The Fidelity Wars Explained

The Fidelity Wars
Type:	Album
Artist:	Hefner
Cover:	Hefner Fidelity Wars Cover.jpg
Released:	12 July 1999^[1]
Genre:	Indie rock
Label:	Too Pure
Prev Title:	Breaking God's Heart
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	We Love the City
Next Year:	2000

The Fidelity Wars is the second full-length album by British indie rock band Hefner. Recorded in London over a period of twelve days at Roundhouse Studios, it was released in 1999 on Too Pure. It was the first Hefner album to feature Jack Hayter.

It was reissued by lead singer Darren Hayman in 2008.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Darren Hayman except where noted.

1. "The Hymn for the Cigarettes"
2. "May God Protect Your Home"
3. "The Hymn for the Alcohol"
4. "I Took Her Love for Granted"
5. "Every Little Gesture"
6. "Weight of the Stars"
7. "I Stole a Bride"
8. "We Were Meant to Be"
9. "Fat Kelly's Teeth"
10. "Don't Flake Out on Me"
11. "I Love Only You"

Track listing (2008 reissue)

CD 1

1. "The Hymn for the Cigarettes"
2. "May God Protect Your Home"
3. "The Hymn for the Alcohol"
4. "I Took Her Love for Granted"
5. "Every Little Gesture"
6. "Weight of the Stars"
7. "I Stole a Bride"
8. "We Were Meant to Be"
9. "Fat Kelly's Teeth"
10. "Don't Flake Out on Me"
11. "I Love Only You"
12. "Grandmother Dies" (b-side)
13. "Lisa and Me" (b-side)
14. "A Belly Full of Babies" (b-side)
15. "Mary Lee" (The Hefner Heart EP)
16. "The Hymn for the Things We Didn't Do" (The Hefner Heart EP)
17. "Karen" (The Hefner Heart EP)
18. "The Heart of Portland" (The Hefner Heart EP)
19. "The Hymn for Thomas Courtney Warner" (The Hefner Heart EP)

CD 2

1. "The Hymn for the Alcohol"(7" version)
2. "My Art College Days Are Over" (b-side)
3. "Don't Flake Out on Me" (4-track)
4. "I Stole a Bride" (4-track)
5. "May God Protect Your Home" (4-track)
6. "A Belly Full of Babies" (4-track)
7. "The Hymn for Thomas Courtney Warner" (4-track)
8. "Blind Girl with Halo" (4-track)
9. "Harlot's Teeth" (4-track)
10. "I Took Her Love for Granted" (4-track)
11. "Karen" (4-track)
12. "The Hymn for the Cigarettes" (rehearsal)
13. "We Were Meant to Be" (rehearsal)
14. "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" (rehearsal) (Brian Wilson, Jack Rieley)
    • originally recorded by The Beach Boys
15. "I Took Her Love for Granted" (rehearsal)
16. "I Love Only You" (rehearsal)
17. "Kate Cleaver's House" (rehearsal)
18. "Twisting Mary's Arm" (rehearsal)
19. "The Weight of the Stars" (rehearsal)
20. "The Girl from the Coast" (rehearsal)
21. "The Librarian" (rehearsal)

Personnel

Hefner

• Darren Hayman - vocals, guitar
• Antony Harding - drums
• John Morrison - bass guitar
• Jack Hayter - flute, stylophone, pedal steel

Additional personnel

• Neil Yates - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Miti Adhikari - engineer, mixing
• Simon Askew - assistant engineer
• Peter Astor - guitar
• Sean Doherty - assistant engineer
• Martin Slattery - organ, tenor saxophone
• Christopher Andrews - Scratching
• Jeremy Gill - assistant engineer
• Simon Morris - assistant engineer
• Gina Birch - vocals
• Matt Coleman - trombone^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Fidelity Wars . Hefnet . 12 May 2020.
2. Web site: Cemm. Ro. Darren Hayman - The Fidelity Wars (Reissue). The Line of Best Fit. 13 August 2015.
3. http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,874509,00.html Hefner : The Fidelity Wars - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect