Pleased To Meet You

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On 19 June, Dotmusic revealed the album's artwork, which is a computer-generated image that merged all of the members' faces. This is about finding a way to represent our collective spirit,” says James frontman Tim Booth, discussing the band’s curious new figurehead. The Shining", "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" and "Alaskan Pipeline" were engineered by James Loughrey. The UK special edition included the bonus songs "Gaudi" and "What Is It Good For" as 9th and 10th tracks.

In March 2000, the band revealed they had been writing new material and planned to record later in the year, with the aim of releasing an album in January 2001. Two versions were released on CD: one with "Make It Alright" and "So Swell", and the other with "Stand" and a live version of "The Shining". Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" was released as a single in late June, followed a week later by Pleased to Meet You on 2 July through Mercury Records. He’s been christened James, obviously, and will appear on the sleeve of the forthcoming album, Pleased To Meet You.Throughout July and September, the band performed at the T in the Park, Guildford Live, City in the Park, [30] Witnness, [35] Benicàssim, and Annual Youth Music festivals, across the UK, Spain and Portugal. It was promoted with an appearance on Top of the Pops and various festivals across three months in the UK, Spain and Portugal.

On 6 September, the band announced their departure from Mercury [36] after completing their six-album contract, though they planned to release a compilation and reissue their back catalogue in the future through the label. Though the band had planned to use a different producer for the main sessions, [3] Eno and guitarist/violinist Saul Davies were enlisted to produce most of the recordings.They had written over 30 tracks for inclusion on their next record; on the opening night, the band played seven of these new songs. Although he doesn’t play any instruments, he’s so life-like that there’s already speculation about his “personality”. He expanded: "It's their tightest, freshest, most contemporary batch of songs, weatherproofed to stand the test of time.

On 29 October, Booth announced he would be leaving the band after their current tour engagements, with the band aiming to continue recording.Space" begins as a Radiohead-esque track with an electro intro before shifting into chorus sections in the vein of Simple Minds. Playlouder's Sarah Bee considered it a "more low-key" affair that was "less brash" than Millionaires.