How to Make Friends and Influence People
How to Make Friends and Influence People is the second album by Terrorvision, released on 18 April 1994. It followed their 1993 debut, Formaldehyde, and its title is a nod to Dale Carnegie's self-help book How to Win Friends and Influence People. The band recorded it in just 17 days, and it came out on Total Vegas Recordings.
It is a record that kept the singles coming: "Oblivion", "Middleman", "Pretend Best Friend", "Alice What's the Matter" and "Some People Say" were all released from it. Its sound mixes indie rock, pop rock and glam rock, so if you like your guitar music bright, hooky and a bit cheeky, this is a good place to meet the band. It also sits early in a run of studio albums that carried on through Regular Urban Survivors in 1996 and Shaving Peaches in 1998.
How to Make Friends and Influence People: tracklist and credits
13 tracks · 54:55Tracklist
- 1Alice What's the MatterTerrorvision2:43
- 2OblivionTerrorvision3:04
- 3Stop the BusTerrorvision3:44
- 4Discotheque WreckTerrorvision3:17
- 5MiddlemanTerrorvision3:32
- 6Still the RhythmTerrorvision3:32
- 7Ten Shades of GreyTerrorvision3:03
- 8Stab in the BackTerrorvision4:51
- 9Pretend Best FriendTerrorvision3:47
- 10Time O the SignsTerrorvision3:25
- 11What the Doctor OrderedTerrorvision2:18
- 12Some People SayTerrorvision3:03
- 13What Makes You TickTerrorvision14:35
- Produced by
- Gil Norton
- Labels
- EMI, Total Vegas
- Length
- 54:55
Line-up
- Anita Madigan · background vocals · guest
- Audrey Riley · background vocals · guest
- Crispin “Spry” Robinson · percussion · guest
- Enrico Tomasso · flugelhorn · guest
Singles
- “Oblivion” · 28 March 1994
- “Middleman” · 13 June 1994
- “Pretend Best Friend” · 23 August 1994
- “Alice What's the Matter” · 17 October 1994
- “Some People Say” · 6 March 1995
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Gold |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 18 April 1994 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 18 April 1994 | |
| Wikidata | 1994 | |
| UK / Europe release | 18 April 1994 | earliest UK or European date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | GB | EMI | 724382940623 | other |
| 18 April 1994 | GB | EMI | 724382940616 | original |
| 18 April 1994 | GB | EMI | 724382940647 | original |
| 18 April 1994 | GB | EMI | 724382900320 | original |
| 18 April 1994 | GB | EMI | 724382940623 | original |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 500×500 | upscaled |