Bring It On (album)
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Bring It On | ||
Studio album by Gomez | ||
Released | 13 April 1998 | |
Recorded | 1997-1998 | |
Genre | Rock | |
Length | 54:12 | |
Label | Hut (Virgin) | |
Producer(s) | Gomez Ken Nelson (engineer) |
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Professional reviews | ||
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Gomez chronology | ||
Bring It On (1998) |
Liquid Skin (1999) |
Bring It On is the debut album by English band Gomez.
Gomez entered the recording studios in late 1997 to turn their demos into an album. As well, Gomez toured the UK with Embrace. Their first single "78 Stone Wobble" was released in March 1998 with their debut album Bring It On coming out a month later. The album received a good critical response from both sides of the Atlantic with Spin calling it a "damn beautiful album". Sales in the UK really took off when it won the 1998 Mercury Music Prize for best album beating the favourites Massive Attack's Mezzanine and The Verve's Urban Hymns. "Get Myself Arrested" and "Whippin' Piccadilly" were later released as singles. While Gomez toured the US as the support artist for Eagle Eye Cherry, Bring It On is the only Gomez album so far not to make the US charts although the album did make the Australian album charts. "Bring It On" is a song on Gomez's following album, Liquid Skin.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Get Miles" – 5:15
- "Whippin' Piccadilly" – 3:12
- "Make No Sound" – 3:26
- "78 Stone Wobble" – 4:22
- "Tijuana Lady" – 7:08
- "Here Comes the Breeze" – 5:29
- "Love Is Better Than a Warm Trombone" – 3:29
- "Get Myself Arrested" – 4:03
- "Free To Run" – 4:31
- "Bubble Gum Years" – 3:20
- "Rie's Wagon" – 9:07
- "The Comeback" – 0:44
[edit] Personnel
All tracks written and performed by Ball/Blackburn/Gray/Ottewell/Peacock.
Additional musicians:
- Mat Quinton - Tuba on "Get Miles"
- Ian Bracken - Cello on "Make No Sound"
- Susie Wright - Saxophone on "78 Stone Wobble"
- Steve Fellows - Fuzz Guitar on "Love Is Better Than A Warm Trombone"
[edit] Singles
UK singles with release dates and peak positions in the singles chart:
- "78 Stone Wobble" (30 March 1998) – #44
- "Get Myself Arrested" (1 June 1998) – #45
- "Whippin' Piccadilly" (31 August 1998) – #35