You'd Prefer an Astronaut

You'd Prefer an Astronaut
Studio album by Hum
Released	April 11, 1995 (1995-04-11)
Recorded	1994–1995, Chicago (Track 5 recorded at Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, Minnesota)
Genre	Post-hardcore, space rock, alternative rock, shoegazing
Length	45:53
Language	English
Label	RCA
Producer	Keith Cleversley, Hum
Hum chronology
Electra 2000 (1993) You'd Prefer an Astronaut (1995) Downward Is Heavenward (1998)
Singles from You'd Prefer an Astronaut
"Stars" Released: 1995 "The Pod" Released: 1995 "I'd Like Your Hair Long" Released: 1995

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You'd Prefer an Astronaut is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Hum, released in April 11 1995 by RCA Records as their major label debut. The title of the album is a lyric lifted from the song "I'd Like your Hair Long".

The album has sold over 250,000 copies since its release, mostly due to the first single from the album, "Stars". It became Hum's highest charting song, reaching 11 on Hot Modern Rock Tracks and 28 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks; it regained popularity a decade later after being featured in a Cadillac commercial with actress Kate Walsh. The song and its video were also featured on the television show Beavis and Butt-Head.

The album spawned two other singles, "The Pod" and "I'd Like Your Hair Long", although neither received the commercial success that "Stars" did.

Deftones frontman Chino Moreno declared this album a "big part of where [Deftones] get a big part of [their] influence from, tone-wise".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Little Dipper" – 4:45
2. "The Pod" – 4:38
3. "Stars" – 5:09
4. "Suicide Machine" – 5:58
5. "The Very Old Man" – 2:45
6. "Why I Like the Robins" – 4:58
7. "I'd Like Your Hair Long" – 5:25
8. "I Hate It Too" – 5:59
9. "Songs of Farewell and Departure" – 6:16

Personnel

Hum

• Jeff Dimpsey – bass guitar
• Tim Lash – guitar
• Bryan St. Pere – drums
• Matt Talbott – guitar and vocals

Technical

• Keith Cleversley – production

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