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Fun Lovin' Criminals recorded their 1996 debut album 'Come Find Yourself' in less than a week.
The 'Scooby Snacks' hitmakers are set to release a three disk expanded edition and deluxe boxset edition of the classic LP to mark its 20th anniversary and have revealed the tracks came together very quickly.
Bassist Brian Leiser - better known as Fast - revealed: "We did most of the record in five days because we'd been writing it our whole lives."
The most difficult aspect of making the album for the New York trio - which also includes drummer Frank Benbini and frontman Huey Morgan - was getting the samples used in many of the songs cleared, but luckily producer Tim Latham showed them how to re-record the music so they wouldn't have to worry about copyright.
Speaking in a video interview, Brian added: "Obviously the big issue in the recording was re-playing a lot of the samples because we couldn't clear five samples of songs. When we realised what we could and what we couldn't clear in the studio, Tim Latham, who is a master of sound, helped us recreate these sounds and change them so we wouldn't have to clear them. And we ended up clearly most of the record with him."
'Come Find Yourself' will be reissued on February 19.
The band are heading out on a world tour this month kicking off in Leeds on February 4.
Go to www.funlovincriminals.co for more information and tickets.

Chris Stapleton and Eric Church lead the nominations at the 51st annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
Both artists received five nods each, with Cam, Chris Young and Little Big Town following closely behind with the trio in contention for four accolades each.
Both Stapleton and Church will battle it out in the Male Vocalist of the Year category and for Album of the Year, with their LPs 'Traveller' and 'Mr. Misunderstood' in the running respectively.
Miranda Lambert is up for three prizes; Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for 'Smokin' and Drinkin'' which features Little Big Town.
Keith Urban - Nicole Kidman's husband - is up for Vocal Event Of The Year for his performance of 'Raise 'Em Up' with Eric Church.
Kacey Musgraves could take home the prize for Video of the Year for the promo for 'Biscuits', while she will compete against Miranda for the Female Vocalist of the Year accolade.
The 2016 ACM Awards return to Las Vegas on Sunday April 3, and will be broadcast on CBS with comedy duo Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley hosting the ceremony.

The 51st annual Academy of Country Music Awards nominations:

Entertainer of the Year:
Jason Aldean
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Miranda Lambert

Male Vocalist of the Year:
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Eric Church
Brett Eldredge
Chris Stapleton

Female Vocalist of the Year:
Kelsea Ballerini
Jana Kramer
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

Vocal Duo of the Year:
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Joey + Rory
Maddie & Tae

Vocal Group of the Year:
Eli Young Band
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band

New Male Vocalist of the Year:
Brett Eldredge
Chris Janson
Thomas Rhett
Chase Rice
Chris Stapleton

New Female Vocalist of the Year:
Kelsea Ballerini
Cam
Mickey Guyton
RaeLynn

New Vocal Duo of the Year:
A Thousand Horses
Brothers Osborne
Maddie & Tae
Old Dominion
Parmalee

Album of the Year:
I'm Comin' Over - Chris Young
Montevallo - Sam Hunt
Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church
Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett
Traveller - Chris Stapleton

Single Record of the Year:
'Burning House' - Cam
'Buy Me a Boat' - Chris Janson
'Die a Happy Man' - Thomas Rhett
'Girl Crush" - Little Big Town
'I'm Comin' Over' - Chris Young
'Take Your Time' - Sam Hunt

Video of the Year:
'Biscuits' - Kacey Musgraves
'Burning House' - Cam
'Girl Crush' - Little Big Town
'Mr. Misunderstood' - Eric Church
'Riser' - Dierks Bentley

Vocal Event of the Year
'Hangover Tonight' - Gary Allan featuring Chris Stapleton
'Home Alone Tonight' - Luke Bryan Featuring Karen Fairchild
'Raise 'Em Up' - Keith Urban featuring Eric Church
'Smokin' and Drinkin'' - Miranda Lambert featuring Little Big Town
'Wild Child' - Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter

