Are You Normal?

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Are You Normal? is the second studio album by English rock band Ned's Atomic Dustbin, released on 3 November 1992 by Columbia Records.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It features the band's biggest American hit "Not Sleeping Around", which hit the top of BillboardTemplate:'s Modern Rock Tracks chart.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Music

Are You Normal? shows the band scaling back on the dual-bass, "punk-pop"-informed grebo sound of their debut album in order to "let the dynamics of the basses soak through the rush of power chords that dominate their early work."<ref name=autogenerated1>Are You Normal? - Ned's Atomic Dustbin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic</ref> It also shows the band beginning to work with electronics, sampling and "ultramodern production" that the band would continue to explore in their later work.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> AllMusic said the result is "an almost bouncy, bright album, full of great hooks and lyrical cleverness."<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Track listing

1. "Suave And Suffocated"
2. "Walking Through Syrup"
3. "Legoland"
4. "Swallowing Air"
5. "Who Goes First?"
6. "Tantrum"
7. "Not Sleeping Around"
8. "You Don't Want To Do That"
9. "A Leg End in His Own Boots"
10. "Two And Two Made Five"
11. "Fracture"
12. "Spring"
13. "Intact"<ref name="nedie"/>

Personnel

• Matt Cheslin – bass
• Alex Griffin – bass, vocals
• Jonn Penney – vocals
• Rat – guitar, vocals
• Dan Warton – drums
• Andy Wallace – producer, mixing, engineer
• Steve Sisco – mixing assistant
• Darren Galer – assistant engineer
• Steve Gullick – photography, snaps
• Leigh Smiler – lyricist, lettering
• Helga – design<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Charts

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Chart performance for Are You Normal?

Chart (1992–1993)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>Template:Cite Ryan</ref>	79

Samples

The song "Suave and Suffocated" contains a sample of a monologue by Dennis Hopper in the movie Apocalypse Now.