Polythene (album)

Polythene
Studio album by
Feeder
Released19 May 1997
RecordedMid 1996
Genre
Length51:03
LabelEcho (UK)
Elektra (US)
Producer
Feeder chronology
Swim
(1996) 		Polythene
(1997) 		Yesterday Went Too Soon
(1999)
Singles from Polythene
  1. "Stereo World"
    Released: 7 October 1996
  2. "Tangerine"
    Released: 27 January 1997
  3. "Cement"
    Released: 28 April 1997
  4. "Crash"
    Released: 11 August 1997
  5. "High"
    Released: 6 October 1997

Polythene is the debut studio album by Welsh rock band Feeder. It was released 19 May 1997 on the Echo Label, and then re-issued on 28 October in the same year in an Enhanced CD version, featuring their UK top 40 breakthrough single "High" and its video. The original version of the album was deleted soon after and is relatively rare due to this reason.

Despite sizeable critical success, the album had minor commercial success, charting at number 65 in the UK albums chart. However, Polythene would later achieve Gold record status despite never having appeared in the top 50 of the album charts, a rare feat reflecting steady and consistent sales over a period of 20 years, rather than strong initial sales.

The album saw the group's early take on a more grunge-influenced sound, which was not seen on their other albums that followed. Many critics at the time called the band the UK's answer to the Smashing Pumpkins.[3]

In April 1998, a VHS compilation of the music videos for the album's singles was released, titled Polythene: The Video Singles.

  1. ^ Hill, Stephen (19 May 2022). "Feeder's Polythene at 25: How 'The British Smashing Pumpkins' made Metal Hammer's album of 1997". Louder Sound. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. ^ Martins, Jorge (25 December 2023). "Top 10 Post-Grunge Albums From the '90s That Actually Stood the Test of Time". Ultimate Guitar. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  3. ^ Tom Demalon. "Polythene - Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 July 2008.