Release Date 31st July 2026
THE ICONIC #1 DEBUT ALBUM FROM BRITISH LEGENDS 'MANSUN'HALF
SPEED MASTER AT ABBEY ROAD, BLACK VINYL EDITIONOriginally released in February 1997, the Platinum-selling 'Attack Of The Grey Lantern' debuted at Number 1 in the UK album chart & included the hit singles 'Wide Open Space', 'She Makes My Nose Bleed', 'Taxloss' & 'Stripper Vicar'
Mansun were one of the most iconic & innovative British bands of the late 90s. They
released four classic albums - 'Attack Of The Grey Lantern' (1997), 'Six' (1998), 'Little
Kix' (2000) & the compilation 'Kleptomania' (2004).
As Draper puts it "The Grey Lantern is like a comic-book hero - the album is about this
village of people with really disgusting morals & the Grey Lantern sorts them out. I
suppose the Grey Lantern's me. I wouldn't have a cape, but there are definitely characters on the record - Albert Taxloss, Chad, Dark Mavis. At the end of the album it all gets resolved & you find Mavis is actually the Stripper Vicar."
Frontman Paul Draper released his new solo album 'Mansun Retold' in early 2026.
Now half-speed remastered at Abbey Road, this new edition revisits the classic album
with a level of sonic clarity previously unheard.
This single LP edition is pressed on black vinyl & includes a printed inner sleeve.
Tracks: The Chad Who Loved Me (05:02) / Mansun's Only Love Song (05:55) / Taxloss
(07:04) / You, Who Do You Hate ? (03:06) / Wide Open Space (04:33) / Stripper Vicar
(04:11) / Disgusting (05:12) / She Makes My Nose Bleed (03:55) / Naked Twister
(04:39) / Egg Shaped Fred (04:11) / Dark Mavis (08:36
