# ...Or Stay Tuned

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***...Or Stay Tuned*** is the fourth studio album by the [People Under the Stairs](/source/People_Under_the_Stairs) and their final release on [Om Records](/source/Om_Records) until 2009's *[Carried Away](/source/Carried_Away_(People_Under_the_Stairs_album))*. The group's shortest album (clocking in at only 43 minutes), it was originally marketed as an [EP](/source/Extended_play) release and called a "mini-album" in the liner notes. In the years since the album's release, the group has counted it among their main album catalog, as it was released on double-vinyl and meets the criteria for being full-length. The album also produced one single, "Yield".

## Background

Contractually, People Under The Stairs had one more album to complete with Om. After receiving a funding advance for the final album with Om, Thes One purchased a [Neve](/source/Neve_Electronics) 5116/32 mixing console, and in the space of a couple weeks in June, the group finished recording several tracks. After looking through their outtakes from the previous album, *[O.S.T.](/source/O.S.T._(album))*, People Under The Stairs realized that they had enough unheard material (including the newly created tracks) to issue another release.[1]

The final album contained five songs recorded as early as 2001, plus six new tracks. The only previously released track on the album was a remix of "O.S.T. (Original Soundtrack)". Other "remixes" for the album included a very-short, a cappella rendition of a piece of "San Francisco Knights" and a completely re-imagined version of "The L.A. Song" which presented a much more serious and tragic view of [the city](/source/Los_Angeles,_California).

## Reception

Much like "Acid Raindrops" on their previous album, *O.S.T.*, the song "Outrun" proved to be a hit with fans, with its [Wesley Willis](/source/Wesley_Willis)-tribute chorus and record scratching by Double K.[2]

[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) gave the album four out of five stars, complimented PUTS' D.I.Y. attitude, and called *...Or Stay Tuned* "highly recommended".[3] The tracks "Drumbox", "OST Remix" and "Outrun" were also selected to appear in the video game *[ESPN NFL 2K5](/source/ESPN_NFL_2K5)* as optional menu and stadium music.

## Track listing

All songs written by [Christopher "Thes One" Portugal](/source/Thes_One) and [Michael "Double K" Turner](/source/Double_K_(American_musician)).

**Additional tracks**

- The vinyl & Japanese CD releases of the album separate out the skit "Church" from the end of "Fly Love Song".
- The Japanese release of the album also includes three additional tracks:

- - "R&B", 0:23 (a brief interlude between "Church" and "Drumbox") - "Hangloose Pt 2 (bonus track)", 4:23 (after "Outrun"; also known as "Hang Loose, Pt. 2") - "Fishbucket (bonus track)", 3:28 (after "Hangloose Pt 2"; also known as "Live At The Fishbucket, Pt. 2")

## References

1. Portugal, Christopher (August 2013). *10 Years Of Thes One*. Booklet accompanying box set release.

1. Presenter: Oliver Wang (2011-09-13). ["*#15: Thes One of People Under The Stairs*"](http://soul-sides.com/2011/09/the-sidebar-15-thes-one-of-people-under-the-stairs/). *The Sidebar*

## External links

- [Official People Under The Stairs Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20140203093221/http://pl70.net/artists/people-under-the-stairs/)
- [Official *...Or Stay Tuned* lyrics page on The Point of the Rhyme](https://web.archive.org/web/20140216201824/http://www.thepointoftherhyme.com/albums/staytuned.htm)

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