Bloodsport (album)

Bloodsport

Studio album by Sneaker Pimps

Released

January 22, 2002

Tommy Boy

Splinter
(1999)

Bloodsport
(2002)

Bloodsport is the third album by Sneaker Pimps. It was released on January 22, 2002.

Despite being a UK chart flop it made the Austrian top 75 album chart at #68.

Track listing

The CD single 'Loretta Young Silks' contained a track called 'Miami Counting' a song which was not included on the album.
The CD single 'Sick' contained a track called 'After Every Party I Die' which was later reused on IAMX's 'The Alternative'. This was also left off the album.
The 12 inch single of 'Bloodsport' contained a track called 'O-Type' a song which was not included on the album. Another version circulates which is an alternate edit, not the one found on the 12 inch single.

During the 'Splinter' and 'Bloodsport' era, Julian Barratt from 'The Mighty Boosh' would often play live with the band. Noel Fielding also from the 'Mighty Boosh' posed with Chris Corner in a photo-shoot replicating Roxy Music's 'Country Life' album.

Sue Denim who sang on the album is in a popular group called 'Robots In Disguise' and Chris Corner along with Noel Fielding starred in their music video called 'GIRL'.

In an interview Chris Corner stated that their change of style meant they wanted to keep things fresh as once again the media said the album wasn't the same as their first two as it failed in the UK charts.

Once the album was completed the demos for 'SP4' (an unreleased project circa 2003/4) began to commence.

'Kiro TV': the opening synth riff is sample variation from the Ultravox! song "ROckWrok".
'Small Town Witch' samples "Nightclubbing" by Iggy Pop.
'Loretta Young Silks' samples Bill Withers' 'I Wish You Well'.
'The Fuel' samples 'Following Kirwell' and 'Irina's Chase' from the original 'Gorky Park' film O.S.T.
'Bloodsport' samples 'Tar' by Visage.
'Blue Movie' samples 'Canaan's Land' (traditional) by The Keynotes.