Not Accepted Anywhere
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| Studio album by The Automatic | ||||
| Released | UK 19 June 2006 USA 22 June 2007 |
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| Recorded | October 2005-January 2006, Cardiff's Stir studio, Liverpool's Elevator studio, South Thoresby's The Chapel studio, Hammersmith's The Peace Rooms | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, post-punk revival, alternative rock | |||
| Length | UK 40:26 USA 43:49 Japan 47:28 |
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| Label | B-Unique, Polydor, Columbia | |||
| Producer | Stephen Harris, Richard Jackson, Ian Broudie | |||
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The USA/Canadian version of Not Accepted Anywhere as The Automatic Automatic
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| BBC | (positive) |
| Drowned In Sound | (5/10) |
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| The Guardian | |
| The Times | (mixed) |
| NME | (8/10) |
| The Skinny | |
| This Is Fake DIY | (8/10) |
Not Accepted Anywhere is the debut album from Welsh rock band The Automatic, originally released on 19 June 2006. Working with producers Stephen Harris, Richard Jackson and Ian Broudie on different tracks at a variety of studios around the United Kingdom the album was released through a joint deal between B-Unique Records and Polydor Records.
The album spawned three singles, all of which charted in the UK top 40; "Recover" - which was originally released in 2005, then again in 2006, "Raoul" in 2006 and again in 2007, and "Monster" in 2006.
Not Accepted Anywhere charted at No. 3 in the UK top 40, being awarded platinum certification in music sales. The BBC named it amongst the top 10 greatest Welsh albums of the 2000s (decade).
The band recorded demo's in early 2005 with Richard Jackson, amongst which were "Monster", "Rats" and "By My Side", early versions of which included Rob Hawkins playing flute on. The demo was sent to B-Unique, who subsequently came to one of the band's live performances, signing them on the spot.
Recording the album took place in late 2005 - through to early 2006 over a six-week period. The six weeks of recording were split into four blocks, taking place in Cardiff at Stir studio, Liverpool at The Elevator studio, South Thoresby at The Chapel studio and Hammersmith at The Peace Rooms. Over the four locations the band worked with 3 different producers, including Richard Jackson in Cardiff, Ian Broudie in Liverpool and Stephen Harris
For release of Not Accepted Anywhere in the United States a year later the band along with Leon Zervos at Sterling Studios in New York re-worked and re-mixed the entire record, changing various levels of previous recordings to sound how they had originally envisioned; "The production is different, it's been mixed to sound a bit more raw and a bit more rock, which is probably more reflective of the way we are live than the UK version is".
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