Timeless (Wet Wet Wet album)
Timeless is the sixth and final (to date) studio album by Scottish pop rock quartet Wet Wet Wet, and the last to feature Marti Pellow on lead vocals. Released on 12 November 2007,[2] the album was the band's first studio release in ten years, having not release a full studio recording since 10 in 1997.[3] The album spawned only two singles; "Too Many People", which was released a week before the album on 5 November, and "Weightless", which followed on 4 February 2008.
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Released | 12 November 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
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Length | 45:28 | |||
Label | Dry Records | |||
Producer | Graeme Clark | |||
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Singles from High on the Happy Side | ||||
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The album is the band's lowest charting release to date, only peaking at #42 on the UK Albums Chart. The album artwork was designed by Klaus Voorman, who also designed the artwork for The Beatles album Revolver. A total of sixteen new tracks were released as part of the album campaign; eleven on the album itself, and five additional new tracks as B-sides. An orchestral version of "Eyes Wide Open" appears as a hidden track on physical copies of the album.
Tracklisting
All tracks are written by Clark/Cunningham/Mitchell/Pellow.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Run" | 3:50 |
2. | "Thru' the Night" | 3:39 |
3. | "Weightless" | 4:14 |
4. | "Real Life" | 4:46 |
5. | "Eyes Wide Open" | 4:52 |
6. | "In Every Heart (A Fire Burns)" | 4:06 |
7. | "Too Many People" | 4:35 |
8. | "I Believe" | 3:40 |
9. | "Heaven" | 3:59 |
10. | "New Age Sacrifice" | 3:47 |
11. | "What Do You Know" | 4:00 |
12. | "Eyes Wide Open" (Orchestral) (hidden track) | 4:53 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Sail On" | 3:47 |
2. | "Luv of a Woman" | 4:10 |
3. | "Beautiful Girl" | 3:53 |
4. | "Give it All Away" | 3:01 |
5. | "Stay" | 3:13 |
Charts
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certification | |||||||||
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UK [4] |
AUS [5] |
AUT [6] |
GER [7] |
NL [8] |
NZ [9] |
NOR [10] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] |
US [13] | |||
2007 | Timeless
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41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
References
- Allmusic review
- "Wet Wet Wet – Timeless (HMV)". HMV. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "Wet Wet Wet – Timeless". Discogs. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "UK Charts > Wet Wet Wet". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- Australian chart peaks:
- "Sweet Little Mystery" and "Popped In Souled Out" (Kent Music Report) peaks: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 335. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
- Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Discography Wet Wet Wet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2016. N.B. "Sweet Little Mystery" peaked at #33 on the Kent Music Report chart two weeks before the ARIA-produced chart commenced.
- Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Shed a Tear" (ARIA Chart) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 12 Feb 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- "Austrian Charts > Wet Wet Wet". austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Chartverfolgung / Wet Wet Wet / Longplay". musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Dutch Charts > Wet Wet Wet". dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "New Zealand Music Charts > Wet Wet Wet". charts.nz Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Norwegian Charts > Wet Wet Wet". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Swedish Charts > Wet Wet Wet". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Swiss Charts > Wet Wet Wet". swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Wet Wet Wet > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 18 August 2010.