Only the Strongest Will Survive
# Only the Strongest Will Survive

Only the Strongest Will Survive is the second studio album by British rock band Hurricane #1. It was released on 21 April 1999. All songs were written by Andy Bell except "What Do I Know?" by Alex Lowe. It made number 55 in the UK album charts, and the top 20 in Japan.

The band attempted a different musical approach with this album, with a heavier influence of electronic sounds, drum machines and sampling. Remixers were approached to provide the many remixes of songs from this album.

## Track listing

All songs written by Andy Bell (Creation Songs), except "What Do I Know?", written by Alex Lowe (Creation Songs).

* "Intro" - 1:54
* "N.Y.C." - 4:06
* "The Greatest High" - 3:58
* "Remote Control" - 4:47
* "The Price That We Pay" - 3:16
* "Separation Sunday" - 5:33
* "Rising Sign" - 7:02
* "Only the Strongest Will Survive" - 4:43
* "Long Way Down" - 6:39
* "Twilight World" - 3:59
* "Come Alive" - 4:05
* "What Do I Know?" - 3:58
* "Afterhours" - 6:00
* "Outro/N.Y.C.2" - 14:45
* "Sweet Insanity" - 4:17 (Japanese bonus track)
* "You Wear It Well" - 4:13 (Japanese bonus track)

Note:

* In the CD version, the track 14 was finished at 3:14, continue with silence, and latter with the hidden track (sometimes considered as the reprise of the "Intro"), which begins at 6:16.
* In the digital version, the silence and the hidden track on track 14 were not included. However, some of the digital version was included the hidden track as separate track.
* Japanese CD version includes 2 bonus tracks, with the silence and the hidden track on track 14 were omitted for this version due to limitation capacity of CD.

## Personnel

* Alex Lowe - lead vocals
* Andy Bell - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
* Will Pepper - bass
* Gareth Farmer - drums
* Steve Sidelnyck - programming, percussion
* Ian "Mac" McLagan - Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, piano, clarinet
* Idha - backing vocals on "Afterhours"

## Singles

* Information
* "Only the Strongest Will Survive"
* Released: 9 February 1998
* Writer: Andy Bell
* Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
* "Only the Strongest Will Survive (mixes)"
* Released: 9 February 1998
* Writer: Andy Bell
* Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
* "Rising Sign"
* Released: 12 October 1998
* Writer: Andy Bell
* Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
* "Rising Sign (mixes)"
* Released: 12 October 1998
* Writer: Andy Bell
* Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
* "The Greatest High"
* Released: 22 March 1999
* Writer: Andy Bell
* Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
* "The Greatest High (mixes)"
* Released: 22 March 1999
* Writer: Andy Bell
* Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
* "Remote Control"
* Released: 3 October 1999
* Writer: Andy Bell
* Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
* "Remote Control (mixes)"
* Released: 3 October 1999
* Writer: Andy Bell
* Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
