The UK version has 14 tracks. These include re-recorded versions of previously released songs, as well as new ones like the title track.

Here's what Danny had to say about each song on the album. (Taken from the Melody Maker, dated 6 June 98)

1. INTRO

This is from our Abbey Road session - the orchestra were all tuning up and stuff. It just seemed a really good way to kick it all off.

2. ALL YOU GOOD GOOD PEOPLE

We wanted the album version to be more like we played it live - more guitars, more confident, a bit faster and that. So we got the 40 fat blokes in the studio and did it all again!

3. MY WEAKNESS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

I think we'd have probably got lynched if we hadn't put this on the album, 'cos we only released about a thousand copies of it originally. Actually, I think this one could be a single.

4. COME BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW

It's just the idea of going back to somebody you've been going out with I suppose - it's not nuclear science! I wanted to write something that was really positive and the opposite of that 'grim oop north' vibe you maybe get when you come from Leeds!

5. ONE BIG FAMILY

Richard sings this one on the album. He'd sing it live too, if he weren't doing that guitar riff. It's always been a live favourite. When we played this at the T&C in Leeds last year the fucking place turned into a rave; it were mad!

6. HIGHER SIGHTS

We wrote this after a local promoter told us we weren't Britpop enough for him. We were thinking about jacking it in, but me and Rick and the rest of the band thought: 'We're really powerful. We shouldn't just give in.' So this is about anybody who wants more for themselves, who wants to be better. I think everyone's a star, given time and space to do what they're best at.

RETREAD

This is the first proper song we wrote. We used to start the set with it, 'cos it sort of let's me know I'm at work. It's a bit like when you've got a guide dog you put a special lead on it to let it know it's at work - this song does that to me.

I WANT THE WORLD

I think our fast songs have generally got that triumphant, loud guitars thing that's led to us being compared to Oasis. That's cool, they're a really fucking good band. Everybody says that I sing like Liam on this, but it isn't me! It's our Richard again!

YOU'VE GOT TO SAY YES

The line in this: 'The view's too good to jump' is based around somebody who, well, who knows who they are. It's a struggle song. You get support from your family or your friends, or some people get it from drugs or whatever, but, at the end of the day, you have to rely on yourself really.

FIREWORKS

I think if anybody says I can't sing, I'd play 'em this one. Technically, it's not brilliant - I probably go out of tune a few times or sound like I'm stuggling a little. But, for me, it really gets the point of the song across.

LAST GAS

I had all these lyrics which didn't make any sense to me, but Rick goes: 'Sounds fucking great!' The less sense they make, the more he likes 'em! He's kind of like the John Lennon element - which I know makes me Paul McCartney which isn't too fucking good, but there you go.

THAT'S ALL CHANGED FOREVER

We did this song the week I fell in love with my girlfriend and it's about her, really. About how I felt. When you fall out of love you think that's it, you're gonna spend the rest of your life on your own. So finding someone else is just a happy time. Although this song sounds quite sad, it makes me feel pretty good.

NOW YOU'RE NOBODY

We're not really pushing the frontiers of sound on this album too much, but I think we probably do a bit on this song. It's always just been about getting the song out and getting the magic and the soul across and, sometimes, that's really simple, but sometimes it takes a bit more.

THE GOOD WILL OUT

I suppose this song's our 'Karma Police'. We were all a bit wired and had our girlfriends in the studio and stuff. The sing-along at the end is definitely how I want the next album to sound - freer, easier, more soulful in a lot of ways. It just gives in to those 'la la la's. At the end of the day, it's all gonna work out.

In the US (and I assume Canada too) it was released by Geffen on July 28th. The track listing includes Blind instead of You've Gotta Say Yes.

The Japanese edition of the album was released on June 16th on Toshiba-EMI/Virgin/Hut with two bonus tracks: an unreleased version of Blind, and Free Ride.

Here's the album review from the NME.

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