Sense (The Lightning Seeds album)

Sense
Studio album by The Lightning Seeds
Released	6 April 1992
Recorded	1991, Rob's Front Room, Liverpool
Genre	Alternative rock, indie pop
Length	42:17
Label	Virgin (CDV 2690)
Producer	Ian Broudie, Simon Rogers
The Lightning Seeds chronology
Cloudcuckooland (1990) Sense (1992) Jollification (1994)
Singles from Sense
"The Life of Riley" Released: 2 March 1992 "Sense" Released: 18 May 1992

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Sense is the second album by English musical group The Lightning Seeds, released in 1992 and produced chiefly by Ian Broudie and Simon Rogers.

Background

"The Life of Riley", released as a single in March 1992, was written for Broudie's son Riley.

The album's second single, "Sense", was co-written by Broudie and Specials singer and long time writing partner Terry Hall. The single includes a track written by Broudie and Simon Rogers from their time as Care, "Flaming Sword", as a B-side.^[2] Hall released a re-recorded version of Sense with himself on vocals in 1994.

In 2009, an instrumental version of "Sense" was used in BMW's Story of Joy advertisement. The instrumental version of "The Life of Riley" has also appeared on BBC's Match of the Day soundtracking goal of the month compilations.

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Broudie (except where stated).

1. "Sense" – 4:12 (Broudie/Terry Hall)
2. "The Life of Riley" – 4:05
3. "Blowing Bubbles" – 4:16
4. "A Cool Place" – 2:57
5. "Where Flowers Fade" – 5:03 (Broudie/Hall)
6. "A Small Slice of Heaven" – 3:50 (Broudie/Hall)
7. "Tingle Tangle" – 3:22
8. "Happy" – 4:33 (Broudie/Ian McNabb)
9. "Marooned" – 4:40
10. "Thinking Up, Looking Down" – 5:19

Personnel

The Lightning Seeds Ian Broudie - vocals, all instruments, producer Simon Rogers - all instruments, producer Production Cenzo Townshend - engineer Phil Ault - additional engineer Simon Dawson - additional engineer Bob Ludwig - mastering

Additional musicians Mark Feltham - harmonica Alan Dunn - accordion Clive Layton - Hammond organ Roddy Lorimer - trumpet Terry Hall - backing vocals Juliet Roberts - backing vocals Ian McNabb - backing vocals Other personnel Peter Ashworth - photography

Charts

The album reached #50 in the UK Albums Chart and singles "The Life of Riley" and "Sense" would chart at a modest #28 and #31 respectively.

Charts (1992)	Peak chart position
UK Albums Chart	53
U.S. Billboard 200	154

Certifications

• United Kingdom (BPI): Silver (1 July 1997)

References

1. Parisien, Roch. "The Lightning Seeds: Sense > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
2. Sense - Sugar Coated discography