This is the 2nd and the last Athlete album I have. I found the receipt in the CD Booklet. CD bought at 11.05am in 31/1/2005 from a Tescos in Sudbury in Suffolk. I also had Cereal Bars and chewing gum on the receipt.
I have a very clear recollection of the time and place of this CD. I was working for a publisher and had my first opportunity to 'work from home'. It was also the first time a company had given me a 'car allowance' instead of giving me a car. I went out and spent a load of money on an inappropriate, powerful, fast Japanese car. The petrol allowance I got per mile did not cover the actual petrol I used getting to get to and from meetings.
I also got given a company mobile phone, my first company issued one. The company were shit hot on Health and Safety and had a man come over to install as proper hands free kit in the car. The best one I have ever had in a car. I remember leaving Warwick after a meeting and chatting to my mate all the way back to Essex whilst driving. Ahh happy days and no phone bills.
This album still reminds me of my pregnant wife and the excitment of our first baby. It also reminds me of setting a home office up, looking for a proper leather chair and trying to fit a PC, Laptop, Anglepoise, Printer and a fax machine on a big desk from Ikea. The CD got a caning in the car for months. I still love it and still listen to it. There's a track on it called 'Wires' which really tied this album in with a pregnacy and a birth of a child.
My daughter was born fit and healthy and was taken home in the inappropriate Japanese sports car, however in my defense I did have the 5 door model...
