up!" – 4:18 #"Holy Water" – 2:43 #"Keeping You Alive" – 3:47 #"Dark Lines" – 3:27 Some versions of the album have an eleventh bonus track, the
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remix of the track "Standing in the Way of Control". The Australia & New Zealand version of the album has two bonus tracks: #
  • "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" # "Sick with It"
  • In 2007, the album was re-released with two bonus tracks: #
  • "Listen Up!" (2007 version) – sped-up version (like title track) # "Standing in the Way of Control" (Soulwax Nite version) – a
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    remix


    Personnel

    *
    Beth Ditto Mary Beth Patterson (born February 19, 1981), known by her stage name Beth Ditto, is an American singer and songwriter most notable for her work with the indie rock band Gossip. Her voice has been compared to Etta James, Janis Joplin and Tina ...
    – vocalist *
    Brace Paine Gossip (or the Gossip) is an American indie rock band from Searcy, Arkansas, formed in 1999. For most of their career, the band has consisted of singer Beth Ditto, multi-instrumentalist Nathan "Brace Paine" Howdeshell, and drummer Hannah Blil ...
    – guitar, bass guitar, piano on "Dark Lines" * Hannah Billie – drums, backing vocals on "Jealous Girls" and "Yr Mangled Heart" *
    Ryan Hadlock Ryan Hadlock (born 1978) is an American record producer, best known for his production work on platinum-selling album '' The Lumineers'' by The Lumineers. Career Hadlock has been around music his entire life, as his parents Joe and Manny Hadl ...
    and
    Guy Picciotto Guy Picciotto ( ; born September 17, 1965) is an American songwriter, musician, and record producer from Washington, D.C. He is best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist in Fugazi and as lead vocalist of Rites of Spring. Career Rites ...
    at Bear Creek Recording Studio in Seattle Washington – production, recording, mixing


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    References

    {{Authority control 2006 albums Gossip (band) albums Kill Rock Stars albums Albums produced by Guy Picciotto Albums recorded at Bear Creek Studio