So Much for the Ten Year Plan

So Much for the Ten Year Plan: A Retrospective 1990–2000 is a compilation album by the Northern Irish rock band Therapy?[3] and the second to be released by Ark 21 Records. It was released on 2 October 2000 and allowed the band to fulfill some outstanding obligations to Universal Records.[4] Two new tracks, "Bad Karma Follows You Around" and "Fat Camp", were specially recorded in May 2000 for inclusion on the album. The album reached number 111 in the UK Albums Chart.[5]

So Much for the Ten Year Plan
Compilation album by
Released2 October 2000
3 October 2000 (US)
Recorded1990–2000
Genre
Length60:35
LabelArk 21 Records
ProducerHarvey Birrell, Al Clay, Chris Sheldon, Mudd Wallace, Therapy?
Therapy? chronology
Suicide Pact – You First
(1999)
So Much for the Ten Year Plan
(2000)
Shameless
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork6.5/10[2]

The album was released on CD only. The UK limited edition contains a bonus disc with six tracks.

Track listing

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No.TitleOriginally fromLength
1."Screamager"Shortsharpshock E.P.2:41
2."Bad Karma Follows You Around"Previously unreleased4:07
3."Die Laughing"Troublegum2:48
4."Meat Abstract"Babyteeth3:47
5."Straight Life"Semi-Detached4:48
6."Teethgrinder"Nurse3:26
7."Fat Camp"Previously unreleased4:30
8."Stories"Infernal Love2:52
9."Nausea"Nurse3:56
10."Six Mile Water"Suicide Pact – You First6:20
11."Church of Noise"Semi-Detached3:06
12."He's Not that Kind of Girl"Suicide Pact – You First3:25
13."Diane" (Hüsker Dü cover)Infernal Love4:00
14."Nowhere"Troublegum2:27
15."Potato Junkie"Pleasure Death3:08
16."Ten Year Plan"Suicide Pact – You First5:14
Total length:60:35
Japanese release bonus tracks
No.TitleOriginally fromLength
17."Evil Elvis""Die Laughing" single2:21
18."Summer of Hate""Teethgrinder" single2:28
Total length:65:24
Bonus disc
No.TitleOriginally fromLength
1."Evil Elvis""Die Laughing" single2:21
2."Bloody Blue (Original Demo)"Thirty Seconds of Silence1:11
3."Summer of Hate""Teethgrinder" single2:28
4."Isolation (Consolidated Mix)""Isolation" single4:38
5."Where Eagles Dare"Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits2:27
6."Lunacy Booth (String Version)""Isolation" single4:58
Total length:18:05

Single

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  • "Bad Karma Follows You Around" was released in 2000 as a promo only single with "Fat Camp"

Promo video

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  • "Bad Karma Follows You Around"

Personnel

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Therapy?
Technical
  • Harvey Birrell – producer (on tracks 6, 9, 15)
  • Al Clay – producer (on tracks 8 & 13)
  • Head – producer (on tracks 2, 7, 10, 12, 16)
  • Chris Sheldon – producer (on tracks 1, 3, 5, 11, 14)
  • Mudd Wallace and Therapy? – producer (on track 4)
  • Therapy?/Insect – design

Charts

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Chart (2000) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 10
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 111

References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Pitchfork review
  3. ^ "Official Discography".
  4. ^ "Band Biography (2000) by Andy Cairns". 8 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "UK Top 200 Chart History".
  6. ^ "Therapy? - So Much For The Ten Year Plan - A Retrospective 1990-2000" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 November 2021.