Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe) | ||||
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Studio album by Metronomy | ||||
Released | June 25, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2002-2006 | |||
Genre | electronic, experimental | |||
Label | Holiphonic | |||
Producer | Joseph Mount | |||
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Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe) is the debut album by the British electronic act Metronomy, originally released in 2006 by Holiphonic Records in the UK.[2] On first release, 500 copies were produced with the CD in a special cloth case. It was later released in standard gatefold card format.
The name of the album comes from a car wrecker who lived in Joseph's town of Totnes who was owed money by a man called Pip Paine. The wrecker would leave wrecked cars around Totnes along with the proclamation "Pip Paine, Pay The £5000 You Owe".[3] A hearse was often seen parked opposite Totnes railway station with this message painted on the side. Joseph describes the album as "the sound of someone living in a musically redundant place trying to make exciting music."[4]
Joe was influenced by a very eclectic group of artists whilst he wrote the album, including Frank Zappa, Aphex Twin, LFO, Talking Heads, Les Rythmes Digitales and Kraftwerk.[5]
2009 Bonus Tracks[6]