A Ticket for Everyone
Live album by
Busted
Released1 November 2004 (2004-11-01)
Recorded19 March 2004 (2004-03-19), Manchester Evening News Arena, England
GenrePop rock, pop punk
Length43:05
LabelUniversal Island Records
ProducerSteve Robson
Busted chronology
Busted
(2004) 		A Ticket for Everyone
(2004) 		Night Driver
(2016)

A Ticket for Everyone is a live album by English pop punk band Busted. It contains twelve tracks recorded during the Manchester leg of their A Present for Everyone tour, plus the studio version of "Thunderbirds Are Go!", which had not previously been included on an album in the United Kingdom. The album contains live versions of the group's singles, as well as a cover of the 1978 Undertones song "Teenage Kicks" and album track "That Thing You Do". The Continental version of the album omits "She Wants to Be Me", due to contractual issues, and the studio version of "Thunderbirds Are Go!", as it was previously issued on the 2004 reissue of A Present for Everyone in Continental Europe. The DVD version omits the live performance of Thunderbirds Are Go but includes the music video as a bonus feature. The DVD also includes a cover of the 2003 Black Eyed Peas song Where Is the Love? and the album tracks Why, Britney, Better Than This, Fake and Nerdy.

Personnel

Busted

Additional musicians

Background

Bourne, Simpson, and Willis were augmented by Chris Banks, Damon Wilson, and Chris Leonard. On bbc.co.uk, Adam Cumiskey stated: "The live element of this album is slightly staid: there's no improvisation in the songs; they sound exactly like the singles. However, with their swagger and confidence... they manage to resist sounding like a contestant in a battle of the bands competition".[1]

Unlike their two studio albums, A Ticket for Everyone was only a minor hit on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 11.[2] Busted officially split up two months after its release.[3] An accompanying DVD featuring footage from the Manchester concerts was released with the same title. The DVD went Platinum in the UK.

Track listing

A Ticket for Everyone — UK standard CD edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Air Hostess"
6:31
2."That Thing You Do"
  • Bourne
  • Fletcher
  • Simpson
3:48
3."What I Go to School For"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • John McLaughlin
  • Steve Robson
3:32
4."She Wants to Be Me"
3:36
5."3AM"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • Edwards
  • Spock
  • Christy
3:54
6."Who's David"
  • Bourne
  • Fletcher
3:55
7."Thunderbirds Are Go"
  • Bourne
3:15
8."Teenage Kicks"
2:54
9."You Said No"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • McLaughlin
  • Robson
  • Richard Mark Rashman
3:17
10."Year 3000"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • Robson
  • Fletcher
3:55
11."Sleeping with the Light On"
  • Bourne
  • Willis
4:13
12."Crashed the Wedding"
  • Bourne
  • Fletcher
3:54
13."Thunderbirds Are Go" (Studio version)
  • Bourne
3:11
Total length:49:55
A Ticket for Everyone — DVD edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Air Hostess"
 
2."That Thing You Do"
  • Bourne
  • Fletcher
  • Simpson
 
3."What I Go to School For"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • John McLaughlin
  • Steve Robson
 
4."She Wants to Be Me"
 
5."3AM"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • Edwards
  • Spock
  • Christy
 
6."Why"
  • Simpson
  • Will Simpson
 
7."Britney"
  • Bourne
  • McLaughlin
  • Robson
 
8."Who's David"
  • Bourne
  • Fletcher
 
9."Teenage Kicks"
 
10."Better Than This"
 
11."Where Is the Love?"
 
12."Fake"
  • Willis
  • Power
  • Chambers
 
13."Nerdy"
  • Bourne
  • Fletcher
  • Simpson
 
14."You Said No"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • McLaughlin
  • Robson
  • Richard Mark Rashman
 
15."Year 3000"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • Robson
  • Fletcher
 
16."Sleeping with the Light On"
  • Bourne
  • Willis
 
17."Crashed the Wedding"
  • Bourne
  • Fletcher
 

The DVD release includes a documentary, Puntercam, Teenage Kicks in colour and the music videos of Thuderbirds Are Go, Crashed the Wedding and What I Go to School For as special features.

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Cumiskey, Adam (20 November 2002). "Busted Live: A Ticket for Everyone Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Live - A Ticket For Everyone by Busted". αCharts.us. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Busted Confirm Split". NME. IPC Media. 14 January 2005. ISSN 0028-6362. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 4 November 2004". GfK Chart-Track. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  7. ^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  8. ^ "British album certifications – Busted – Live: A Ticket For Everyone". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
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