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The New Transistor Heroes

The New Transistor Heroes is the debut studio album by the Scottish band Bis. It was released on 7 April 1997.

The intro to the opening song "Tell It to the Kids" was recorded by a friend of the band, Mark Percival, credited in the album notes as Marky P.

Critical reception

The Independent wrote: "The group Bis most resemble, in style and sound, is X-Ray Spex, but it's a resemblance bereft of any acknowledgement of what it means to mimic those attitudes in the late Nineties. Not only is the music a shrill imitation of late-Seventies punk ... but the targets are punk targets, too."

Track listing

Notes

  • This is the UK CD release; it matches the UK and US LP releases.
  • The US LP came with a bonus 7-inch with the songs "Kkeerroolleeeenn", "Team Theme" and "Rollerblade Zero".
  • The US and Australian CD releases add the songs "Team Theme", "Rollerblade Zero" and "Kkeerroolleeeenn" to the end. "Kkeerroolleeeenn" is an unlisted "hidden" track.
  • The Thai CD release adds the song "Kandy Pop" to the end.
  • The Japanese CD release adds the songs "Kandy Pop", "This is Fake D.I.Y" and "School Disco" to the end.
  • The Japanese MiniDisc release features only the songs found on the UK CD.
  • The Australian 2CD release includes all tracks from the UK CD, plus "Kkeerroolleeeenn" on disc 1, and a repackaged version of the Sweet Shop Avengerz EP as disc 2 (five tracks only).

Personnel

Bis
Technical
  • Rik Flick – producer, engineer
  • Manda Rin – artwork

Charts

References