Closed for Business

Album by Mansun

Closed for Business by Mansun is a box set that compiles the band's work, including remastered versions of their studio albums, unreleased tracks, and live recordings. It explores the band's alternative rock and Britpop influences, offering a comprehensive collection of their musical journey.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Chad Who Loved Me
    5:02
  2. 2.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:55
  3. 3.
    Taxloss
    7:02
  4. 4.
    You, Who Do You Hate?
    3:06
  5. 5.
    Wide Open Space
    4:30
  6. 6.
    Stripper Vicar
    4:05
  7. 7.
    Disgusting
    5:07
  8. 8.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    3:55
  9. 9.
    Naked Twister
    4:39
  10. 10.
    Egg Shaped Fred
    4:11
  11. 11.
    Dark Mavis / An Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter
    14:40

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Six
    8:06
  2. 3.
    Negative
    4:21
  3. 4.
    Shotgun
    6:37
  4. 5.
    Inverse Midas
    1:44
  5. 6.
    Anti Everything
    2:24
  6. 7.
    Fall Out
    3:47
  7. 8.
    Serotonin
    2:33
  8. 9.
    Cancer
    9:33
  9. 10.
    Witness to a Murder (Part Two)
    3:05
  10. 11.
    Television
    8:21
  11. 12.
    Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)
    5:32
  12. 13.
    Legacy
    6:33
  13. 14.
    Being a Girl
    7:58

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Butterfly (A New Beginning)
    5:42
  2. 4.
    I Can Only Disappoint U
    4:47
  3. 5.
    Comes as No Surprise
    4:01
  4. 6.
    Electric Man
    5:21
  5. 7.
    Love Is…
    4:37
  6. 8.
    Soundtrack 4 2 Lovers
    4:11
  7. 9.
    Forgive Me
    4:44
  8. 10.
    Until the Next Life
    4:49
  9. 11.
    Fool
    4:17
  10. 12.
    We Are the Boys
    4:25
  11. 13.
    Goodbye
    5:10

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Getting Your Way
    4:29
  2. 5.
    Slipping Away
    4:51
  3. 6.
    Keep Telling Myself
    3:58
  4. 7.
    Harris
    3:25
  5. 8.
    Love Remains
    2:45
  6. 9.
    Cry 2 My Face
    4:10
  7. 10.
    No Signal/No Complaints
    4:53
  8. 11.
    Home
    3:46
  9. 12.
    Fragile
    3:41
  10. 13.
    Wanted So Much
    3:26
  11. 14.
    Good Intentions Heal the Soul / The Dog From Two Doors Down
    26:12

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Take It Easy Chicken (Manson single version)
    4:29
  2. 6.
    Skin Up Pin Up
    3:41
  3. 7.
    Flourella
    4:25
  4. 8.
    Egg Shaped Fred
    3:55
  5. 9.
    Ski‐Jump Nose
    3:41
  6. 10.
    Lemonade Secret Drinker
    3:49
  7. 11.
    Thief
    5:20
  8. 12.
    Drastic Sturgeon
    3:24
  9. 13.
    The Greatest Pain
    3:52
  10. 14.
    Moronica
    4:32
  11. 15.
    Stripper Vicar
    4:10
  12. 16.
    The Edge
    3:15
  13. 17.
    The Duchess
    4:29
  14. 18.
    An Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter
    4:01
  15. 19.
    No One Knows Us
    3:41
  16. 20.
    Things Keep Falling Off Buildings
    4:17

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Wide Open Space
    4:31
  2. 7.
    Rebel Without a Quilt
    4:08
  3. 8.
    Vision Impaired
    2:38
  4. 9.
    The Gods of Not Very Much
    4:39
  5. 10.
    Moronica (acoustic)
    3:14
  6. 11.
    Lemonade Secret Drinker (acoustic)
    2:47
  7. 12.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    4:04
  8. 13.
    The Most to Gain
    2:21
  9. 14.
    The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
    4:38
  10. 15.
    Live Open Space
    4:42
  11. 16.
    Drastic Sturgeon (live)
    3:18
  12. 17.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed (acoustic)
    3:32
  13. 18.
    Taxloss
    7:17
  14. 19.
    Grey Lantern
    2:03
  15. 20.
    The Impending Collapse of It All
    4:06
  16. 21.
    The Chad Who Loved Me / Ski Jump Nose (live)
    6:30
  17. 22.
    Wide Open Space (acoustic)
    4:17
  18. 23.
    Taxloss (single edit)
    4:24

