Anglia
Black Box Recorder
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Black Box Recorder included Auteurs main man Luke Haines, former Jesus and Mary Chain member John Moore, and vocalist Sarah Nixey. Like the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder's songs commented on the state of English affairs, both social and personal, often using character sketches that exposed the less-than-pleasant with sharp frankness and simplicity. Domesticity and childhood themes often ran through their albums. Coming together in 1998 as Haines kept his primary vehicle operable, the trio introduced themselves with their first single ("Child Psychology") being banned from U.K. radio for the line "Life is unfair/Kill yourself or get over it." The full-length England Made Me followed later in the year, establishing Moore and Haines as a songwriting team that excelled at getting its points across with the least amount of instrumentation necessary. Raw and minimal but still perversely pop, Nixey's detached and fragile-yet-rich voice (usually kept up front in the mix) provided the ideal characteristics for their songs. Imagine a sober, somber, dub-influenced version of the Velvet Underground with an elegantly smooth Nico singing on top. Jumping ship from Chrysalis to Nude for 2000's The Facts of Life, the first single from the album surprisingly went Top 20, providing Haines with the highest chart position of his career. Despite this, Haines made no bones about his disdain for Nude within a week of the chart placement, feeling that they dropped the ball after being handed it on a silver platter. Artistically, The Facts of Life was a superb follow-up, incorporating electronic elements without sounding anything like a trip-hop or Garbage-style dance-rock group. The Worst of Black Box Recorder, a collection of the trio's B-sides, came the following year. After a lengthy break aided by Nude's downfall, as well as two solo releases from Haines, the group landed on One Little Indian for 2003's Passionoia. WIthout forsaking their knack for subversion, the group returned with their most ornate batch of songs yet, several of which were as poppy as anything recorded by Saint Etienne. Prior to the album's release, Nixey and Moore tied the knot. Andy Kellman, All Music Guide1800 |
Melodii / mp3
| Nume melodie | Timp | Durata | Download |
| Seasons in the sun | 0:17min | 280 KB | asculta |
| Child psychology | 0:17min | 408 KB | asculta |
CD / Albume
track lists
1.Girl Singing in the Wreckage2.England Made Me
3.New Baby Boom
4.It's Only the End of the World
5.Ideal Home
6.Child Psychology
7.I.C. One Female
8.Uptown Top Ranking
9.Swinging
10.Kidnapping an Heiress
11.Hated Sunday
12.Wonderful Life
13.Seasons in the Sun
14.Factory Radio
15.Lord Lucan Is Missing
track lists
1.Art of Driving2.Weekend
3.English Motorway System
4.May Queen
5.Sex Life
6.French Rock 'N' Roll
7.Facts of Life
8.Straight Life
9.Gift Horse
10.Deverell Twins
11.Goodnight Kiss
12.Start as You Mean to Go On
13.Brutality
track lists
1.School Song2.Gsoh Q.E.D.
3.British Racing Green
4.Being Number Passionoiane
5.New Diana
6.These Are the Things
7.Andrew Ridgley
8.When Britain Refused to Sing
9.Girls Guide for the Modern
10.I Ran All the Way Home
