Regular Urban Survivors

1996 studio album by Terrorvision

Studio album by

Terrorvision

Released

11 March 1996

Studio

Parkgate, Eden

Genre

Glam rock, hard rock

Length

42:17

Label

Total Vegas

Producer

Gil Norton

Terrorvision chronology

How to Make Friends and Influence People
(1994)

Regular Urban Survivors
(1996)

Shaving Peaches
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Regular Urban Survivors is the third album by British rock band Terrorvision. "Perseverance", "Easy", "Bad Actress" and "Celebrity Hit List" were each released as singles. "Perseverance" and "Celebrity Hit List" were both regular Match of the Day 'goal of the week' regulars. The album featured movie-themed artwork, which depicted the band members as part of a James Bond/Mission: Impossible-style elite fighting force.

To mark the 20th anniversary of the album's release, the band performed Regular Urban Survivors in full during their 2016 UK tour.^[2]

Production

Regular Urban Survivors was recorded at Parkgate Studios and Eden Studios, with producer Gil Norton; he and Roy Spong acted as engineers, with assistance from Doug Cook (at Parkgate) and Simon Wall (at Eden). Norton and Spong mixed the album at Abbey Road Studios, with assistance from Robbie Kazandjian.^[3]

Track listing

All songs by Terrorvision.^[3]

"Enteralterego" – 3:21
"Superchronic" – 2:50
"Perseverance" – 3:11
"Easy" – 3:10
"Hide the Dead Girl" – 3:03
"Conspiracy" – 3:15
"Didn't Bleed Red" – 4:10
"Dog Chewed the Handle" – 2:50
"Junior" – 3:29
"Bad Actress" – 4:12
"If I Was You" – 2:02
"Celebrity Hit List" – 3:05
"Mugwump" – 3:39

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.^[3]

Terrorvision

Tony Wright – vocals
Shutty – drums
Mark Yates – guitars
Leigh Marklew – bass

Additional musicians

Mark Phythian – programmer
Audrey Riley – string arranger (track 10)
Enrico Tomasso – horns (tracks 3, 4 and 13), flugelhorn (tracks 1 and 9)
Jay Craig – horns (tracks 3, 4 and 13)
Pete Long – horns (tracks 3, 4 and 13)
Mark Feltham – harmonica (tracks 1 and 7)
Bruce Woolley – theremin (tracks 7 and 8)
Sharon Eusebe – backing vocals (track 9)
Rachel Corkett – backing vocals (track 9)
Garrington Plodovich – grooves (track 6)

Production

Gil Norton – producer, mixing
Roy Spong – engineer, mixing
Doug Cook – assistant engineer
Simon Wall – assistant engineer
Robbie Kazandjian – assistant engineer

Design

Abrahams Pants – art direction, design
Terrorvision – art direction, design
Tweddell – scenic artist
Martyn James Brooks – photography
Jeremy Ranson – location manager
Spymaster – guns, gadgets

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[4]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Regular Urban Survivors at AllMusic
^ Stickler, Jon (22 February 2016). "Terrorvision Announce November 'Regular Urban Survivors' UK Tour". stereoboard.com. Eyedigit Limited. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Regular Urban Survivors (booklet). Terrorvision. Total Vegas Recordings. 1996. VEGAS CD 3/7243 8 37626 2 0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "British album certifications – Terrorvision – Regular Urban Survivors". British Phonographic Industry.