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It is their \u003cstrong\u003efirst album produced entirely by Healy and Daniel themselves\u003c\/strong\u003e, without outside producers — a milestone that reflected both the band's growing confidence in their own technical abilities and the radical expansion of their sonic palette across an album that ranges from acoustic balladry to hyperpop to jazz-influenced ambient music. It entered the UK Albums Chart at \u003cstrong\u003enumber one\u003c\/strong\u003e — the band's second consecutive chart-topper following \u003cem\u003eI Like It When You Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) — and debuted at \u003cstrong\u003enumber four on the US Billboard 200\u003c\/strong\u003e, their highest American chart position to date. It was named \u003cstrong\u003eAlbum of the Year by NME, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e and numerous other publications, and won \u003cstrong\u003eBest British Album at the 2019 Brit Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e alongside \u003cstrong\u003eBest Group\u003c\/strong\u003e, cementing a critical and commercial consensus that positioned The 1975 as one of the most significant British bands of their generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album takes as its central subject the condition of contemporary online life — the way digital communication, social media, political polarisation and internet culture have reshaped human relationships, interiority and meaning. Its title is deliberately academic in register, positioning the record as an inquiry rather than a statement. Healy has described it as the first of two companion albums — the second being \u003cem\u003eNotes on a Conditional Form\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) — conceived as a diptych examining the present moment in cultural and political history, the two records sharing musicians and themes but differing radically in tone. The album opens and closes with the \u003cstrong\u003etitle track instrumental\u003c\/strong\u003e (a recurring motif used to open all four 1975 albums), giving the record a formal coherence that reinforces its thematic unity. The dead wax inscriptions across all four sides state the connecting phrase: \u003cem\u003e\"If I don't get to see the beauty of the end of culture\"\u003c\/em\u003e (Sides A and C) and \u003cem\u003e\"then at least I've seen the culture of the end of beauty\"\u003c\/em\u003e (Sides B and D).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album's fifteen tracks are exceptionally varied. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Give Yourself A Try\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — the lead single, debuted on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in May 2018 — is built on a Chuck Berry-referencing guitar riff and a melody Healy has described as approaching the structure of The Clash; it reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber eight in the UK\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Love It If We Made It\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — a collage of contemporary news headlines, tweets and cultural references set to a hypnotic electropop production — is widely regarded as the album's centrepiece: one of the most directly political songs in the band's catalogue, it reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber 26 UK\u003c\/strong\u003e and topped several year-end critics' polls as song of the year. \u003cstrong\u003e\"TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME\"\u003c\/strong\u003e draws explicitly on late-1980s R\u0026amp;B, in particular \u003cstrong\u003eBobby Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eNew Jack Swing\u003c\/strong\u003e, and provided the band's first US Hot 100 entry. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Be My Mistake\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is a single-take acoustic guitar ballad, entirely unadorned; \u003cstrong\u003e\"Sincerity Is Scary\"\u003c\/strong\u003e draws on jazz piano and Motown; \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Man Who Married A Robot \/ Love Theme\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is a narrated piece, the narrator voiced by \u003cstrong\u003eSiri\u003c\/strong\u003e (Apple's virtual assistant), in which a man falls in love with the internet and dies alone — one of the most formally experimental tracks the band has released. The closing \u003cstrong\u003e\"I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is the album's most expansive piece: a seven-minute orchestral rock ballad that ends the record on a note of earned emotional release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis UK\/EU pressing on \u003cstrong\u003eDirty Hit \/ Polydor\u003c\/strong\u003e is on \u003cstrong\u003e2× 180 gram black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e housed in a \u003cstrong\u003edouble gatefold sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e with \u003cstrong\u003ematt varnish finished inner bags\u003c\/strong\u003e, a \u003cstrong\u003e12\" lyric booklet\u003c\/strong\u003e and an \u003cstrong\u003eMP3 digital download card\u003c\/strong\u003e. Mastered by \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering\u003c\/strong\u003e, consistent with the previous 1975 album pressing. Manufactured in Germany under exclusive licence to Polydor Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGive Yourself A Try\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow To Draw \/ Petrichor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove It If We Made It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBe My Mistake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSincerity Is Scary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Like America \u0026amp; America Likes Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide C\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Man Who Married A Robot \/ Love Theme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInside Your Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's Not Living (If It's Not With You)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurrounded By Heads And Bodies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide D\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Couldn't Be More In Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatthew \"Matty\" Healy – Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Producer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdam Hann – Guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoss MacDonald – Bass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge Daniel – Drums, Programming, Synthesizer, Producer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobin Schmidt – Mastering (24-96 Mastering)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel – Dirty Hit \/ Polydor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The 1975","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504362856835,"sku":"602567964483","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/5727e02b-eccb-4cc5-8d0d-24ae351bef38.webp?v=1772722029"},{"product_id":"the-1975-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-2x-180g-clear-vinyl-lp","title":"The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep... 