Already (album)
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| Studio album by Jesus Jones | ||||
| Released | 18 August 1997 | |||
| Recorded | June 1996–January 1997 | |||
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| Length | 49:21 | |||
| Label | Food | |||
| Producer | Jesus Jones | |||
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Already is the fourth album by the British rock band Jesus Jones in 1997. The album followed a working hiatus by the band following the relative failure of 1993's Perverse compared to their international breakthrough album Doubt (1991). Although the band had come up with ideas that they requested to Food Records, the label rejected them before finally accepting the released Already. It was their last album for EMI, and two singles were released from the album, "The Next Big Thing" and "Chemical #1". Already only reached No. 161 in the UK Albums Chart, although lead single "The Next Big Thing" had some radio play reaching No. 49 in the UK Singles Chart. EMI re-issued on the album on 1 March 2003.
With their second album Doubt (1991), Jesus Jones found international fame after already charting in UK charts with Liquidizer and its singles. The album was an ever-greater success than Liquidizer in the UK, charting at number one in the UK Albums Chart whilst Liquidizer only entered the charts at number 31. In the United States, Jesus Jones became known for the hit singles "Right Here, Right Now" and "Real Real Real". Doubt entered the Billboard Top 200 at number 25. The Doubt era was also very successful critically. Following up Doubt was 1993's Perverse, which was a departue for the band lyrically and was one of the first ever albums to be fully recorded digitally. Although a critical success and reaching number 6 in the UK Albums Chart and number 59 on the Billboard 200, its full scale sales were significantly below that of Doubt.
As the success of Perverse was below that of expected, lead singer Mike Edwards decided that their next album, to be released in 1994, would be "whatever he wanted to write" without as much pressure from Food Records, and would be more techno in nature. The label turned this album down, saying there wasn't enough single material on the album. Edwards wrote 16 more songs but the label again rejected the band's work. Alan Doughty later recalled that Edwards became dillusioned, but the band then gathered the best tracks from the two previous drafts of Already and reworked them. Very pleased with their results, Food Records finally accepted Already.
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