Northern Uproar (album)

Northern Uproar
Studio album by Northern Uproar
Released	1 April 1996
Recorded	1995–96
Genre	Britpop
Length	43:51
Label	Heavenly
Producer	Dave Eringa, James Dean Bradfield
Northern Uproar chronology
Northern Uproar (1996) Yesterday Tomorrow Today (1997)

Northern Uproar is the self-titled debut album by British Britpop band Northern Uproar.

Production

Recording took place at Monnow Valley. Dave Eringa produced every song on the album, and co-produced "From a Window", "Rough Boy", "Town", "Memories" and "Rollercoaster" with Manic Street Preachers frontman James Dean Bradfield. Bradfield provided backing vocals to "From a Window", "Rough Boy", "Town", "Kicks", "Breakthrough", "Memories", "Waiting On", "Livin' It Up", "Rollercoaster" and Living in the Red". Martin Green arranged the strings on "My Town". Eringa contributed piano to "Waiting On" and "Living in the Red". Eringa mixed all of the recordings.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

The album peaked at number 22 on the UK albums chart and number 55 on the Swedish albums chart.

Track listing

1. "From a Window" – 3:14
2. "Rough Boys" – 3:41
3. "Town" – 4:40
4. "Kicks" – 3:09
5. "Breakthrough" – 3:16
6. "Memories" – 3:11
7. "Waiting On" – 3:25
8. "Livin' It Up" – 2:51
9. "Head Under Water" – 4:20
10. "Moods" – 3:33
11. "Rollercoaster" – 3:44
12. "Living in the Red" – 4:40

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.^[1]

Northern Uproar Leon Meya – bass guitar, lead vocals; backing vocals (tracks 5, 7, 8 and 12) Paul Kelly – guitar Jeff Fletcher – guitar, backing vocals Keith Chadwick – drums; piano on "Town"; Hammond organ on "Living in the Red" Additional musicians James Dean Bradfield – backing vocals (tracks 1–8, 11 and 12) Martin Green – string arranger on "Town" Dave Eringa – piano (tracks 7 and 12)

Production Dave Eringa – producer (tracks 1–12); mixing James Dean Bradfield – producer (tracks 1–3, 6 and 11) Hamish Brown – photography Karin Albinsson – photography Brian Sweeney – photography James Fry – photography Negativespace – design

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[3]	55
UK Albums (OCC)[4]	22

References

1. Northern Uproar (Booklet). Northern Uproar. Heavenly. 1996. HVNLP12CD.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Northern Uproar - Northern Uproar". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
3. "Swedishcharts.com – Northern Uproar – Northern Uproar". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
4. "Northern Uproar | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart