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England Made Me [CD]

Black Box Recorder Audio CD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (20 July 1998)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B0000247NT
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 21,767 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Girl Singing In The Wreckage 2:42£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. England Made Me 4:00£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. New Baby Boom 2:10£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. It's Only The End Of The World 5:21£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Ideal Home 2:39£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Child Psychology 4:08£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. I C One Female 2:19£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Uptown Top Ranking 3:57£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Swinging 3:52£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Kidnapping An Heiress 2:46£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Hated Sunday 3:16£0.89  Buy MP3 


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A side project conceived by The Auteurs' Luke Haines and John Moore, formerly of The Jesus & Mary Chain, England Made Me is an evil pleasure indeed. Vocalist Sarah Nixey sounds like a head girl captured and brainwashed by the malevolent male duo, made to intone their deadpan, amoral lyrics ("I trapped a spider underneath the glass/I kept it for a week to see how long it would last") over creeping, spidery guitars and the odd, sinister overdub. England Made Me is more darkly comic than chilling in its nihilism ("Life is unfair/Kill yourself or get used to it," sings Nixey on "Child Psychology") while their bleak take on "Uptown Top Ranking" by one hit wonders Althea & Donna is like a photographic negative of the original. It reflects Haines' perverse obession with 1970s kitsch as does the album cover, a shot of glam-wrestler Adrian Street posing incongruously with his coal miner father. Exposure to that bizarre decade in English culture, he implies, made of him the deformedly ironic creature he is today. --David Stubbs

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars England Makes Me Laugh..... 27 Jan 2004
By Yalson.
Format:Audio CD
I first heard Black Box Recorder on a pre-release sampler for 'England Made Me'. My friend was a journalist, and used to get advance copies of stuff he liked. We were both huge Auteurs fans, so the prospect of a new project by La Haine had him putting in a request for a tape at the first opportunity. The tape featured about six songs, and by the time we'd got to 'Uptown Top Ranking', the fourth or so on the tape, we were weeping with laughter. Don't let anyone tell you that Haines has no sense of humour, as this album has it in spades. The music is claustrophobic and airless, but Sarah Nixey comes across as a petulant drama-school teenager delivering Morrissey lyrics. I still giggle even now when I hear the line from 'Child Psychology' about the "plastic Christmas tree that played 'Silent Night' over and over again". The whole record just drips with loathing and sarcasm, like a stalker sing-talking the back catalogue of Saint Etienne.

Special mentions too for the crisp, beautiful 'Swinging' and 'It's Only The End Of The World', which are amongst the best songs that Haines has ever written.

Cold genius, delivered deadpan.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic - makes your life look so much better! 21 Jan 2002
Format:Audio CD
I first heard the song 'Child Psychology' at my 'cool' friends flat and was hooked. This was about 2 years ago and it was an arse to actually locate the album in a record shop! Since then it has become my favourite album and continues to improve with each listen. The lyrics are superb - especially 'It's only the end of the world' with it's superb heart beat drums, and although it is a very dark album it does leave you feeling oddly satisfied at the end. The spikey lyrics delivered in Sarah Nixey's flat monotone are intelligent and sarcastic. I'd love to see this band live - could they maintain their ennui on stage but they are ridiculously difficult to get information on?!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult but Rewarding Listening 10 Mar 2000
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Format:Audio CD
There is no joy in this album, but if melancholic songs with poignant, meaningful lyrics are your thing, then this album is certainly worth a try. Including in their number Luke Haines out of the much underated Auteurs, Black Box Recorder have produced a real gem of an album. If you have heard their latest single 'Facts of Life' on the radio, the songs on this album are in a similar style but darker. Don't be put off.
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