News and Tributes is the second full length album by The Futureheads

The Futureheads

The Futureheads are an English post-punk band from Sunderland. consisting of Ross Millard , Barry Hyde and David "Jaff" Craig...

, released on May 29, 2006. The first single "Skip to the End

Skip to the End

"Skip to the End" is the first single from The Futureheads's second album News and Tributes. It was released on May 22, 2006 in the United Kingdom. It was voted as the top video in the week commencing May 1, 2006 in the NME Video Chart featured on MTV2...

" was released on May 15, 2006. The album, like their debut, received critical acclaim, and praise that The Futureheads had 'matured' their sound. However unlike their debut it did not sell very well, and led to the band being dumped by their label (679 Recordings

679 Recordings

679 Artists is a Warner Music Group-owned record label based in London, England....

).

With this album The Futureheads garnered comparisons to Blur

Blur (band)

Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...

, and particularly the album Modern Life Is Rubbish

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second album by English alternative rock band Blur, released in May 1993. Although their debut album Leisure had been commercially successful, Blur faced a severe media backlash soon after its release, and fell out of public favour...

. It was produced by Ben Hillier

Ben Hillier

Ben Hillier is a British songwriter and pop-rock music producer who is part of the creative team 140dB. He has produced such popular and critically acclaimed albums as Playing the Angel and Sounds of the Universe by Depeche Mode, Think Tank by Blur, Some Cities by Doves and Cast of Thousands by...

, who has also produced for Blur and Depeche Mode. Singer/lyricist/guitarist Barry Hyde has revealed recently that second single "Worry About It Later" concerns "...modern attitudes towards casual sex".

The song 'News and Tributes' is dedicated to the victims of the Munich Air Disaster

Munich air disaster

The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes",...

, when a plane with many Manchester United players on board crashed in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 in 1958.

The US edition of the album contains the four tracks only available on the Area EP

Area (EP)

The Area EP is the follow-up release by The Futureheads after their self-titled debut album.The stand-alone EP was recorded in September 2005 in London and Newcastle upon Tyne....

, "Area", "Help Us Out", "We Cannot Lose" and the Shy Child

Shy Child

Shy Child are an electronic music duo from New York consisting of Pete Cafarella on vocals and synthesizers and Nate Smith on drums.-History:Shy Child formed in the summer of 2000, when former college friends Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith separately moved to New York...

 remix

Remix

A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....

 of "Decent Days And Nights".

Tracklisting

1. "Yes/No" – 3:00
2. "Cope" – 2:51
3. "Fallout" – 2:59
4. "Skip to the End
   Skip to the End
   "Skip to the End" is the first single from The Futureheads's second album News and Tributes. It was released on May 22, 2006 in the United Kingdom. It was voted as the top video in the week commencing May 1, 2006 in the NME Video Chart featured on MTV2...
   
   " – 2:54
5. "Burnt" – 3:41
6. "News and Tributes" – 3:49
7. "The Return of the Berserker" – 2:36
8. "Back to the Sea" – 3:24
9. "Worry About It Later
   Worry About It Later
   "Worry About It Later" is the second single to be taken from The Futureheads second album News and Tributes. It performed poorly in the charts only reaching a chart position of #52 in the UK Singles Chart....
   
   " – 3:38
10. "Favours for Favours" – 2:52
11. "Thursday" – 3:46
12. "Face" – 3:31

U.S. Bonus Tracks

1. "Area
   Area (EP)
   The Area EP is the follow-up release by The Futureheads after their self-titled debut album.The stand-alone EP was recorded in September 2005 in London and Newcastle upon Tyne....
   
   " - 2:46
2. "Help Us Out" - 2:21
3. "We Cannot Lose" - 2:31
4. "Decent Days and Nights
   Decent Days and Nights
   Split single -In popular culture:* Appears on the soundtrack to Burnout 3: Takedown.* Appears as a downloadable song for the Rock Band series.-Personnel:* Barry Hyde: lead vocals, guitar* Ross Millard: guitar, backing vocals...
   
    (Shy Child
   Shy Child
   Shy Child are an electronic music duo from New York consisting of Pete Cafarella on vocals and synthesizers and Nate Smith on drums.-History:Shy Child formed in the summer of 2000, when former college friends Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith separately moved to New York...
   
    remix
   Remix
   A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
   
   )" - 4:35

B-Sides

"Skip To The End" was accompanied by 3 b-sides when it was released as a single in 2006.

1. "Easy For Us"
2. "History Itself"
3. "Last Time Ever"

External links

• The Futureheads