Zero 7 were formed in 1997 by producers Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. In
2001 their debut album Simple Things was released selling over a million copies
to date and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Zero 7 were also
nominated as Best Newcomer at the Brit Awards 2001.
Simple Things peaked at no.28 in the UK album chart and spent 89 weeks on the
chart. Stateside, the album hit no.4 on the Billboard Dance / Electronic album
chart and stayed on that chart for 52 weeks.
Singles taken from the original album included I Have Seen featuring Mozez,
Destiny featuring Sia & Sophie Barker, In the Waiting Line featuring Sophie
Barker and Distractions featuring Sia.
This 2 x cd special edition of the album mirrors the now unavailable original CD & an extra disc of 11 tracks. Some of the 2nd disc tracks have never been made available before – including 3 live sessions from the bands 2002 USA tour from San Francisco radio station KFOG (‘Simple Things’, ‘Destiny’ & ‘Waiting Line’), 2 tracks that we’re only on the Japanese version of the album (‘Spinning’ & ‘Monday Night’), The album also contains the bands favourite remixes of the simple things singles, remixers include Photek, Richard Dorfmeister, Matthew Herbert & Idjut Boys.
Simple Things is a timelessly classic album, with an extra 11 tracks it
becomes an essential purchase for any fan.
This Special Edition CD release will have a premium, luxury feel using foil
blocking & a gloss laminated finish.