Setlist
Out to Get You / Five-O / Waltzing Along / Tomorrow / Jam J / Don't Wait That Long / She's a Star / Sit Down / Laid / SoundSupport
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Transparent marketing ploy or legitimate injury? That was indeed the question on everyone’s minds as lead singer Tim Booth appeared in a neck brace as he and the rest of the James gang took to the stage, ironically enough in support of their new album entitled Whiplash. “I have whiplash,” Booth stated, answering our silent inquiry, then added laughingly, “It’s not some cheap marketing tool.” Thankfully, rather than canceling this, their long-awaited return to Vancouver, James decided to go ahead, and performed about 90 minutes of material from their first to their most recent albums.
As they opened the show with “Out to Get You” off of their Laid album, a tranquil, yet hauntingly exciting choice, I knew the show was going to be a classic. The audience, myself included, proceeded to sing along with Booth every word of practically every song performed, much to the delight of the band (who helped by concentrating on the Laid and Whiplash CDs, the band’s more commercially successful products).
James do not simply put on a show — they put on an event, and the Rage was the place to be this Thursday. A James show is entertaining to the point of leaving the audience and the band on the same level (despite, this time, Booth having to sit down periodically, leaving the audience yearning for his trademark spastic dances). The band looked like they were having fun, as did the audience.
Their light show was nothing short of excellent and well worth noting, whether it was the beat-triggered strobe lights during “Sound” or the multi-coloured bombardment during “Sit Down,” (which was disappointingly lacking in pogoing by the audience). Considering the fact that this was the Rage, envisioning the stage performance James would put on in an arena or stadium gives me goose bumps. But for now, we’ll just have to settle for clubs. Either way, they’re entertaining to the extreme.
One-track video promo issued in April 1997
Tomorrow (Radio Edit)
Release Name: | Tomorrow (VHS) |
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Release Date: | 21st April 1997 |
Format: | Promo VHS |
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One-track VHS issued in April 1997.
Two-disc Canadian only compilation of b-sides, live tracks and remixes from the UK She’s A Star and Tomorrow singles
Tomorrow / Gone Too Far / Honest Pleasure / All One To Me / Fishknives / Come Home / Tomorrow / She’s A Star / Greenpeace / Johnny Yen
Release Name: | Tomorrow (Import, Canada) |
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Release Date: | 21st April 1997 |
Format: | Studio Album |
Catalogue: | 314 575 543-2 |
Two-disc Canadian only compilation of b-sides, live tracks and remixes from the UK She’s A Star and Tomorrow singles
The second single from the Whiplash album reached 12 in the UK Singles Charts.
CD JIMDD 17 – Tomorrow / Lost A Friend (live) / Come Home (live) / Greenpeace (live)
CD JIMCD 17 – Tomorrow / Gone Too Far / Honest Pleasure / All One To Me
CD JIMED 17 – Tomorrow / Tomorrow (Full On Vibe Mix) / Tomorrow (Archive Mix) / Tomorrow (Droppin’ Cake Mix)
Release Name: | Tomorrow |
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Release Date: | 21st April 1997 |
Format: | Studio Single |
Catalogue: | CD JIMDD 17; CD JIMCD 17; CD JIMED 17 |
Following the Top 10 success of She’s A Star and the Whiplash album and a sold-out UK tour, James released Tomorrow as the second single from the album, having resurrected the track from the Wah Wah album and rerecorded it with a more conventional sound. The obligatory TFI Friday performance and a Radio 1 session for Mary Ann Hobbs preceded the single release.
As with She’s A Star, the single was released on three CDs. The first featured three tracks recorded live for Radio 1’s Mark Radcliffe show in January. Three new tracks – All One To Me, Gone Too Far and Honest Pleasure, the pick of the b-sides from the Whiplash singles, were featured on the second CD. Rather unsuccessful remixes of the title track by Fila Brazilia, Midfield General and Archive made up the third CD. Artwork for the singles was again designed by Blue Source and photography by Davies and Davies.
The video featured the band playing the song stood in large circle with a camera spinning round at high speed above them causing them to duck and dive to avoid being hit. Whilst a relatively simple concept, the video complemented the energy of the song perfectly.
A poster campaign with the fetching slogan “Tomorrow : Coming Soon” preceded the release. The singles were once again priced at £1.99 each in attempt to boost sales. Tomorrow entered the charts at number 12, another commendable performance, although it was to fall sharply in the following weeks.
Don’t write off the old ponces off just yet – this is classic latter-day James, a huge anthemic stadium sparkler, co-written by Eno and the perfect vehicle for Tim Booth’s Broadway show-stopping tendencies. The extra tracks flirt with jungle, glam and even rap, but James don’t really make convincing postmodern dilettantes. Tomorrow is what they’re still great at; soaring sincerity, heroic emotion, wide-eyed new-aged optimism. Recently Booth has been instructing his live audience to ignore what the music press says, so here’s our advice : THIS IS A FINE RECORD, GO OUT AND BUY IT. There you go – ignore that at your leisure.
US promo cassette also includes tracks by Longpigs and Gene
She’s A Star / Tomorrow
Release Name: | I Wish I Was In England |
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Release Date: | 1st April 1997 |
Format: | Promo Album |
Catalogue: | SAC1290 |
US promo cassette also includes tracks by Longpigs and Gene
A cover-mounted CD with the Sessions magazine featuring an otherwise unreleased session version of Tomorrow from the January 27 Mark Radcliffe session – the other songs from the session featured on the Tomorrow CD single
Tomorrow (Mark Radcliffe Session)
Release Name: | Sessions 3 |
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Release Date: | 1st April 1997 |
Format: | Compilation (non James) Single |
Catalogue: | 3S10PCW395 |
A cover-mounted CD with the Sessions magazine featuring an otherwise unreleased session version of Tomorrow from the January 27 Mark Radcliffe session – the other songs from the session featured on the Tomorrow CD single