| Bright Idea | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 29, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 42:59 | |||
| Label | Mercury (UK) | |||
| Producer | Noah Shain, Orson, Chad Rachild | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   link |
| Drowned in Sound |   link |
| MusicOMH | link |
| Time Out London | link[permanent dead link] |
| Virgin Media | link |
| Yahoo! Music | link |
Bright Idea is the debut studio album of American power pop band Orson. Originally self-released in 2005, it was released commercially on May 29, 2006 in the UK and internationally on June 13, 2006.[1]
The album was recorded for just $5,000 in Hollywood, funded by the band themselves, and produced by Noah Shain.[2] It contains the hit singles "No Tomorrow", "Bright Idea", "Happiness" and "Already Over". Bright Idea charted at number one on the official UK Albums Chart on June 4, 2006.[3] The video for the single "Bright Idea" was directed by Tony Petrossian and was released as the follow-up to the UK number-one single "No Tomorrow".
The album was prized with a platinum record in the United Kingdom.[4] About 700,000 copies were sold worldwide.[5]
Guitarist Chad Rachild departed a year after the independent self release of the album. He was replaced by Kevin Roentgen and soon after the band were signed to Mercury Records UK.[6]
- ^ unofficialorson.co.uk Archived January 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ __PAGE_AUTHOR__. "Universal Music Belgium". universalmusic.be. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ "British Phonographic Industry searchable certification database". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on September 24, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
- ^ worldwidealbums.net
- ^ "Orson – Bright Idea (2006, CD)". Discogs. 2006.