Rooster (album)

Rooster is the self-titled debut album by English indie rock band Rooster. Released on 24 January 2005, the album reached number three on the UK Albums Chart^[1] and spawned four commercially successful singles,^[2] two of which peaked in the top ten of the UK Singles Chart.^[3][4] The album also charted at number 26 on the Irish Albums Chart.^[1] "On the Road" featured in the movie Stormbreaker.^[5]

Rooster
Studio album by Rooster
Released	24 January 2005
Genre	Indie rock, hard rock, pop rock
Length	43:24
Label	Brightside
Producer	Steve Robson Pete Woodroffe Charlie Grant Mark Wallis David Ruffy Chris Griffiths Tony Griffiths
Rooster chronology
Rooster (2005) Circles and Satellites (2006)
Singles from Rooster
"Come Get Some" Released: 11 October 2004 "Staring at the Sun" Released: 10 January 2005 "You're So Right for Me" Released: 25 April 2005 "Deep and Meaningless" Released: 11 July 2005

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Joyride"	Nick Atkinson, Luke Potashnick, Steve Robson	3:22
2.	"Come Get Some"	Atkinson, Charlie Grant, Peter Woodroffe	3:06
3.	"Standing in Line"	Atkinson, Potashnick, Rob Davis	3:50
4.	"Staring at the Sun"	Atkinson, Potashnick, Robson	3:50
5.	"To Die For"	Atkinson, Grant, Woodroffe	4:40
6.	"You're So Right for Me"	Atkinson, Potashnick, Chris Griffiths, Tony Griffiths	3:29
7.	"Platinum Blind"	Atkinson, Grant, Woodroffe	3:00
8.	"Deep and Meaningless"	Atkinson, Potashnick, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund	3:35
9.	"On the Road"	Atkinson, Potashnick	3:41
10.	"She Don't Make Me Feel"	Atkinson, Potashnick, Robson	3:22
11.	"Angels Calling"	Atkinson, Potashnick, Lind, Bjørklund	3:21
12.	"Drag the Sunrise Down"	Atkinson, Grant, Woodroffe	4:09
Total length:			43:24

Japanese tour edition DVD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"On the Road" (live at Budokan)	Atkinson, Potashnick
2.	"Come Get Some" (live at Budokan)	Atkinson, Grant, Woodroffe
3.	"Standing in Line" (live at Budokan)	Atkinson, Potashnick, Davis
4.	"Staring at the Sun" (live at Budokan)	Atkinson, Potashnick, Robson
5.	"Platinum Blind" (live at Budokan)	Atkinson, Grant, Woodroffe
6.	"You're So Right for Me" (live at Budokan)	Atkinson, Potashnick, C. Griffiths, T. Griffiths
7.	"Come Get Some" (music video)	Atkinson, Grant, Woodroffe
8.	"Staring at the Sun" (music video)	Atkinson, Potashnick, Robson
9.	"You're So Right for Me" (music video)	Atkinson, Potashnick, C. Griffiths, T. Griffiths
10.	"Deep and Meaningless" (music video)	Atkinson, Potashnick, Lind, Bjørklund

Personnel

Rooster

• Nick Atkinson – vocals
• Luke Potashnick – guitars
• Ben Smyth – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Dave Neale – drums

Additional personnel

Steve Robson – production on tracks 1, 3, 4, 8 and 10 Pete Woodroffe – production on tracks 2, 5, 7, 11 and 12 Charlie Grant – production on tracks 2, 5, 7, 11 and 12 Mark Wallis – production on tracks 6 and 9 David Ruffy – production on tracks 6 and 9 Chris Griffiths – production on track 6 Tony Griffiths – production on track 6

Ash Howes – mixing John Davis – mastering Andy Carne – photography, art direction, graphic design

Charts

Chart performance for Rooster

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	57
Irish Albums (IRMA)[7]	26
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	3

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[9]	Gold	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.