Английская Википедия:God Bless Miss Black America
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox album God Bless Miss Black America is a studio album released on Шаблон:Start date by alternative rock band Miss Black America on Integrity Records. It was Miss Black America's debut album.
Track listing
# | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1 | Human Punk | 2:40 |
2 | Strobe | 2:50 |
3 | Car Crash For A Soul | 3:19 |
4 | Infinite Chinese Box | 3:12 |
5 | Roadkill | 3:56 |
6 | Personal Politics | 4:13 |
7 | Talk Hard | 3:36 |
8 | Scream For Me | 3:04 |
9 | Don't Speak My Mind | 4:29 |
10 | Miss Black America | 4:43 |
11 | Montana | 8:10 |
Production
The album was recorded between Шаблон:Start date and Шаблон:Start date at The Magic Garden in Wolverhampton. All lyrics were written by Seymour Glass (with the exception of "Scream For Me", which also features vocals from Mike Smith) and all music was written by Miss Black America.[1] It was produced by Gavin Monaghan. It was engineered by Andy Taylor. It was mastered by Ian Shepherd at SRT. Photography for the artwork was produced by Julia Kidd and Daisy Metz.[2]
Personnel
- Seymour Glass - vocals, additional guitars
- Mickey Smith - bass, extra vocals on Scream For Me
- Neil D. Baldwin - drums
- Gish - guitar[1]
Singles
Five tracks from the album were released as single, they were;
- Don't Speak My Mind
- Infinite Chinese Box
- Talk Hard
- Miss Black America
- Human Punk (included on the "Adrenaline Junkie Class-A Mentalist" E.P.)
All five were included in two of John Peel's Festive Fiftys. "Don't Speak My Mind" and "Human Punk" were included in the 2001 list, placed at number 42 and number 14 respectively,[3] while "Infinite Chinese Box", "Miss Black America" and "Talk Hard" were placed at 45, 11 and 3 respectively in the 2002 list.[4]
Reception
Шаблон:Album ratings The album has been described as a "fast 'n' hard sonic pummelling",[5] and that "much of God Bless sounds like the more mature Manic Street Preachers playing U2's Boy".[6]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 God Bless Miss Black America sleeve notes
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Williams, Gen, "God Bless Miss Black America", Drowned in Sound, Sept 21, 2002
- ↑ Simpson, Dave, "God Bless Miss Black America", The Guardian, Sept 12, 2002