Glee (Bran Van 3000 album)

Glee
Studio album by Bran Van 3000
Released	April 15 1997
Genre	Alternative rock, electronica
Length	57:02
Label	Audiogram
Producer	James "Bran Man" DiSalvio, E.P. Bergen, Haig Vartzbedian
Bran Van 3000 chronology
Glee (1997) Discosis (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Q	[2]
Sunday Mirror	[3]
The Village Voice	A–[4]

Glee is the debut studio album by Canadian music collective Bran Van 3000. The Canadian version was released on 15 April 1997 through Audiogram Records, while the international version, slightly altered from the original, was released on 17 March 1998 through Capitol Records. The album contains the international hit "Drinking in L.A." and features hip hop supergroup The Gravediggaz on "Afrodiziak".^[1]

Glee was certified gold for sales of 50,000 copies by the CRIA on February 24, 1998.^[5] The album also won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year at the 1998 Juno Awards.^[6]

Track listings

All songs written by James Di Salvio unless noted otherwise.

Canadian version

1. "Gimme Sheldon" - 5:31
2. "Couch Surfer" - 2:51
3. "Drinking in L.A." (James Di Salvio, Larson) - 3:56
4. "Problems" (Di Salvio) - 1:42
5. "Highway to Heck" - 1:00
6. "Forest" [French version] (Bergen, Jean Leloup) - 4:13
7. "Hardrockin' Cincinnati" - 1:09
8. "Afrodiziak" - 3:50
9. "Lucknow" - 2:29
10. "Cum On Feel the Noize" (Noddy Holder, Jim Lea) - 3:24
11. "Exactly Like Me!" - 3:33
12. "Everywhere" (Adam Chaki) - 3:56
13. "Ceci n'est pas Une Chanson" - 6:47
14. "Willard" (Di Salvio, Hodge) - 2:26
15. "Supermodel" - 5:24
16. "Oblonging" - 2:56
17. "Mama Don't Smoke" (Grauer, Johnston) - 1:55

International track listing

1. "Gimme Sheldon" - 3:59
2. "Couch Surfer" - 2:50
3. "Drinking in L.A." (Di Salvio, Larson) - 3:56
4. "Problems" (Di Salvio) - 1:38
5. "Highway to Heck" - 0:55
6. "Forest" [English version] (Bergen, Jean Leloup) - 3:44
7. "Rainshine" - 3:29
8. "Carry On" - 4:57
9. "Afrodiziak" - 4:38
10. "Lucknow" - 2:09
11. "Cum On Feel the Noize" (Noddy Holder, Jim Lea) - 3:21
12. "Exactly Like Me!" - 3:33
13. "Everywhere" (Adam Chaki) - 3:54
14. "Une Chanson" - 2:35
15. "Old School" - 2:47
16. "Willard" (Di Salvio, Hodge) - 2:25
17. "Supermodel" - 5:24
18. "Oblonging" - 1:37
19. "Mama Don't Smoke" (Grauer, Johnston) - 1:56

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Glee – Bran Van 3000". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
2. "Bran Van 3000: Glee". Q (158): 142. November 1999.
3. Wallace, Richard (5 June 1998). "Out this week..". Sunday Mirror (London). Retrieved 30 August 2015. (subscription required (help)).
4. Christgau, Robert (2 June 1998). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved 10 October 2013.
5. "Gold Platinum Database: Bran Van 3000". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
6. "1998 Juno Awards". Metrolyrics.com. Retrieved 1 October 2009.