Internal Wrangler

Internal Wrangler
Studio album by Clinic
Released 1 May 2000
Recorded 1999–2000
Genre Indie rock
Length 31:04
Label Domino
Producer Gareth Jones, Clinic
Clinic chronology
Clinic
(1999)Clinic1999		 Internal Wrangler
(2000)		 Walking with Thee
(2002)Walking with Thee2002
Singles from Internal Wrangler
  1. "The Return of Evil Bill"
    Released: 10 April 2000
  2. "Distortions"
    Released: 10 July 2000
  3. "The Second Line"
    Released: 9 October 2000
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
NME6/10[5]
Pitchfork Media9.3/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin9/10[8]

Internal Wrangler is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Clinic. It was released in 2000 through Domino Records.

Album history

The band signed to Domino Records following the release of several self-financed singles. The song "The Return of Evil Bill" is a follow up to the song "Evil Bill" that appeared on the Clinic compilation album, and remains a fan favorite in live shows. The band, particularly lead singer Ade Blackburn, are superstitious and chose not to include a song on the 13th track; instead a four-second silence is heard before the album's final song, "Goodnight Georgie". This is believed to be why the subsequent albums have been no more than 12 songs long until 2010's Bubblegum.

The short interlude track "DJ Shangri-La" is an excerpt of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight" Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor played on a highly overdriven organ, although here it is played in standard 4/4 time, while the original piano motif was in 3/4 time. The song "The Second Line" was used prominently in a Levi's Jeans television advertisement in late 2000, which then led to it being re-issued. It also features an interpolation of the song "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid.

The album cover was inspired by Ornette Coleman's 1961 album Ornette!

Track listing

  1. "Voodoo Wop" – 1:41
  2. "The Return of Evil Bill" – 2:32
  3. "Internal Wrangler" – 3:03
  4. "DJ Shangri-La" – 0:52
  5. "The Second Line" – 2:28
  6. "C.Q." – 1:09
  7. "T.K." – 2:31
  8. "Earth Angel" – 3:20
  9. "Distortions" – 4:01
  10. "Hippy Death Suite" – 1:18
  11. "2nd Foot Stomp" – 2:52
  12. "2/4" – 2:33
  13. [silence] – 0:04
  14. "Goodnight Georgie" – 2:34

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Internal Wrangler by Clinic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Internal Wrangler – Clinic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Clinic: Internal Wrangler". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  5. ↑ "Internal Wrangler". NME. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  6. ↑ LeMay, Matt (2 May 2000). "Clinic: Internal Wrangler". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Randall, Mac (16 August 2001). "Clinic: Internal Wrangler". Rolling Stone (875). Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Frere-Jones, Sasha (October 2001). "Clinic: Internal Wrangler". Spin. 17 (10): 130–31. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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