The New Transistor Heroes is the 1997 debut album from the pop group Bis

Bis (band)

Bis are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark , John Clark , and Amanda MacKinnon . Formed in 1994, the band broke up in 2003, but reformed briefly in 2007 for a series of concerts.-History:...

. The group made it a point to record all new songs for the album in order to give consumers more value for their money by not making them buy any songs off previous EPs

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 again. The intro to the opening song "Tell it to the Kids" was recorded by friend of the band Mark Percival, credited in the album notes as Marky P.

Track listing

1. "Tell it to the Kids" – 3:06
2. "Sweet Shop Avengerz" – 2:41
3. "Starbright Boy" – 3:39
4. "Pop Star Kill" – 2:33
5. "Mr. Important" – 3:01
6. "Antiseptic Poetry" – 3:05
7. "Popyura" – 1:57
8. "Skinny Tie SenSurround" – 3:50
9. "Poster Parent" – 2:07
10. "Monstarr" – 3:10
11. "Everybody Thinks That They're Going to Get Theirs" – 2:29
12. "Rebel Soul" – 5:02
13. "Photoshop" – 3:09
14. "X-Defect" – 3:09
15. "Lie Detector Test" – 3:44
16. "Dinosaur Germs" – 1:49

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
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