Pleased To Meet You

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Scratchcard" and "I Thought You Were", outtakes from the album's sessions, were included on the career-spanning box set The Gathering Sound (2012), alongside the music video for "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)". English Beefcake" stars a man who ends relationships, while being hesitant in causing pain as a result of them. Most of the finished album was made up from live takes and demos that were made before recording with Eno. Fine" is a percussion-led song that is followed by "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)", a slow-building indie rock track with a psychedelic bridge section.

House in the Woods studios; producer credit was split between Brian Eno, guitarist/violinist Saul Davies, KK and the band. It was originally titled We Want Our Money Back, [5] before being re-titled Space, [15] and eventually Pleased to Meet You. with Jools Holland later that day, [29] and performed "Falling Down" and "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)". 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. ChartAttack wrote that fans of the band's earlier hits, such as "Sit Down" and "Laid", would be "disappointed with this disc," however, "longtime James fans should find much to enjoy.At the end of November, the band played a few shows in Spain and Portugal, [36] leading up to a UK tour in December. Vocalist Tim Booth left the band after their December UK tour; the final show of which was released as the Getting Away with It.

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. The following month, the band revealed they were in the process of recording with Brian Eno, [4] doing pre-production.Though noting it wasn't as "adventurous" of a release as Wah Wah is, the band made a record "whose songs are often times spacious and funky at the same time. 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. On 29 October, Booth announced he would be leaving the band after their current tour engagements, with the band aiming to continue recording. 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.