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Original Pirate Material [Explicit Lyrics]

~ The Streets
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  • Audio CD (25 Mar 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Locked on
  • ASIN: B00005V696
  • Other Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,975 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Turn The Page 3:15£0.69
Listen  2. Has It Come To This? (Original Mix) 4:05£0.69
Listen  3. Let's Push Things Forward 3:50£0.69
Listen  4. Sharp Darts 1:33£0.69
Listen  5. Same Old Thing 3:21£0.69
Listen  6. Geezers Need Excitement 3:45£0.69
Listen  7. It's Too Late 4:10£0.69
Listen  8. Too Much Brandy 3:01£0.69
Listen  9. Don't Mug Yourself 2:37£0.69
Listen10. Who Got The Funk? 1:49£0.69
Listen11. The Irony Of It All 3:28£0.69
Listen12. Weak Become Heroes 5:32£0.69
Listen13. Who Dares Wins0:34£0.69
Listen14. Stay Positive 6:15£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review

In a thrilling UK Garage scene, blighted only by a reliance on drippy soul cliché and tiresome braggadocio, The Streets' eminently quotable Mike Skinner may just be the voice to take it to the next level with Original Pirate Material. This debut is a staggeringly eloquent and fearlessly honest snapshot of gritty street-level existence, as experienced by an ordinary bloke. At first listen, the Birmingham-born Skinner's cheeky cockney affectations grate slightly. But for every line that makes you squirm, there's 20 that drop your jaw. "Has It Come To This?" is "A day in the life of a geezer", a seductive encapsulation of London lifestyle, presented raw as a bootleg, but bulging with sharp wit and feverish detail. "Stay Positive" weaves a fearful tale of heroin addiction, Skinner sneering "I ain't no preaching fucker/ An' I ain't no do-goodie-goodie either/ This is when shit goes pear-shaped". And "The Irony of It All" presents a beguiling case for legalisation, presenting a fictional exchange between a beered-up, self-righteous lager lout and a fey student weed enthusiast. Original Pirate Material is a milestone, the real voice of British youth set down on record. Don't miss this.--Louis Pattison


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This is the debut release from The Streets, aka Mike Skinner. Tales of inner-city life are mixed with garage beats and rumbling basslines - but Skinner offers a different take on the urban garage style made popular by So Solid Crew. The single, 'Has It Come To This' is included.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Perfect 5, 11 Mar 2002
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I'm sorry, but this album is possibly the best in the world. I'm a Rock Fan, i hate Garage. I came across this guy on Steve Lamacq's Evening Session on Radio 1. His First Two singles are poor in my opinion. However "Let's Push Things Forwards", "Stay Positive", "Too Much Brandy" and "Irony of it all" Are some of the best songs ever. Well worth the money. Buy it people!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sign O' The Times for a new century, 30 Mar 2002
This is the first essential album of 2002 and will encapsulate the summer sound as it's popularity grows and grows. Their ability to delivery a message in song, while still remaining utterly musical, reminds me of The Specials and The Clash, pure quality.

Please don't be put off by the "garage" element, as someone who traditionally dislike garage music, I have found this album refreshing, funky and utterly essential.

Buy it early, brag about loving it, turn people on to it and then sit back and bask in the glory of having bought this poetic album into people's lives. Practically perfect.

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Masterful debut from Birmingham's new Wonderboy, 6 April 2002
By A Customer
Ever since garage erupted a couple of years ago, the scene has been looking for its REAL stars. They thought they found one in Craig David, but then the bobble-headed one degenerated into a more easy niche - american styled R'N'B with garage-lite beats. This was Mainstream Garage and has continued to polloute the airwaves with a slew of similar acts such as Mystique, DJ Luck etc. Then garage fans starved for thrills were confonted with a new garage, a dark garage, a dirty garage, a So Solid Garage. They were the next big thing and were hyped to be Britain's ten-year late response to America's NWA. They were shown up, however, to be as one-dimensional as the overground garage supremos they were riling against in their 'playa-haters' anthems.

Now, dance music's brightest star. No hype, no fan-fares, just pure genius. UK Garage finally has a world-class spokesperson and is in the shape of 22-year old Mike Skinner. Just when you thought there were no surprises left in modern pop music, an artist comes along and disproves that notion completely. He has single-handedly restored hope in the genre of British dance music and, particularly, UK Garage.

Packed to the rim with sharp one-liners, vicious beats and brilliant production, Original Pirate Material is a masterpiece of urban soundscaping and real-life lyrical vignettes concerning wild nights in Amsterdam, addiction, fighting in the pub and getting wasted. Skinner delivers these lyrics in his very own style, practically spitting them out in his Brummie accent and not trying to appeal to a mass audience by Americanising his accent. Meanwhile, there is Specials-style ska, 'Blue Lines'-era Massive Attack and skittering two-step playing in the background. From the apocalyptic (Turn The Page) to the ridiculously comic but needle-point sharp (The Irony Of It All) and the sublime (Weak Become Heroes) to the hilarious (Don't Mug Yourself), this album is all killer and no filler and gets better with each listen. This is an album that will soon be regarded as a classic. Buy into it now and remember it as it happened.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Varied Work, Musically Beautiful
Had to post a review as the more I listen to Mike's new work, the more I value this album. It has such a nice pace, and while having a little 'working class hardman' style to it,... Read more
Published 8 months ago by A. Tudor

5.0 out of 5 stars The final word on UK garage
A record that managed to do what no other "urban" garage album had managed before; combine deep bass-driven hooks, intelligent lyrics and sublime melodies. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant - Buy it.
Heard a track off this album on late night radio - I was hooked.
This guy is a genius - can't get enough of it.
Published 19 months ago by P. Comben

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"This ain't a track, it's a movement"

This ain't music, it's vicious observation. While the likes of Lily Allen and Kate Nash rely on trite "say what you see" lyrics... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Long awaited breath of fresh air
At last, something ORIGINAL to emerge from the UK music scene! Clever, dynamic and infectious! I hadn't classed myself as a true blue urban music fan, however, there are a couple... Read more
Published on 3 May 2006 by Cat

4.0 out of 5 stars Looking at Life Through a Lens
Here is where it all began. Four years since the release of this album and who would have thought such an ordinary man could become one of the biggest names of the new century... Read more
Published on 16 April 2006 by Chris C

5.0 out of 5 stars A Seminal Work
A seminal work in contemporary youth culture. Skinner encapsulates the lived experience of male working class youth around the turn of the millenium, at once chronicling,... Read more
Published on 1 April 2006 by J. D. Constantine

5.0 out of 5 stars Love It
This is a wicked C.D by Mike Skinner. I love it. The lyrics describe what it is to be a true Geezer to me. I really love the C. Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2005 by walton_mod

5.0 out of 5 stars a masterpiece
Had heard a lot of good things about this album but, at the time, was a committed indie fan so didn't really take much notice of the hype, then i actually heard the album. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2005 by stemoloney_802

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this Album - Simple Common Sense
Masterful, quality, top-notch Urban poetry at its gritty best. Skinner lays insightful, dark, deep, philosophical - often plain hilarious lyrics over quality beats to achieve an... Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2005 by The Flashman

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