St. Jude (album) - Trivia

Trivia

1. The cover's artwork was painted by The Courteeners singer Liam Fray, and features Audrey Hepburn.
2. "Not Nineteen Forever" was used in an episode of 90210 and was also used as the link music on Sky Sports News in between advert breaks.
3. "No You Didn't, No You Don't" has been used as a backing track for Match of the Day as well as the program's Sunday show Match of the Day 2 on multiple occasions.
4. The album is dotted with references to The Smiths, of whom lead singer Morrissey is very fond of The Courteeners. References include the lyrics "Do you know who I am? I'm like a Morrissey with some strings". As The Smiths did before them, The Courteeners continuously reference Manchester locations for instance the song "Fallowfield Hillbilly" (featuring lyrics about Picadilly Records and the town of Fallowfield), or the song "Yesterday, Today and Probably Tomorrow", which features references to Withington and their native Middleton. They also mention Strangeways, a Manchester jail, which is also mentioned in a Smiths album. Some feared at time of the album release that few would get the references of the band outside of Manchester, but this has not proved any problem.
5. Another Smiths similarity is that the album was produced by Stephen Street, who produced a great bulk of Smiths and early Morrissey material.
6. Morrissey has mentioned his love for The Courteeners on numerous occasions. After seeing The Courteeners in Camden, Morrissey played their song "What Took You So Long?" on American radio station KRCW, where he heaped praise on the band saying that "Every song was very strong and full of hooks and full of dynamics and I thought, 'this is great" and that "So many groups in England, they're hyped and they're huge and they're all over the press and they don't really actually have any songs, they don't really have anything to offer... but it's different with The Courteeners, they actually do have very good, strong songs." Morrissey added to his torrent of praise that "I think they will make it here and I think you'll come across them."