Pleased To Meet You

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Most of the finished album was made up from live takes and demos that were made before recording with Eno. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 65, based on six reviews.

Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" was included on the band's fourth compilation album Fresh as a Daisy – The Singles (2007). He expanded: "It's their tightest, freshest, most contemporary batch of songs, weatherproofed to stand the test of time.A year after its release, it occurred to Booth that the song was about his son, whose middle name was Daniel, and his goddaughter Grace. It was promoted with an appearance on Top of the Pops and various festivals across three months in the UK, Spain and Portugal.

English Beefcake" stars a man who ends relationships, while being hesitant in causing pain as a result of them.Scratchcard" and "I Thought You Were", outtakes from the album's sessions, were included on the career-spanning box set The Gathering Sound (2012), alongside the music video for "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)". Vocalist Tim Booth left the band after their December UK tour; the final show of which was released as the Getting Away with It. Space" begins as a Radiohead-esque track with an electro intro before shifting into chorus sections in the vein of Simple Minds.

Playlouder's Sarah Bee considered it a "more low-key" affair that was "less brash" than Millionaires. Booth said the album was the first since their fifth studio album Laid (1993) that they had strayed from the Verse-chorus-verse structure. In a review for The Guardian, Caroline Sullivan wrote that the band "continue their run of mini-symphonies by and for men who don't cringe at terms such as 'birthing partner'. Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" was released as a single in late June, followed a week later by Pleased to Meet You on 2 July through Mercury Records. Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 18 May 2001; the band appeared on Later.

English Beefcake" and "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" were included on the band's third compilation album The Collection (2004). Ben Folds was initially scheduled to support the band for their UK stint, but was replaced by Turin Brakes. Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" was released as a single on 25 June, [29] after being delayed a week from its original release date. Although he doesn’t play any instruments, he’s so life-like that there’s already speculation about his “personality”. On 31 May, Pleased to Meet You was announced for release in July, and the track listing was revealed.

Senorita" is about a guy that falls in love with a dangerous woman, and is followed by the disco song "Gaudi". The remainder of the tracks were credited to different producers: "Falling Down" by Eno and KK; "The Shining", "Give It Away" and "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" by James and Eno; "Gaudi" by James and Baynton-Power; "What Is It Good For" by James; "Fine" by James, Eno and KK; and "Alaskan Pipeline" by James. The Shining", "Senorita", "Gaudi", "What Is It Good For" and "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" were recorded at House in the Woods in Bletchingley. Inspired by playing the new songs live, the band decided to gather in a circle and record live-in-the-studio [8] at Ridge Farm Studios in Capel, Surrey with engineer Gary Langan. Though noting it wasn't as "adventurous" of a release as Wah Wah is, the band made a record "whose songs are often times spacious and funky at the same time.House in the Woods studios; producer credit was split between Brian Eno, guitarist/violinist Saul Davies, KK and the band. At the end of November, the band played a few shows in Spain and Portugal, [36] leading up to a UK tour in December. He added that the album had an underlying theme of distaste for "habits, addictions, [and] impulses that we can't control. Fine" is a percussion-led song that is followed by "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)", a slow-building indie rock track with a psychedelic bridge section. This is about finding a way to represent our collective spirit,” says James frontman Tim Booth, discussing the band’s curious new figurehead.