Box Frenzy
| Box Frenzy | ||||
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| Studio album by Pop Will Eat Itself | ||||
| Released | 1 October 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 44:00 | |||
| Label |
Chapter 22 (UK) Rough Trade Records (US) Castle Records (US) | |||
| Producer | Robert Gordon | |||
| Pop Will Eat Itself chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
"Box Frenzy" is the debut album from UK based Grebo band Pop Will Eat Itself. It was released in 1987 by Chapter 22 Records in the UK and Rough Trade Records in the US, and re-released in 2003 with bonus tracks by Castle Records.
The track "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" samples the songs "When I Fall In Love" by Nat King Cole, and "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by The Righteous Brothers. Their better-known track "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove" not only samples the techno-disco song "Respectable" by Mel & Kim, as well as the Whistle song "Just Buggin'," but defiantly boasts that the band steals (though they actually sample) as many varieties of sounds that they can get to make their music, ranging from other people's songs to television soundbites.[2]
At the end of 1987, NME ranked the album at number 49 in their list of the top 50 "Albums of the Year".[3] Q also included it in their unordered list of the year's 50 best albums.[4] In 2005, The Word included the album in the second part of its list "Hidden Treasure: Great Underrated Albums of Our Time."[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Grebo Guru" | Graham Crabb | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Beaver Patrol" | Tim Archibald | 3:08 |
| 3. | "Let's Get Ugly" | Clint Mansell, Richard March, Adam Mole | 4:00 |
| 4. | "U.B.L.U.D." | Vestan Pance | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Inside You" | Mansell | 2:37 |
| 6. | "Evelyn" | Pance | 3:16 |
| 7. | "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" | Crabb | 3:55 |
| 8. | "She's Surreal" | Pance | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Intergalactic Love Mission" | Pance | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Love Missile F1-11" | Martin Degville, Anthony Edward James, Neal Whitmore | 4:10 |
| 11. | "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove" | Pance | 5:10 |
| 12. | "Razorblade Kisses" | Pance | 1:50 |
Bonus Tracks
| 2003 bonus tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 13. | "Bubbles" | 3:11 | |
| 14. | "Ugly" | Pance | 1:35 |
| 15. | "Picnic in the Sky" | Pance | 2:49 |
| 16. | ""...On the Razors Edge..."" | Pance | 4:10 |
| 17. | "Kiss That Girl" | Pance | 1:47 |
| 18. | "Def Con One" | Marius Constant, Crabb, March, Mole | 3:43 |
| 19. | "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove (live)" | Crabb, Mansell, March, Mole | 5:00 |
| 20. | "She's Surreal (live)" | Crabb, Mansell, March, Mole | 4:20 |
| 21. | "Pop Will Eat Itself at Def Con One" | Pance | 4:39 |
Samples
Let's Get Ugly
- "Rock The Bells" by L.L. Cool J
There Is No Love Between Us Anymore
Hit the Hi-Tech Groove
- "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants
- "Respectable" by Mel & Kim
- "Just Buggin'" by Whistle
etc...
Personnel
Pop Will Eat Itself
- Clint Mansell - Vocals
- Graham Crabb - Vocals
- Adam Mole - Guitar
- Richard March - Guitar
- Dr.Nightmare - Dance Machine, Sampling
References
- ↑ Box Frenzy at AllMusic
- ↑ Pop Will Eat Itself (Trouser Press)
- ↑ 1987 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year - NME
- ↑ rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html
- ↑ rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/theword.htm