Black Box Recorder - England Made Me
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Artist: Black Box RecorderEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-07-06
Music Label: Jet Set Records
Soundtracks:
- Girl Singing In The Wreckage
- England Made Me
- New Baby Boom
- It's Only The End Of The World
- Ideal Home
- Child Psychology
- I.C. One Female
- Up Town Top Ranking
- Swinging
- Kidnapping An Heiress
- Hated Sunday
- Wonderful Life
- Seasons In The Sun
- Factory Radio
- Lord Lucan Is Missing
Music reviews of England Made Me
Music Review: I cannot find another CD worth listening to after this one!
Rating: 5 Stars
I was visiting a friend in Liverpool when I first heard this CD. Apparently, it's quite popular there. I had gotten sort of a mixed message about this at first and thought - wait, you're an anarchist, then? when my mate had said how much he'd liked this CD. Of course, that was the wrong notion - but an obvious reaction from me, a person which sooo much pride of my nationality. Yet still .. if your English .. be aware of the love/hate relations they tend to describe. (Hey .. their from Surrey .. what do you expect, then?)The first song I'd heard was "Child Psychology", which I thought was quite interesting, and overall different. Then I'd heard "Kidnapping an Heiress" which is also a fabulous song, not a popularish style w/ current culture, mind you, which is why I think I liked it. Yet the whole CD really is like this - breaking the mold of pop culture. Those two songs remain my favourite .. yet I must listen to "Girl Singing in the Wreckage" (a song of personal values) or "England Made Me" (let's all blame our problems on the country we live in, okay?) or of course, "New Baby Boom" (I think it deals with teenage pregnancy issues - but have been too slow to figure that one out yet) and the remake of "Seasons in the Sun" (which I like much better than original version). Nixey's voice compliments the songs .. which adds to it all - and Luke Haines (the bloke from The Auteurs) really makes the CD.
I like BBR's twist on various styles of music - yet with a bit of a death-obsessed look upon things (which everyone knows is refreshing once and a while) -which is fine, because they're still brilliant. This CD seems to roll over all matters in our bright little English society- past and present, with a "glass-half-empty" pessimistic view on things.
I've listened to this CD probably about 50 times over since first hearing it. And driving back to London, it was rather lulling to listen to. With the exception of the 80's-esque songs like "Lord Lucan is Missing" and the rather drab "Uptown Top Ranking" (which has a sort of slang that makes you say .. eh??) I have to say that I rather like Black Box Recorder and just relish this CD and wish there were more to it - going to buy Facts of Life next. Just feel that mood-setting look on things were nothing really matters - "kill yourself or get over it".
The CD captures all of your feelings of your day, times you've been over in the past - it's perfectly expressive and absolutely fabulous. It has to be my most favourite CD of all time .. so if that says much --- you have to buy England Made Me! The ultimate message, however, I'm not quite sure - yet this CD is just bloody good and I suppose that's all that matters, am I or am I not right?
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