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It debuted at \u003cstrong\u003enumber one on the UK Albums Chart\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003enumber one on the Billboard 200\u003c\/strong\u003e simultaneously — making The 1975 the first British act since The Beatles to achieve this with their second album — and went on to sell over two million copies worldwide. It was named \u003cstrong\u003ealbum of the year\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cem\u003eNME\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDIY\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Line of Best Fit\u003c\/em\u003e and numerous other publications, and has since been ranked among the finest British albums of the 2010s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded and mixed at \u003cstrong\u003eRavenscourt Studios on Askew Road in London\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eThe Ranch in Woodland Hills, California\u003c\/strong\u003e between February and November 2015, and \u003cstrong\u003emastered at Sterling Sound in New York City\u003c\/strong\u003e, the album is a deliberately ambitious expansion of the guitar-driven indie pop of the band's 2013 self-titled debut. Drawing on 1980s pop, ambient electronica, R\u0026amp;B, gospel and jazz, it operates without tonal consistency as a stylistic principle: the monochrome black-and-white aesthetic (the artwork, the videos, the staging) provides visual unity while the music ranges freely across \u003cstrong\u003e\"Please Be Naked\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (a near-ambient piano instrumental), \u003cstrong\u003e\"If I Believe You\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (a gospel choir piece with strings arranged by \u003cstrong\u003eMiguel Atwood-Ferguson\u003c\/strong\u003e), the R\u0026amp;B-inflected \u003cstrong\u003e\"Somebody Else\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the propulsive new wave of \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Sound\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\"Love Me\"\u003c\/strong\u003e. The album also features contributions from a gospel choir curated by \u003cstrong\u003eNeilly Dickerson\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe singles were commercially dominant. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Love Me\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — released October 2015 as the lead single — reached number 14 in the UK and demonstrated the album's range immediately; \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Sound\"\u003c\/strong\u003e followed, reaching number 14 in both the UK and US Alternative Charts and becoming one of the most-played tracks on UK radio in 2016; \u003cstrong\u003e\"Somebody Else\"\u003c\/strong\u003e became the album's most enduring track, a slow-burning piece of synth-pop heartbreak that has accumulated over one billion Spotify streams; \u003cstrong\u003e\"UGH!\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\"A Change of Heart\"\u003c\/strong\u003e completed the single campaign. The album's two purely instrumental tracks — the opening \u003cstrong\u003e\"The 1975\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (a reprise of the ambient title track that opens all their albums) and the wordless \u003cstrong\u003e\"Please Be Naked\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — serve as structural palate-cleansers that prevent the 17-track sequence from feeling cluttered, and demonstrate a confidence in pacing unusual in an act of the band's commercial profile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis EU pressing on \u003cstrong\u003eDirty Hit \/ Polydor\u003c\/strong\u003e is the most sought-after pressing of this album, manufactured at \u003cstrong\u003eOptimal Media GmbH in Germany\u003c\/strong\u003e and widely regarded by collectors as superior in sound to the US Interscope \/ Rainbo pressing of the same period. The \u003cstrong\u003e2× 180 gram clear vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e is presented in a \u003cstrong\u003egatefold sleeve with individual printed lyric inner sleeves\u003c\/strong\u003e for each record, and includes a \u003cstrong\u003edigital download card\u003c\/strong\u003e. The dead wax of \u003cstrong\u003eSide D carries an etched message\u003c\/strong\u003e reading \u003cstrong\u003e\"HEY KIDS! 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The band had spent the preceding year releasing four self-recorded EPs — \u003cem\u003eFacedown\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSex\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMusic for Cars\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIV\u003c\/em\u003e — on their own Dirty Hit label before approaching producer \u003cstrong\u003eMike Crossey\u003c\/strong\u003e (Arctic Monkeys, Jake Bugg, Foals) to help shape the album recordings. Sessions took place across \u003cstrong\u003eThe Motor Museum in Liverpool\u003c\/strong\u003e (where Crossey had begun his career), \u003cstrong\u003eLivingston Studios in London\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eRose Cottage in Wilmslow\u003c\/strong\u003e between Autumn 2012 and Spring 2013, with Crossey co-producing and mixing the majority of tracks alongside the band. Several of the album's songs had already appeared on the EPs in earlier forms and were re-recorded or reworked for the full-length release, a deliberate continuity that gave the album its unusually cohesive character despite its stylistic range. It entered the UK Albums Chart at \u003cstrong\u003enumber one\u003c\/strong\u003e on 8 September 2013 — the first number one album on Dirty Hit, a label that had been turned down by every major — and has since sold over \u003cstrong\u003e791,000 copies in the UK\u003c\/strong\u003e and over \u003cstrong\u003eone million in the United States\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album's range of styles is exceptional for a debut: across 16 tracks it moves through synth pop, indie rock, electropop, R\u0026amp;B, funk, emo and 1980s-influenced arena pop, unified throughout by Healy's confessional lyrical approach and the band's instinct for melody. The band described their aesthetic at the time as ranging from \"glitchy R\u0026amp;B to big 80s powerpop to mid-90s soul\" — a description borne out by the distance between the atmospheric guitar of opener \u003cstrong\u003e\"The 1975\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and the funk-inflected \u003cstrong\u003e\"M.O.N.E.Y.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, the driving indie rock of \u003cstrong\u003e\"Sex\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and the shimmering pop of \u003cstrong\u003e\"Chocolate\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\"Girls\"\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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