Stupid Things That Mean the World
Stupid Things That Mean the World is Tim Bowness's third solo album, released on 17 July 2015 by Inside Out Music. Produced by Bowness and mixed by Bruce Soord, collaborators included Peter Hammill, Colin Edwin, Phil Manzanera and David Rhodes.
The album reached No. 10 in both the official UK Rock and UK Vinyl charts, and No. 1 in Prog magazine's July 2015 and August 2015 charts. In September 2015, Stupid Things That Mean the World was No. 9 in the first ever official UK Progressive chart.
The album appeared in Dave Thompson's top releases of the year in Goldmine and at No. 14 in Prog magazine's critic's chart for 2015.
Track listing
''''Single CD/vinyl edition
- The Great Electric Teenage Dream '
- Sing To Me '
- Where You've Always Been '
- Stupid Things That Mean The World
- Know That You Were Loved
- Press Reset
- All These Escapes '
- Everything You're Not
- Everything But You
- Soft William
- At The End Of The Holiday ''''
2-CD limited-edition media book
;Disc 1- The Great Electric Teenage Dream '
- Sing To Me '
- Where You've Always Been '
- Stupid Things That Mean The World
- Know That You Were Loved
- Press Reset
- All These Escapes '
- Everything You're Not
- Everything But You
- Soft William
- At The End Of The Holiday '
- Stupid Things That Mean The World
- Best Boy Electric '
- Know That You Were Loved
- I Still Miss You
Personnel
- Tim Bowness – vocals, keyboards, guitar, programming
- Stephen James Bennett – keyboards, programming
- Michael Bearpark - guitars
- Andrew Keeling - string arrangements, acoustic guitars
- Colin Edwin – fretless bass, double bass
- Andrew Booker – drums
- Pat Mastelotto – drums
- Charlotte Dowling - violin ensemble
- Anna Phoebe – violin
- Bruce Soord - guitar, bass, programming
- Peter Hammill - slide guitar, vocals
- Phil Manzanera - guitar, vocals, keyboards
- David Rhodes - guitar, backing vocals
- Rhys Marsh - pedal steel guitar