The Blinding EP
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| EP by Babyshambles | |||||
| Released | December 4, 2006 | ||||
| Recorded | 2006 | ||||
| Genre | Indie rock | ||||
| Length | 17:32 | ||||
| Label | Regal, Parlophone | ||||
| Producer | Babyshambles | ||||
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The Blinding EP is an EP by English indie rock band Babyshambles. It is the band's first release since signing with major record label Parlophone. The EP was released on 4 December 2006 in the United Kingdom to overwhelmingly positive critical reviews by that label's off-shoot Regal Records (see 2006 in British music) and on December 5 in the United States by Capitol Records.[1] The EP entered the official UK Albums Chart at #62 on December 11, 2006, while the title song entered the download chart at #77. A week later, an entry on band's official MySpace blog stated that had a fifth track not been added to make the EP ineligible in the UK Singles Chart, "The Blinding" would have entered that chart at #4. As with their debut album, Pete Doherty designed the artwork for the EP.[1]
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[edit] Track listing
All lyrics written by Pete Doherty, all music written by Babyshambles.
- "The Blinding" – 2:59
- "Love You but You're Green" – 4:35
- "I Wish" – 2:47
- "Beg, Steal or Borrow" – 3:07
- "Sedative" – 4:04
NME reported in October 2006 that the band had recorded eleven songs including those on the EP, and the following tracks not featured on the EP: "I Can See from Afar", "Anguish", "Stung Me Like Life".[1] Fans have speculated that "Anguish" and "Stung Me Like Life" were simply names of songs "I Wish" and "Stone Me, What A Life," which were misheard by the journalist.
[edit] Music videos
[edit] "The Blinding"
The video for "The Blinding" has been directed by Julien Temple. It was filmed in a deserted West London subway station/underpass.
The video features the band performing the song in the subway station, or alternatively cooped up in a glass box, with black gaffer tape covering their eyes, all interspersed with random bits and bobs; skulls, a deer, Pete Doherty standing up in an open coffin, a creepy mannequin, "Elvis is dead", a chainsaw and a "blinded" Doherty painting on a wall. The video culminates in a general mirror and guitar smashing session, including Doherty stabbing a mirror with his own reflection in it. Paul Roundhill and The General make short appearances.
[edit] "Love You but You're Green"
The video for "Love You but You're Green," directed by Julien Temple, features the individual band members playing their instruments, never together but at separate locations. Adam Ficek and his drumkit are perched on a traffic island, Drew McConnell is strumming his double bass by a log fire, Mick Whitnall is in a graveyard and Pete Doherty is hanging around, singing and strumming, in front of a run-down wooden shack and later in front of a pile of tyres in what an old car yard.
Both this song and "The Blinding" were originally written while Peter was in The Libertines; however, it is unclear whether any of the other bandmembers co-wrote them or not[2].
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- babyshambles.net - official band website
- babyshamblesofficial - official band MySpace page
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