Ejector Seat Reservation
Studio album by
Swervedriver
Released15 July 1995
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock
Length45:31
LabelCreation[1]
ProducerAlan Moulder, Swervedriver[2]
Swervedriver chronology
Mezcal Head
(1993)		 Ejector Seat Reservation
(1995)		 99th Dream
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Ejector Seat Reservation is the third studio album by the British alternative rock band Swervedriver, released in 1995.[5][6] The album includes three untitled hidden tracks which were only available in the United Kingdom.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Ejector Seat Reservation "one of the most quietly ambitious records" of the 1990s, praising the "more tempered, classic-pop format."[7] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide called it the band's best album.[2] Billboard called it one "of the more compelling guitar-pop albums of the mid-'90s."[8]

Track listing

  1. "Single Finger Salute"
  2. "Bring Me the Head of the Fortune Teller"
  3. "The Other Jesus"
  4. "Son of Jaguar 'E'"
  5. "I Am Superman
  6. "Bubbling Up"
  7. "Ejector Seat Reservation"
  8. "How Does It Feel to Look Like Candy?"
  9. "Last Day on Earth"
  10. "The Birds"

(unlisted tracks)

  1. "Plan 7 Star Satellite 10"
  2. [unlisted silent track]
  3. "Flaming Heart"

The bonus track, "It's All Happening Now", on the first UK promo was shelved (given away to fan club members) after permission was denied to use lyrics lifted from Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue". Sony BMG reissued the album in 2008 in the UK as a "Remastered and Expanded" edition with four bonus tracks

  1. "Maelstrom"
  2. "Director's Cut of Your Life"
  3. "Just Sometimes"
  4. "Neon Lights Glow"

Personnel

  • Adam Franklin - guitars and vocals
  • Jimmy Hartridge - guitars and vocals
  • Steve George - bass guitar
  • Jez Hindmarsh - drums

References

  1. ↑ The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 980.
  2. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1116.
  3. ↑ Ejector Seat Reservation at AllMusic
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 882.
  5. ↑ "Swervedriver | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "Swervedriver Reissues Set For January". exclaim.ca.
  7. ↑ "Swervedriver". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 21 March 1998 – via Google Books.
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