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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. Turn The Page |
| 2. Has It Come To This? |
| 3. Let's Push Things Forward |
| 4. Sharp Darts |
| 5. Same Old Thing |
| 6. Geezers Need Excitement |
| 7. It's Too Late |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Too Much Brandy |
| 2. Don't Mug Yourself |
| 3. Who Got The Funk? |
| 4. The Irony Of It All |
| 5. Weak Become Heroes |
| 6. Who Dares Wins |
| 7. Stay Positive |
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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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SURGING MONSTER OF AN ALBUM Original pirate material coming to you from the the streets, lyrical musical urban poetry with an edge and a bite. Nominated for the mercury music prize 2002. Originally from birmingham, the streets manage to depict street youth culture through, this new and innovative type of sound
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
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. Every track on this album is great, from turn the page to stay positive, with the stand out tracks being the magnificent weak become heroes and the under-rated its too late. The main attraction of this album is that it speaks to everyone and everyone can relate to what mike skinner is saying in these songs, from indie fans who woul never go near this type of music, to dance fans who will like the beats in songs like weak become heroes and has it come to this.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
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 unforgettable album. "Turn the page" - what a beautiful beautiful song. Powerful lyrics with a rising, rising pheonix of a garage beat - the strings repeating, rising. Beautiful. Seriously, it makes my spine tingle when I listen to it. Such a good album. "Geezers need excitement" - dark social commentary that provides a superb line. The rest of the album is equally superb - please buy this.
Masterful. Such a good album. If you haven't listenend to this yet, you're in for a treat. Don't listen to anyone who calls it "chavvy" or anything like that, and don't be put off by the hip-hop/garage sound to Skinner's music, this is an album that transcends any boundaries - if you love music and have an open-mind, you'll soon recognise how superb this album is.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Just like some of the other reviews, I intensly dislike garage - the music and life behind it all. But this album is sheer genius. In one sentence Mike Skinner can sum up more about teenage life in (South) London than So Solid could in a whole album. Every record is intelligent, thought through and well delivered. And in the case of "The Irony of It All", also extremely amusing in places.
Ignore the barriers of what style of music you would normally buy and go and get this album today.
Mike Skinner is best at summing up his own work: "Brace yourself, cos this goes deep," "This ain't your archetypal street sound," and "I excel in content and deliverance." He's right on all three.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
CD doesn't even work!
Bought it as advertised as a new CD and then stupidly on my part didn't play it as soon as it arrived. Have now found out that it doesn't work. Read more
Published 6 months ago by GB
Modern Classic
Perhaps, in Mike Skinner's words it's a "cult classic, not bestseller."
It's got some faults but unless you were around in 2002 when Original Pirate Material came out,... Read more
It's got some faults but unless you were around in 2002 when Original Pirate Material came out,... Read more
Published 7 months ago by D. Smith
utter garbage
i was unlucky enough to be subjected to some of the tracks on this piece of trash which has the cheek to be on the amazon music section.dont be fooled.its not music. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. M. Stuart
Great CD
I bought all of the Streets' albums. I would have rated 5-stars, but a number of the CD cases were broken when they arrived.
Published 11 months ago by Ed Byrne
Original Pirate Material
ELLO? ELLO? haha what an album. the lyrical genius of this is beyond comparison. this is what a walk through urban england sounds like. Original Pirate Material
Published on 20 May 2010 by DNB world wide
the streets
awesome tunes, good to hear some of the old material. With so much new about, you forget how good the older stuff is.
Published on 1 Jan 2010 by K. A. Byram
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 on 20 Feb 2009 by A. Tudor
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
Published on 30 Oct 2008 by Jon P
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.
This guy is a genius - can't get enough of it.
Published on 11 April 2008 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 and... Read more
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 and... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2008 by 77
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