Stars of CCTV

Stars of CCTV
Studio album by Hard-Fi
Released	4 July 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Studio	The Cherry Lips Hits Facility (Staines-upon-Thames, England)
Genre	Indie rock post-punk revival
Length	45:06
Label	Necessary Atlantic
Producer	Richard Archer Wolsey White
Hard-Fi chronology
Stars of CCTV (2005) In Operation (2006)
Singles from Stars of CCTV
"Cash Machine" Released: 24 January 2005 "Tied Up too Tight/Middle Eastern Holiday" Released: 14 March 2005 "Hard to Beat" Released: 20 June 2005 "Living for the Weekend" Released: 5 September 2005 "Better Do Better" Released: 27 February 2006
Alternative covers
"Stars of CCTV" Mini Album

Stars of CCTV is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Hard-Fi. It was first released on 4 July 2005 through Necessary Records and Atlantic Records. It received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize.

The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in January 2006, taking it about five months to reach number one mainly due to the preceding single "Cash Machine" catching the sellers' attention; its original peak position was number six in July 2005. The album has sold 1.2 million copies worldwide,^[1] with over 300,000 in the UK alone. It was certified 2× platinum by the BPI for selling 600,000 copies in the UK.^[2] The song "Gotta Reason" is included on the soundtrack of the football video game FIFA 06 and the baseball video game MLB 06: The Show .