When I Was Born For The 7th Time - Cornershop

Cornershop started out as an inept indie-punk group, barely able to play their instruments and seemingly content to churn out one anti-fascist rant after another. Who'd have thought that they'd have gone on to become the critical darlings of 1997 with an album as polished and musically diverse as this? No doubt a certain majority bought this album on the strength of surprise hit remix of Brimful Of Asha. The original version is good but it's by ...
...duet It's Good To Be On The Road Back Home Again, the seriously funky Candyman, and the excellent foreign-langauge version of Norwegian Wood and you'll see what I mean. Whether Cornershop will top this (not that they care, I shouldn't think) remains to be seen, so grab a copy of this in the meantime and bask in those chilled-out grooves. ...

MonkeyboyUK 17.09.2000 · Read full review
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I bought this album, having heard only 2 previous tracks (6am jullander shere and readers wives). I didnt know what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised. It seems to be more "polished" than previous material. Of course, then a certain fatboy remixed brimful of asha, and everybody says, oh yeah, cornershop didnt they do brimful of asha. Thers a lot more to it than brimful (check out the album version though, its much better) Sleep on the left ...

darrenwilliams99 25.06.2000 · Read full review
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