The Royal Society is the second album by the British rock band The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, released in the UK on 25 October 2004 on the No Death label.
It was produced by Chris Goss of Masters of Reality. The album is a lot longer and less frantic than its immediate predecessor, showing the band's progression.
This is the last album to feature Andy Huxley on guitar.
Track listing "Rise of the Eagles" (Andy Huxley & TEMBLD) - 2.45 "I Could Be an Angle" (Tom Diamantopoulo & TEMBLD) - 3.23 "When I Hear You Call My Name" (Sym Gharial & TEMBLD) - 3.59 "Migrate Migraine" (Tom Diamantopoulo & TEMBLD) - 3.18 "Puppy Dog Snails" (Marc Norris & TEMBLD) - 3.54 "The Dancing Girls" (Tom Diamantopoulo & TEMBLD) - 3.09 "The Fool" (Tom Diamantopoulo & TEMBLD) - 3.08 "I Rejection" (Andy Huxley & TEMBLD) - 4.14 "Drunk on the Blood" (Tom Diamantopoulo & TEMBLD) - 5.30 "Mister Mental" (Tom Diamantopoulo & TEMBLD) - 2.53 "Freud's Black Muck" (Andy Huxley & TEMBLD) - 3.39 "Temple Music" (Tom Diamantopoulo & TEMBLD) - 3.10 "The Way Of The Men Of The Stuff" (Andy Huxley & TEMBLD) - 3.23
B-sides Amongst the list of B-sides below, live tracks, demo versions, cover versions, remixes and videos were also released on most of the singles from the album.
SongLengthRelease(s)"6:30" 3:01B-side of "Mister Mental""Flag Party" 2:46B-side of "Mister Mental" "Professionalism" 2:29B-side of "Mister Mental" "Ice Cream" 2:24B-side of "I Could Be an Angle" "Grrr" 0:45B-side of "I Could Be an Angle" "Royal Society" 2:30B-side of "I Could Be an Angle" "We Don't Rock" 2:44B-side of "Rise of the Eagles" "Party Pooper" 2:38B-side of "Rise of the Eagles" "Alchemy" 3:56B-side of "Rise of the Eagles"
Personnel Guy McKnight – vocals Marc Norris – guitar Andy Huxley – guitar Sym Gharial – bass Tom Diamantopoulo – drums
Singles Date of releaseTitleUk Top 40 chart position3 February 2004"Mister Mental"2510 August 2004"I Could Be an Angle"354 January 2005"Rise of the Eagles"40
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