Becoming a Cliché

Studio album by Adrian Sherwood

Released

9 October 2006

Recorded

On-U Sound Studios, London, UK

Genre

Electro, dub

Length

66:55

Adrian Sherwood chronology

Never Trust a Hippy
(2003)

Becoming a Cliché
(2006)

Dub Setter
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Becoming a Cliché is the second solo album by British producer Adrian Sherwood. It was released on 9 October 2006 on Real World and Virgin Records.

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Q	United Kingdom	Albums of the Year^[2]	2006	90

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Adrian Sherwood.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Animal Magic"	4:21
2.	"Two Versions of the Future"	3:57
3.	"A Piece of the Earth"	5:26
4.	"Monastery of Sound"	4:53
5.	"Dennis Bovine Part 1 (Tribute to Blackbeard)"	4:55
6.	"J'Ai Changé"	5:36
7.	"You Wonder Why"	5:21
8.	"The House of Games"	4:40
9.	"Nu Rizla"	4:29
10.	"St. Peter's Gate"	5:33
11.	"Home Sweet Home"	4:34
12.	"Forgive Yourself"	3:41
13.	"All Hands on Desk"	3:59
14.	"Stop the Bloodshed"	5:30

Limited edition bonus CD (Dub Cliché)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Monkey See, Monkey Dub"	4:02
2.	"Dubshed"	4:44
3.	"Zoo Time"	4:31
4.	"Clichéd Dub Slave"	3:52
5.	"The Noise From Brazil"	4:41
6.	"Stepping Crowd"	5:06
7.	"Sans Toupee"	3:58
8.	"Silly Billy" (Activator remix)	4:41
9.	"Moving House"	5:15
10.	"J'Ai Dubé"	3:58
11.	"Dennis Bovine Part 2"	3:59
12.	"Silly Old Dub"	4:29

Personnel

Musicians

Richard Doswell – saxophone
Dave Fullwood – trumpet
Jazzwad – drum programming, piano (6, 7)
Chris Petter – trombone
Nick Plytas – Clavinet, organ
Filip Tavares – violin

Additional musicians

Dennis Bovell – vocals (5)
Congo Natty – drum programming (3), co-producer (3)
Doctor Pablo – melodica (12)
Samia Farah – backing vocals, vocals (6), melodica (6)
Emily Sherwood Hyman – spoken word (1)
Eric Johnson – trombone (9)
Little Roy – vocals (3)
Peter Lockett – percussion (2, 9, 13)
LSK – vocals (7, 10)

Additional musicians (cont.)

Steven "Lenky" Marsden – drum programming (12)
Skip McDonald – guitar (1, 4, 6-8, 11)
Natijah – backing vocals (3)
Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie – drum programming (3), bass guitar (10), piano (14)
Lee "Scratch" Perry – vocals (1)
Raiz – vocals (14)
Prithpal Rajput – percussion (5, 12)
Bim Sherman – vocals (9)
Denise Sherwood – backing vocals
Mark Stewart – vocals (11)

Technical personnel

Nick Coplowe – engineering, backing vocals, guitar (12, 13), piano (8)
Adrian Sherwood – producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	2006	Real World, Virgin	CD	CD RW 141
Japan	2006	Beat	CD	BRC-162LTD

References

↑ Anderson, Rick. "Becoming a Cliché". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "Q magazine Recordings of the Year". Q. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

External links

Becoming a Cliché at Discogs (list of releases)

Adrian Sherwood

Studio albums	Never Trust a Hippy Becoming a Cliché Survival & Resistance

as Voice of Authority	Very Big in America Right Now

as Barmy Army	"Sharp as a Needle" The English Disease

with Tackhead	Tackhead Tape Time Friendly as a Hand Grenade Strange Things For the Love of Money

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