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Track Listing
1. Teeth
2. Corporal Chalkie
3. I'm So Happy
4. What
5. 32 Weeks
6. Work All Week
7. Building, The
8. Rosanne
9. Trevira Trousers
10. This Sporting Life
11. Never Been in a Riot
12. Lonely and Wet
13. Fight the Cuts
14. Chopper Squad
15. Dan Dare
| Details | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Mekons: Langford (vocals, guitar, banjo, mbira, drums); Greenhalgh (vocals, guitar, percussion); Bell (vocals, accordion, marimba); Timms (vocals, Shruti box); Lu (vocals, saz); Ken Life (guitar); Honeyman (fiddle);
Corina (bass); Goulding (drums); Mitch.
Additional personnel: Jessica Billey Eagelbauer (fiddle).
Engineers: Ken Sluiter, Adam Jacobs, Avery Lerner.
Recorded in Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands between 2002 & 2003. Includes liner notes by Colin Stewart.
Recording information: New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois (2002).
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - [T]he combination of fiddles, banjos, accordions and lean rock'n'roll sound just right. They remain funny, fly and fit for the future.
Uncut (05/01/2004)
3 stars out of 5 - The songs they wrought a quarter-century ago with anxiety and confusion they render against the backdrop of today with fear and anger.
Mojo (02/01/2004)
England's Mekons were there at the birthing and are still kicking against the pricks a quarter-century later.
Spin (02/01/2004)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Shuffles between three-chord barnburners and mellower group singalongs, and the memorable, politically minded tunes are a testament to the band's bighearted collective spirit...
Rolling Stone (01/22/2004)
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