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Closed for Business
    3:03
  2. 8.
    K.I. Double.S.I.N.G.
    4:42
  3. 9.
    Everyone Must Win
    5:39
  4. 10.
    The World’s Still Open
    3:38
  5. 11.
    Dark Mavis (acoustic)
    4:58
  6. 12.
    Stripper Vicar (live)
    4:10
  7. 13.
    Legacy (radio edit)
    5:56
  8. 14.
    Can’t Afford to Die
    2:49
  9. 15.
    Spasm of Identity
    3:01
  10. 16.
    Check Under the Bed
    4:07
  11. 17.
    GSOH
    1:23
  12. 18.
    Face in the Crowd
    3:44
  13. 19.
    Being a Girl (Part One)
    2:00
  14. 20.
    Hideout
    2:42
  15. 21.
    Railings
    5:53
  16. 22.
    I Care
    3:40
  17. 23.
    Been Here Before
    4:09

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Negative (edit)
    3:44
  2. 9.
    When the Wind Blows
    4:51
  3. 10.
    King of Beauty
    4:55
  4. 11.
    I Deserve What I Get
    3:37
  5. 12.
    Take It Easy Chicken (live)
    9:33
  6. 13.
    Six (single version)
    3:59
  7. 14.
    Church of the Drive Thru Elvis
    3:00
  8. 15.
    But the Trains Run on Time
    3:38
  9. 16.
    What It’s Like to Be Hated
    3:24
  10. 17.
    Being a Girl (Parts One & Two) (live)
    4:52
  11. 18.
    I Can Only Disappoint U (single edit)
    4:21
  12. 19.
    Decisions, Decisions
    6:02
  13. 20.
    Repair Man
    4:03
  14. 21.
    My Idea of Fun
    4:00
  15. 22.
    Golden Stone
    4:34

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    Electric Man (single edit)
    4:18
  2. 10.
    The Drifters
    4:33
  3. 11.
    The Apartment
    4:12
  4. 12.
    Electric Man (acoustic)
    4:39
  5. 13.
    Fool (edit)
    3:35
  6. 14.
    I’ve Seen the Top of the Mountain
    5:07
  7. 15.
    Promises
    5:29
  8. 16.
    Fade in Time
    4:40
  9. 17.
    Black Infinite Space
    4:43

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    The Chad Who Loved Me
    1:59
  2. 11.
    Ski Jump Nose
    1:57
  3. 12.
    Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter
    0:38
  4. 13.
    Ski Jump Nose (reprise)
    1:08
  5. 14.
    Stripper Vicar
    3:49
  6. 15.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:26
  7. 16.
    Naked Twister
    5:13
  8. 17.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    3:42
  9. 18.
    Take It Easy Chicken
    7:12

Disc 11

  1. 11.
    Stripper Vicar
    4:09
  2. 12.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:18
  3. 13.
    Taxloss
    5:48
  4. 14.
    Naked Twister
    5:02
  5. 15.
    Egg Shaped Fred
    5:30
  6. 16.
    Wide Open Space
    5:18
  7. 17.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    3:33
  8. 18.
    Take It Easy Chicken
    7:18

Disc 12

  1. 12.
    The Chad Who Loved Me
    7:10
  2. 13.
    Stripper Vicar
    4:19
  3. 14.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:18
  4. 15.
    Taxloss
    5:50
  5. 16.
    The Edge
    4:19
  6. 17.
    Drastic Sturgeon
    3:11
  7. 18.
    Naked Twister
    4:55
  8. 19.
    Egg Shaped Fred
    5:29
  9. 20.
    Wide Open Space
    5:25
  10. 21.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    3:56
  11. 22.
    Take It Easy Chicken
    10:27

Disc 13

  1. 13.
    Stripper Vicar
    4:35
  2. 14.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:27
  3. 15.
    Taxloss
    5:43
  4. 16.
    Naked Twister
    5:09
  5. 17.
    Egg Shaped Fred
    5:04
  6. 18.
    Take It Easy Chicken
    5:27

Disc 14

  1. 14.
    Everyone Must Win
    5:02
  2. 15.
    Stripper Vicar
    3:55
  3. 16.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:36
  4. 17.
    Shotgun
    6:30
  5. 18.
    Drastic Sturgeon
    3:14
  6. 19.
    Wide Open Space
    4:51
  7. 20.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    3:35
  8. 21.
    Take It Easy Chicken
    4:42
  9. 22.
    Taxloss
    5:42

Disc 15

  1. 15.
    Negative
    3:32
  2. 16.
    Being a Girl
    4:28
  3. 17.
    Stripper Vicar
    4:14
  4. 18.
    Everyone Must Win
    4:46
  5. 19.
    Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)
    4:08
  6. 20.
    Shotgun
    6:50
  7. 21.
    Wide Open Space
    4:19
  8. 22.
    Television
    7:00
  9. 23.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:19
  10. 24.
    Six
    6:21
  11. 25.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    3:32
  12. 26.
    Taxloss
    7:08
  13. 27.
    The Chad Who Loved Me
    3:58
  14. 28.
    Drastic Sturgeon
    2:37
  15. 29.
    Legacy
    4:22
  16. 30.
    Take It Easy Chicken
    7:08

