MANSUN One EP CD. 4 songs 19 minutes. Check the video for Egg Shaped Fred

Description

Mansun  One EP
Label: Parlophone
Series: Mansun EPs 1
Format: CD, EP
Country: Released:1996
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Brit Pop, Indie Rock
Tracklist
1 Egg Shaped Fred 3:53
2 Ski Jump Nose 3:42
3 Lemonade Secret Drinker 3:46
4 Thief 5:18

Bass Stove
Drums Hib
Engineer [Assisted By], Mixed By [Assisted By] Mike Hunter
Engineer, Mixed By Ronnie Stone
Lead Guitar Chad*
Written-By, Vocals, Guitar Paul Draper

“Egg Shaped Fred” is a song by Chester rock band Mansun released in 1996. It was the lead track of the One EP and was the groups third release overall and their major label début for Parlophone.

One EP was released on CD, Cassette and 7″ Vinyl. CD versions included a short instrumental hidden bonus track. The EP peaked at #37 on the UK Singles Chart. The melody and lyrics of “Egg Shaped Fred” are based on a nursery rhyme. Paul Draper explained “This was a nursery rhyme that kids at school sand sneeringly at me because I had an egg shaped head apparently. So I purged my soul of those kids with this song! Everyone else thought it was mad for a rock band to release a nursery rhyme. Saved on the therapy though.”
“Egg Shaped Fred” was remixed for inclusion on Mansuns debut album Attack of the Grey Lantern in 1997. A promotional music video for the song was directed by Lawrence Watson.
“Ski Jump Nose” was a band and fan favourite and was a mainstay in the groups live set. A medley version with “The Chad Who Loved Me” and “An Open Letter to a Lyrical Trainspotter” was often performed live and included as a B-Side to the “Taxloss” single in 1997. In 1998 an acoustic version was released as another b-side. “Lemonade Secret Drinker” is a reference to R. Whites Lemonade, in particular the popular 1973 advertising campaign Secret Lemonade Drinker. An acoustic version was included as a b-side to “Wide Open Space”. “Thief” is notable for being one of songwriter Paul Drapers most disliked songs. An alternative and more polished version was included as a hidden bonus track on the Kleptomania album in 2004.

Personnel:
Chad – Lead Guitar
Paul Draper – Vocals, Guitar
Hib – Drums
Stove – Bass
Mike Hunter – Engineering and Mixing assistant
Ronnie Stone – Engineering and Mixing

Chart (1996) Peak position
UK Singles Chart 37

My favourite band of all time. As much as I like Oasis, Blur, Kula Shaker etc etc? Mansun were the GREATEST band of the nineties. They have a great sound, write great songs , they look good, yet they were sidelined. Maybe it was a record company thing… ‘what demographic do they fit in?’ kinda thing, ‘will it appeal to the 12-20 set? or are they more 18-35? lyrics are too risqué for the 12-18 set so…’
ya know, the usual claptrap that can undermine a bands rep/credibility.