MANSUN: Six CD U.S PROMO only. Check video. ESK 41709

Description

Mansun – Six
Label: Epic Records – ESK 41709
Format: CD, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Rock

Tracklist
1 Six 3:56

“Six” is a song by the English alternative rock band Mansun. The song was written by band-leader Paul Draper. It was recorded and produced by Paul Draper and Mark ‘Spike’ Stent with additional production by Mike Hunter during sessions for the group’s second studio album.

The song was re-recorded with New York producer Arthur Baker in a simpler arrangement produced and mixed by Baker and released as the fourth and final single in early 1999 from the group’s second album, Six. The Baker version charted better than its predecessor in the typically quiet post-Christmas singles market returning the group to the top twenty in the UK peaking at #16. The single version of “Six” has none of the experimental rock sound that is representative of the parent album as a whole. In the US, Baker’s single version appears in place of the album version on Epic Records’ truncated version of Six.

The music video for “Six” was directed by Grant Gee.

this absolutely kicked my musical/emotional arse. This was my Twin Peaks? of the music world, a real piece of art meets music and still makes fabulous sense. Most missed band for me, having seen them twice and never left disappointed. 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.