Bright Idea
| Bright Idea | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 29, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 42:59 | |||
| Label | Mercury (UK) | |||
| Producer | Noah Shain, Orson, Chad Rachild | |||
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| Drowned in Sound | link |
| MusicOMH | link |
| Time Out London | link |
| Virgin Media | link |
| Yahoo! Music | link |
Bright Idea is the debut studio album of American power pop band Orson. Originally self-released in 2005, it was released commercially on May 29, 2006 in the UK and internationally on June 13, 2006.
The album was recorded for just $5,000 in Hollywood, funded by the band themselves, and produced by Noah Shain. It contains the hit singles "No Tomorrow", the title track, "Happiness" and "Already Over". Bright Idea charted at number one on the official UK Albums Chart on June 4, 2006. The video for the single "Bright Idea" was directed by Tony Petrossian and was released as the follow-up to the UK number-one single "No Tomorrow".
The album was prized with a platinum record in the United Kingdom. About 700,000 copies were sold worldwide.
Guitarist Chad Rachild departed a year after the independent self release of the album. He was replaced by Kevin Roentgen and soon after the band were signed to Mercury Records UK.