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The New Transistor Heroes is the debut studio album by Scottish indie pop band Bis, released on 7 April 1997.[1]

The New Transistor Heroes
Studio album by Bis
Released	7 April 1997 (1997-04-07)
Studio	Apollo (Glasgow)
Genre	Pop punk indie rock indie pop Britpop
Length	53:52
Label	Wiiija
Producer	Rik Flick
Bis chronology
This Is Teen-C Power! (1996) The New Transistor Heroes (1997) Intendo (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
NME	7/10[3]
Pitchfork	8.6/10[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Select	1/5[6]
The Village Voice	A−[7]
Wall of Sound	71/100[8]

The intro to the opening song "Tell It to the Kids" was recorded by friend of the band Mark Percival, credited in the album notes as Marky P.

Track listing

Notes

• This is the UK CD release; it matches the UK and US LP releases.
• The US LP came with a bonus 7-inch with the songs "Kkeerroolleeeenn", "Team Theme" and "Rollerblade Zero".
• The US and Australian CD releases add the songs "Team Theme", "Rollerblade Zero" and "Kkeerroolleeeenn" to the end. "Kkeerroolleeeenn" is an unlisted "hidden" track.
• The Thai CD release adds the song "Kandy Pop" to the end.
• The Japanese CD release adds the songs "Kandy Pop", "This is Fake D.I.Y" and "School Disco" to the end.
• The Japanese MiniDisc release features only the songs found on the UK CD.
• The Australian 2CD release includes all tracks from the UK CD, plus "Kkeerroolleeeenn" on disc 1, and a repackaged version of the Sweet Shop Avengerz EP as disc 2 (five tracks only).

Personnel

Bis

• Manda Rin
• John Disco
• Sci-Fi Steven

Technical

• Rik Flick – producer, engineer
• Manda Rin – artwork

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9]	19
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10]	50
UK Albums (OCC)[11]	55

References

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