Jeff Lynne's ELO will perform at Glastonbury this year.
Following in the footsteps of music icons such as Dolly Parton, Tony Bennett and Lionel Richie, the 'Mr. Blue Sky' singer has been confirmed to be playing the legend's Sunday afternoon slot at the world famous music festival in Somerset, South West England.
Announcing the news on his BBC Radio 2 Show, Chris Evans revealed: "There's nostalgia, there's a bit of retro in there, there's solid gold. Who is worthy of that slot today?
"Well, it's more of a case of is that slot worthy of this artist this year ... playing the Sunday afternoon slot on the Pyramid Stage this year will be the one and only Jeff Lynne and his ELO."
Chris also confirmed that most of the line-up for this year's festival - which sold out in just 30 minutes - has already been booked.
He added: "Emily Eavis, who runs Glastonbury now for her dad, has stated they've booked over 80 per cent of the 2016 line-up. And those rumours have been Muse, Foo Fighters and Coldplay headlining on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday."
Jeff Lynne's ELO briefly appeared on BBC's Children In Need Rocks in 2013, before being convinced by Chris Evans to perform in full at Radio 2's Live in Hyde Park in 2014.
No other acts have been confirmed for this year's Glastonbury, which will take place between June 22 and June 26.

Status Quo have announced their last ever electric tour.
The 'Whatever You Want' hitmakers - consisting of Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown, John 'Rhino' Edwards and Leon Cave - are to head out on their 'Last Night Of The Electrics' European tour in October and afterwards they will be hanging up their electric guitars for good.
Frontman Rossi, 66, is adamant this will definitely be the band's last ever electric concerts as they are finding it more and more difficult to tour a full blown rock show.
In a statement posted on their official website on Monday (01.02.16), he said: "We've talked about it for some time and have decided that it's time for us to hang up the electrics. It's getting harder and harder for us to play those shows. It's 30 years since we last said we were stopping but this is a final decision. It doesn't mean we won't do other things, perhaps the odd special, but we're agreed that the moment has come. There's more to come from us in the years ahead, but we won't tour the electric set ever again".
Parfitt, 67, admits performing live "hurts physically" now and although he is sad that Status Quo's rock shows are coming to an end he accepts they cannot continue.
He added: "We always thought we'd see a red light when it was time to stop. The show hurts now, physically. It's hard to maintain that level of energy and without that it's not really a Quo show. So we don't feel we should continue. This is definitely the end of our lives on the road with the electric set, life won't be the same for us - or many of the fans - but we can't go on at this pace any more."
In 2014, Status Quo released 'Aquostic (Stripped Bare)' - their first ever fully acoustic album - and played a stripped down set at The Roundhouse venue in London to launch the LP.
Go to Statusquo.co.uk for more information on 'The Last Night Of The Electrics' tour.

Andre 3000 invited a random Uber Pool passenger to a recording session at Kanye West's studio.
According to TMZ, the 'Hey Ya' hitmaker ordered the Uber ride on Friday (29.01.16) to pick up multiple people by mistake, but he got on so well with the girl that he invited her into the 'All Day' rapper's Los Angeles studio.
Kanye was busy making music with fellow rap artists French Montana, P. Diddy, Kid Cudi and 2 Chainz, when Andre arrived with his fellow passenger.
2 Chainz posted a picture of the group of musicians on Instagram.
Kanye is currently putting the finishing touches to his eagerly-anticipated studio album 'Waves', which he recently said will have a "gospel" vibe.
'Waves' - originally titled 'Swish' - will be released on February 11.
The 38-year-old star is expected to debut his record in its entirety for the first time at New York's Madison Square Garden on its release date.
However, he won't be performing, it will simply be a listening session.
A poster for the event promises a "world premiere of the album in its entirety."
However, a source said: "He's not performing. It's not a concert. He'll premiere his new album, so it's sort of like an album preview party and fashion preview.
"It's a very large production and the first time fans will be able to hear the full album."

Craig David has recorded a track with WSTRN.
The 7 Days' hitmaker has made an "old-school garage" track with the British R&B trio.
Haile of the group told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "We were in the studio a few weeks back and worked on a track together. It's got an old-school garage sound. Craig's a legend and we grew up listening to him."
The 34-year-old singer could be preparing himself for working with Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, who reportedly wants to get together with Craig to work on songs for her next solo record, which she wants to have a "more urban".
The 'Born To Do It' hitmaker spoke with the former Girls Aloud singer backstage at 'The X Factor' live final last year about aligning their busy schedules to spend time in the studio together.
A source previously shared: "Cheryl and Craig are fans of each other's work. Cheryl listened to Craig as a teenager and also likes his new material. He's keen to help write a track as the timing is perfect for both of them musically - she wants to go for a more urban sound."
Meanwhile, Craig is gearing up to release his highly-anticipated new album 'Following My Intuition'.

Coldplay are to perform at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend event.
The 'Adventure of a Lifetime' hitmakers will play in frontman Chris Martin's English hometown of Exeter, in Devon, at the annual music extravaganza held on May 28 and 29.
Coldplay are joined on the bill by and Chase & Status, who have been confirmed for the event.
Speaking about playing Big Weekend, Chris said: "I lived the first few years of my life less than 500 yards from where we'll be performing so this couldn't be more of a homecoming for me.
"Guy, Will, Jonny and I are honoured to be on the bill and we're looking forward to a very special show."
Joining them are pop sensation Ellie Goulding and rock band Bring Me The Horizon, who've enjoyed huge success since releasing their 2015 LP 'That's The Spirit', which reached number two in the official UK album chart. It will be the rock group's debut BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend performance.
And DJ Nick Grimshaw also announced on his breakfast show that electronic pop duo Chase & Status and Craig David are part of the bill.
Many more acts are expected to be announced in coming weeks.
Ticket details for the event held at Exeter's Powderham Castle will be revealed on 21 March.

Black Sabbath postponed tour dates on the weekend because Ozzy Osbourne has an inflamed sinus.
The frontman has taken ill with sinusitis which forced the heavy metal rockers to cancel gigs in Edmonton and Calgary on Saturday (30.01.16) and Sunday, however they have vowed they will reschedule the dates for later this year.
Taking to their Twitter page, the band stated: "Due to extreme sinusitis with Ozzy the shows in Edmonton & Calgary have been postponed."
Ozzy, 67, announced last year that this is the band's last ever tour, which is simply called 'The End'.
And the singer - who hails from Birmingham in the UK - will finish the tour in Phoenix, USA, on September 21.
Meanwhile, despite stating they would not follow up their 2013 LP titled '13' with more new music, Black Sabbath recently announced that they will make another record but it will only be available to buy at their special gigs.
Bassist Geezer Butler told Billboard: "We thought we'd put out an album of 13 songs, but when we were in the studio we wrote another three songs, which brought it up to 16 and then we left it to Rick Rubin to pick which songs would go on the album, and to give it some light and shade he picked the eight songs that were on the 13 album.
"We put a few songs on deluxe versions of the album and then we had the four left over, and we decided to do a gig-only CD."
The band are also set to headline Download festival.

Sia Furler doesn't think she is a particularly talented songwriter.
Although the artist has written songs for a number of stars including Rihanna and Britney Spears, along with having her own successful music career, she believes her success is down to quantity not quality.
She explained to The Observer Music: "I love the idea of how fast can we make a song but I don't think that I'm necessarily like a super-talented songwriter. I think I'm just really productive. One out of 10 songs is a hit. So where a lot of people will spend three weeks on a song, I will write 10 in three weeks. Maybe the song that they sculpt is going to be just as successful as just one of the 10 that I wrote."
Sia also revealed that Rihanna recently chose four of her songs which the songwriter believes are "less commercial."
She said: "She chose four that she is interested in and I was surprised at her choices because she did not choose the obvious hits. What she seems to be attracted to at the moment is less commercial."