"I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)"
Single by theaudience
from the album Theaudience
Released27 July 1998
Recorded1997–1998
GenreIndie rock
Length3:19
LabeleLLeFFe, Mercury
Songwriter(s)Billy Reeves
Producer(s)Peter Collins
Theaudience singles chronology
"A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed"
(1998)
"I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)"
(1998)
Alternative cover
CD2 Cover

"I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" is a song by Theaudience from their self-titled debut album, Theaudience. It was released as the fourth and final single from the album on 27 July 1998. It reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.

B-sides for the single include the album track "Harry, Don't Fetch the Water"; a cover of The Experimental Pop Band's song "Boutique in My Backyard"; a dance track called "The Last Seven Minutes With You"; a short atmospheric instrumental, "Magna Carta vs. Matthew Arnold"; and two remixes by PMFF.[1]

Critical reception

The song garnered a positive response from Select magazine, whose review of the single in August 1998 stated;[2]

'I Know Enough...' is clearly theaudience's best single to date – no mean achievement. It stretches understated, poetic lustings over The Smiths and The Pretenders at their most lithesomely jangling. Like Catatonia, this is dignified mainstream guitar pop at its finest. Double A-side 'Harry, Don't Fetch The Water' is as splendidly obtuse as its title.

Track listing

UK CD single #1 (AUDCD4)
  1. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" – 3:19
  2. "Harry, Don't Fetch the Water" – 4:18
  3. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" (PMFF Lite Went Down to 'Frisco Just for the Disco Mix) – 7:10
UK CD single #2 (AUDDD4)
  1. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" – 3:19
  2. "Boutique in My Backyard" – 3:35
  3. "The Last Seven Minutes With You" – 6:10
UK Limited Edition 7" Vinyl (AUDSV4)
  1. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" – 3:19
  2. "Harry, Don't Fetch the Water" – 4:18
  3. "Magna Carta Vs. Matthew Arnold" – 1:33
UK Limited Edition 12" Vinyl (AUDMV4)
  1. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" (PMFF Lite Went Down to 'Frisco Just for the Disco Mix) – 7:10
  2. "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" (PMFF Instrumental) – 6:33

References

  1. ^ "theaudience – I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough) – PMFF Does Theaudience (1998, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Review: THEAUDIENCE – I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)/Harry, Don't Fetch The Water, eLLeFFe/Mercury". Select (August, 1998). EMAP Metro: 101.