The Shining were an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 rock band formed in 2000. The band was composed of Duncan Baxter (vocals), Dan MacBean (guitar), Mark Heaney (drums), Simon Jones

Simon Jones (musician)

Simon Jones is an English bass player. He played bass and provided occasional backing vocals for the English band, The Verve.-Personal life:...

 (bass), and Simon Tong

Simon Tong

Simon Tong is a guitarist and keyboardist who was a member of The Verve between 1996 and 1999 and is currently a member of Erland and the Carnival and Transmission. He has also played on tour with Blur, Gorillaz and the unnamed supergroup responsible for The Good, the Bad & the Queen...

 (guitar, keyboards), the latter two both being members of The Verve

The Verve

The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...

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The band originally featured former Stone Roses

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s...

 guitarist John Squire

John Squire

John Thomas Squire is an English musician, songwriter and artist.Squire is best known as the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock band in which he formed a songwriting partnership with lead singer Ian Brown. After leaving The Stone Roses he went on to found The Seahorses and has since released...

, however he chose to leave the group early in the band's lifetime. The Shining released three singles throughout 2002, all of which were minor successes. Their one and only LP, titled True Skies and produced by Youth

Martin Glover

Martin Glover, also known as Youth, is a record producer and a founding member and bassist of the UK band Killing Joke. He is a member of The Fireman along with Paul McCartney. Glover was born in Africa.-Early career:...

, followed in September of the same year, issued by Zuma Recordings. The band split in 2003.

Albums

• True Skies (16 September 2002)
  • Zuma Records ZUMACD001
  1. "Quicksilver" – 3:59
  2. "Young Again" – 5:12
  3. "Find a Reason" – 3:41
  4. "Crest of an Ocean" – 5:09
  5. "Show You the Way" – 5:28
  6. "I Wonder How" – 4:44
  7. "I Am the One" – 3:44
  8. "Danger" – 4:03
  9. "Find Your Way Home" – 5:07
  10. "What You See" – 4:39
  11. "Until the End" – 9:47
  12. "Quicksilver" (Outro) – 1:50

Singles

• "Quicksilver" (15 April 2002)
  • 10" vinyl, Zuma Records ZUMA001
  1. "Quicksilver" – 3:59
  2. "Dum Dum" – 7:15
• "I Wonder How" (24 June 2002) UK singles peak #58
  • CD, Zuma Records ZUMAD002
  1. "I Wonder How" – 4:44
  2. "Prove Love" – 4:47
  3. "I Got a Feeling" – 6:26
  • 10" vinyl, Zuma Records ZUMA002
  1. "I Wonder How" – 4:44
  2. "I Got a Feeling" – 6:26
• "Young Again" (9 September 2002) UK singles peak #52
  • CD1, Zuma Records ZUMAD003A
  1. "Young Again" – 5:12
  2. "Waterfalls" – 4:23
  3. "Headspin" – 5:30
  • CD2, Zuma Records ZUMAD003B
  1. "Young Again" – 5:12
  2. "Someone Else's Planet" – 4:44
  3. "Quicksilver" (US version - enhanced video)
  • 10" vinyl, Zuma Records ZUMA003
  1. "Young Again" – 5:12
  2. "Someone Else's Planet" – 4:44