Disc 16

  1. 16.
    Negative
    3:53
  2. 17.
    Being a Girl
    4:31
  3. 18.
    Stripper Vicar
    4:19
  4. 19.
    Everyone Must Win
    4:43
  5. 20.
    Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)
    3:52
  6. 21.
    Shotgun
    6:44
  7. 22.
    Wide Open Space
    4:18
  8. 23.
    Television
    6:52
  9. 24.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:25
  10. 25.
    Six
    6:15
  11. 26.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    3:34
  12. 27.
    Taxloss
    7:27
  13. 28.
    The Chad Who Loved Me
    3:53
  14. 29.
    Drastic Sturgeon
    2:40
  15. 30.
    Legacy
    4:24
  16. 31.
    Take It Easy Chicken
    6:51

Disc 17

  1. 17.
    Take It Easy Chicken
    6:14
  2. 18.
    Stripper Vicar
    3:56
  3. 19.
    Drastic Sturgeon
    3:19
  4. 20.
    Being a Girl
    5:06
  5. 21.
    Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)
    4:17
  6. 22.
    Everyone Must Win
    5:10
  7. 23.
    Six
    7:15
  8. 24.
    Ski Jump Nose
    3:46
  9. 25.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:53
  10. 26.
    Wide Open Space
    5:03
  11. 27.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    3:44
  12. 28.
    Taxloss
    9:00

Disc 18

  1. 18.
    Being a Girl
    5:27
  2. 19.
    Comes as No Surprise
    4:17
  3. 20.
    Stripper Vicar
    4:15
  4. 21.
    Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)
    4:38
  5. 22.
    Electric Man
    4:17
  6. 23.
    Love Is
    4:26
  7. 24.
    Wide Open Space
    4:35
  8. 25.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    3:52
  9. 26.
    Taxloss
    8:48

Disc 19

  1. 19.
    I Can Only Disappoint U
    4:34
  2. 20.
    Being a Girl
    2:10
  3. 21.
    The Chad Who Loved Me
    5:14
  4. 22.
    Stripper Vicar
    3:46
  5. 23.
    Comes as No Surprise
    4:35
  6. 24.
    Electric Man
    4:40
  7. 25.
    Love Is
    4:44
  8. 26.
    Wide Open Space
    4:26
  9. 27.
    Taxloss
    10:04
  10. 28.
    Fool
    4:30
  11. 29.
    Legacy
    5:04
  12. 30.
    Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)
    4:22
  13. 31.
    Everyone Must Win
    5:00
  14. 32.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    4:21
  15. 33.
    Take It Easy Chicken
    6:54

Disc 20

  1. 20.
    Drastic Sturgeon
    3:23
  2. 21.
    Naked Twister
    3:50
  3. 22.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    4:07
  4. 23.
    The Chad Who Loved Me
    6:11
  5. 24.
    Ski Jump Nose
    2:32
  6. 25.
    Lemonade Secret Drinker
    3:15
  7. 26.
    Egg Shaped Fred
    4:42
  8. 27.
    Everyone Must Win
    4:19
  9. 28.
    K.I. Double.S.I.N.G.
    3:27
  10. 29.
    The World’s Still Open
    3:30
  11. 30.
    Lemonade Secret Drinker
    3:16
  12. 31.
    Closed for Business
    2:50
  13. 32.
    Shot by Both Sides (sung by Chad)
    3:38

Disc 21

  1. 21.
    Take It Easy Chicken (unsigned demo)
    4:22
  2. 22.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed (unsigned demo)
    4:01
  3. 23.
    Moronica (unsigned demo)
    4:00
  4. 24.
    No One Knows Us (demo)
    3:33
  5. 25.
    Flourella (demo)
    4:19
  6. 26.
    Stripper Vicar (demo)
    4:07
  7. 27.
    Skin Up Pin Up (demo)
    4:04
  8. 28.
    Drastic Sturgeon (demo)
    3:27
  9. 29.
    Egg Shaped Fred (demo)
    5:11
  10. 30.
    Ski Jump Nose (demo)
    3:44
  11. 31.
    Things Keep Falling Off Buildings (demo)
    4:34
  12. 32.
    The Greatest Pain (piano take)
    3:00
  13. 33.
    Naked Twister (near final)
    3:53
  14. 34.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song (full length)
    6:17

