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The It Girl is the second studio album by English Britpop band Sleeper, [1] released in May 1996 (see 1996 in music). It was their most successful album, selling over 300,000 copies in the UK alone. [2] The album was released internationally, with the US version having a different track listing and alternative photos in the liner booklet.
Sleeper recorded three full-length albums prior to splitting: Smart, The It Girl and Pleased to Meet You. After the band split up in 1998, Wener began a writing career, [ 5 ] and has written four novels: Goodnight Steve McQueen , The Big Blind (also known as The Perfect Play ), The Half Life of Stars , and Worldwide Adventures In Love .
Sleeper are an English rock band formed in London in 1992. The group had eight UK top 40 hit singles and three UK top 10 albums during the 1990s. [ 1 ] Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of the pop cultural hit movie Trainspotting .
"Sale of the Century" is a song by Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist/guitarist Louise Wener and drummer Andy Maclure. In Europe, "Sale of the Century" was the second single to be released from their second album The It Girl in 1996 and became the group's first top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart.
Bow kept working for the many independent film companies active in New York at the time. She eventually grabbed the attention of producer B.P. Schulberg, who at the time headed Preferred Pictures.
"Statuesque" is a song by Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. "Statuesque" was the fourth and final single to be released from Sleeper's second album The It Girl and became the group's last top twenty hit on the UK Singles Chart.
The following is a list of Britpop musicians. While definitions may vary, artists labelled as Britpop were typically guitar-based bands that emerged from the British music scene, were popular in the 1990s, and focused more on melody than other contemporary genres such as grunge. [1
"Inbetweener" is a song by English Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. It was the third single to be released from their debut album Smart in 1995. It was their breakthrough single, [1] crashing daytime radio playlists and reaching number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.