Resident Alien (album)

Resident Alien is the debut studio album by the English rock band Spacehog. Released by Sire Records and Elektra Records on 24 October 1995, the album was certified gold on 29 July 1996 and included the hit single "In the Meantime", which reached the top of the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the US, and remained there for four weeks. Most of Resident Alien's basic tracks were recorded live in a barn in Woodstock, New York. It was intended to give the album the immediacy of live room recording.

Resident Alien
Studio album by
Spacehog
Released24 October 1995
StudioBearsville Studios
(Bearsville, New York)
Genre
Length69:22
LabelSire, Elektra
ProducerBryce Goggin, Spacehog
Spacehog chronology
Resident Alien
(1995)		 The Chinese Album
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork7.6/10 (1999)[2]
7.5/10 (2021)[3]

Although Jonny Cragg makes his singing debut in "Skylark" on the band's second LP, The Chinese Album, it is his voice that introduces "Space Is the Place" on Resident Alien. The spoken line in the middle of "Never Coming Down (Part II)", "Everybody in the world is bent", comes from the 1969 movie The Italian Job. The movie also features jail inmates clapping out the rhythm used in this song. In a tribute to the film Candyman, the chorus to "Candyman" repeats the titular name four times (also referencing the Sammy Davis Jr. standard, originally appearing in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory).

"Only a Few" and "In the Meantime" were used in the 1996 film Libor Karas World Tour, The Bouncing Czech. "In the Meantime" was also used as the theme song for David Spade's 1998 one-hour HBO stand-up comedy special David Spade: Take the Hit; was used in the film Fanboys; is a playable song in the video game Guitar Hero 5 as a re-recording, as the original recording featured in Rock Band 3; served as the theme song for the TV show Hindsight; and was featured in the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. "Never Coming Down (Part II)" was featured in the 1996 movie D3: The Mighty Ducks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Royston Langdon, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In the Meantime" 4:58
2."Spacehog"Antony Langdon2:13
3."Starside" 3:49
4."Candyman" 5:23
5."Space Is the Place"A. Langdon3:06
6."Never Coming Down (Part I)" 1:44
7."Cruel to Be Kind" 3:05
8."Ship Wrecked" 5:28
9."Only a Few" 3:23
10."The Last Dictator" 4:14
11."Never Coming Down (Part II)" 4:02
12."Zeroes"Gareth Hodgson, R. Langdon6:38
13."To Be a Millionaire... Was It Likely?" 21:21
  • The song "To Be a Millionaire... Was It Likely?" ends at 2:10. After 11 minutes of silence (2:10 – 13:10), begins "Was It Likely?".

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Resident Alien.[4]

Spacehog
Production
  • Todd Toddney Vos – assistant engineer
  • Carl Plaster – drum technician
  • Bryce Goggin – mixing
  • Sue Dryer – assistant mixing
  • Dave Voight – assistant mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering (Masterdisk)
Imagery
  • Mary Iggy Frey – Hog logo design

Charts
Chart (1996–1997) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 50
Canadian Albums (The Record)[6] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 40
US Billboard 200[8] 49

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[9] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Parisien, Roch. "Resident Alien - Spacehog". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. Schreiber, Ryan. "Spacehog: Resident Alien: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 26 October 2002. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. Brown, Lane (19 December 2021). "Spacehog: Resident Alien Album Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. Resident Alien (liner notes). Spacehog. Sire. Elektra. 1995. CD 61834.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. "Australiancharts.com – Spacehog – Resident Alien". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  6. "Hits of the World". Billboard. 4 May 1996. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. "Spacehog Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  9. "Canadian album certifications – Spacehog – Resident Alien". Music Canada. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  10. "American album certifications – Spacehog – Resident Alien". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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