Not Accepted Anywhere

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In 2005 and in early 2006 the band predominantly played support shows, opening for bands such as The Kooks, Kaiser Chiefs, The Ordinary Boys and Goldie Lookin Chain. [31] [32] The band were billed on the NME 2006 New Music Tour, opening for Boy Kill Boy, [33] before extensively headlining their own tours across the United Kingdom. In the summer of 2006 the band performed at T4 On The Beach, Oxegen Festival, T in the Park, Cardiff Big Weekend, Reading and Leeds Festivals amongst others. Touring also took places in other parts of Europe and in Japan, before headlining the NME Indie Rock Tour 2007, with support coming from The View, The Horrors and Mumm-Ra. For the majority of 2007 the band toured the United States of America, playing South by Southwest Festival, Warped Tour and headlining their own USA tour, whilst returning for sporadic UK dates, such as Glastonbury Festival and The Full Ponty festival. Touring and promotion for Not Accepted Anywhere ended on 26 August 2007 at Get Loaded in the Park, which was the final live appearance with Alex Pennie as a member of The Automatic. [34]

Reception

Not Accepted Anywhere
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Studio album by
The Automatic
Released19 June 2006
RecordedOctober 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
LengthUK 40:26
USA 43:49
Japan 47:28
Label B-Unique, Polydor, Columbia
Producer Stephen Harris, Richard Jackson, Ian Broudie [1]
The Automatic chronology
Not Accepted Anywhere
(2006)		 Raoul EP
(2006)
Singles from Not Accepted Anywhere
  1. "Recover"
    Released: 21 November 2005
  2. "Raoul"
    Released: 27 March 2006
  3. "Monster"
    Released: 5 June 2006
Not Accepted Anywhere
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [35]
BBC (positive) [36]
Drowned in Sound (5/10) [37]
Gigwise Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [38]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [39]
The Times (mixed) [40]
NME (8/10) [41]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [42]
This Is Fake DIY (8/10) [43]

Dan Martin of NME highly praised Not Accepted Anywhere, stating "there’s no slow bits; instead, every single tune has pop, punk, emo, techno, electro and funk rammed in, and there’s 12 of these melt-in-the-mouth morsels", pointing out vocalist and keyboardist Alex Pennie as one of the band's unique selling points claiming "soon all bands will have an Alex Pennie" describing him as a "borderline Tourette’s bashing a keyboard with his fists and screeching backing vocals, have made him sound like a new instrument all of its own." [41] The BBC ranked the album as one of the top 10 albums to come out of Wales between 2000 and 2010, [2] with Tom Smith claiming they had produced an album full of three-minute pop jewels. [36] A positive review from This Is Fake DIY stated it takes just 30 seconds before the first "yelping, jerking irresistible hook line, trashing the hype machine in the process". [43] Gigwise.com's Jeff Ando claimed that "The Automatic could be the band of 2006", comparing their music to that of The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs, also commenting that any of the 12 tracks could stand release as a single. [38] The Guardian awarded Not Accepted Anywhere 3 out of 5 commenting "your standard four-piece band is now doing the guitar and drums thing at twice the speed, powered by an urgent rage" believing that the band had the potential and recipe to take their music into top 5 the UK music charts. [39] Jon Seller of Scottish music magazine The Skinny praised the album's originality and interesting vocal arrangements, awarding 4 out of 5 stars. [42]

Drowned in Sound reviewer Dom Gourlay awarded the album 5 out of 10, labelling single "Monster" as "big, dumb and totally unforgettable", however questioned why a band who could write such a catchy song would write an album which "reeks of such depressing déjà vu". [37] Steve Jelbert of The Times called Not Accepted Anywhere a "reasonable debut album", yet "already dated". [40] Reviewing the 2007 re-release in the United States multi-media site IGN called the album repetitive, awarding only 5 out of 10 stars, calling single "Raoul" a Kaiser Chiefs throwaway, only praising track "You Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout". [44]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."That's What She Said"3:15
2."Raoul"3:53
3."You Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout"3:06
4."Recover"2:52
5."Monster"3:41
6."Lost at Home"3:26
7."Keep Your Eyes Peeled"3:01
8."Seriously... I Hate You Guys"3:27
9."On the Campaign Trail"3:01
10."Team Drama"3:13
11."By My Side"3:46
12."Rats"3:39
USA
No.TitleLength
13."Gold Digger" (cover of Kanye West)3:23
Bonus Track Version
No.TitleLength
13."Song 6"3:28
14."Monster" (Culprit 1 Remix)3:53
iTunes
No.TitleLength
13."Monster" (Live at Electric Ballroom)4:17
B-Sides
No.TitleLength
1."Jack Daniels" (featured on Recover & Raoul EP)3:10
2."Song 6" (featured on Recover & Raoul EP)3:28
3."Trophy Wives" (featured on Raoul & Raoul EP)1:57
4."Night Drive" (featured on Monster & Raoul EP)4:12
5."High Tide on Caroline Street" (featured on Monster & Raoul EP)2:57
6."Time=Money" (featured on Recover (re-release))3:07
7."Easy Target" (featured on Raoul (re-release))3:52

Personnel

The Automatic
Production
Artwork

Chart performance

The album itself hit No. 3 in the UK Album Chart. Four of the five UK singles were also entered to UK Singles Charts. "Monster" topped all 4, hitting number 4, whilst Recover reached 25, and Raoul releases reached 34 and 44. [45] [46]

Chart (2006)EntryPeak
position		CertificationSales
UK Album ChartJuly 20063Gold
UK Re-entryJanuary 200733Gold
2009Platinum

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