Disc 22

  1. 22.
    The Chad Who Loved Me (near final)
    4:29
  2. 23.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed (near final)
    4:03
  3. 24.
    Ski Jump Nose (acoustic)
    2:32
  4. 25.
    You, Who Do You Hate? (demo)
    3:01
  5. 26.
    Stripper Vicar (Parr St. mix)
    4:13
  6. 27.
    Closed for Business (demo)
    3:24
  7. 28.
    Anti‐Everything (extended instrumental)
    3:27
  8. 29.
    Grey Lantern (alt studio version take 2)
    2:05
  9. 30.
    Television (live)
    7:09
  10. 31.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:42
  11. 32.
    Taxloss (live)
    6:46
  12. 33.
    Everyone Must Win (live)
    5:03
  13. 34.
    Dark Mavis (near final)
    7:34

Disc 23

  1. 23.
    Rock ’n’ Roll Loser (demo)
    4:27
  2. 24.
    Watcher
    3:40
  3. 25.
    An Open Letter to a Lyrical Trainspotter (take 2)
    4:01
  4. 26.
    Way It Is (demo)
    4:59
  5. 27.
    The Impending Collapse of It All (demo)
    4:24
  6. 28.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed (unknown acoustic)
    3:27
  7. 29.
    Egg Shaped Fred (acoustic)
    2:51
  8. 30.
    Railings (demo)
    6:04
  9. 31.
    Promises (demo)
    5:26
  10. 32.
    Naked Twister (unknown acoustic)
    3:05
  11. 33.
    South of the Painted Hall
    3:21
  12. 34.
    The Drifters (demo)
    4:32
  13. 35.
    These Days
    4:26
  14. 36.
    You, Who Do Hate? (near final)
    3:06

Disc 24

  1. 24.
    Things Keep Falling Off Bridges (backing track)
    3:55
  2. 25.
    Flourella (studio monitor mix)
    4:23
  3. 26.
    The Greatest Pain (alternative mix)
    4:19
  4. 27.
    Grey Lantern (unreleased studio version)
    3:01
  5. 28.
    Rebel Without a Quilt (take 2)
    6:24
  6. 29.
    I Wanted So Much
    3:26
  7. 30.
    The Edge (backing track)
    3:02
  8. 31.
    This Is My Home
    3:46
  9. 32.
    Forgive Me (demo)
    5:44
  10. 33.
    Superstar (demo)
    3:33
  11. 34.
    Witness to a Murder (Part 1)
    1:51
  12. 35.
    Chad’s Song (guide)
    4:17
  13. 36.
    King of Beauty (writing session)
    4:13

Disc 25

  1. 25.
    [intro]
    0:26
  2. 26.
    Negative
    3:26
  3. 27.
    Being a Girl
    4:28
  4. 28.
    Stripper Vicar
    4:14
  5. 29.
    Everyone Must Win
    4:56
  6. 30.
    Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)
    4:09
  7. 31.
    Shotgun
    6:55
  8. 32.
    Wide Open Space
    4:25
  9. 33.
    Television
    7:09
  10. 34.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song
    5:28
  11. 35.
    Six
    6:25
  12. 36.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed
    3:38
  13. 37.
    Taxloss
    7:24
  14. 38.
    The Chad Who Loved Me
    3:57
  15. 39.
    Drastic Sturgeon
    2:41
  16. 40.
    Legacy
    4:28
  17. 41.
    Take It Easy Chicken
    7:30
  18. 42.
    [outro]
    1:57
  19. 43.
    Wide Open Space (Top of the Pops TV performance)
    3:12
  20. 44.
    She Makes My Nose Bleed (Top of the Pops TV performance)
    3:13
  21. 45.
    Taxloss (Top of the Pops TV performance)
    3:56
  22. 46.
    Closed for Business (Top of the Pops TV performance)
    3:04
  23. 47.
    Legacy (Top of the Pops TV performance)
    4:13
  24. 48.
    Being a Girl (Top of the Pops TV performance)
    2:03
  25. 49.
    Six (Top of the Pops TV performance)
    3:51
  26. 50.
    I Can Only Disappoint U (Top of the Pops TV performance)
    3:17
  27. 51.
    Wide Open Space (Later… With Jools Holland TV performance)
    4:14
  28. 52.
    Mansun’s Only Love Song (Later… With Jools Holland TV performance)
    4:29
  29. 53.
    I Can Only Disappoint U (Later… With Jools Holland TV performance)
    3:52
  30. 54.
    Electric Man (Later… With Jools Holland TV performance)
    4:14
  31. 55.
    Stripper Vicar (live)
    4:09
  32. 56.
    Documentary: Nobody Cares When You’re Gone
    19:50

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