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| Box Frenzy | ||||
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| Released | 26 October 1987 | |||
| Recorded | June–July 1987 | |||
| Studio | Fon Studios, Sheffield | |||
| Genre | Grebo | |||
| Length | 44:00 | |||
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| Producer | Robert Gordon | |||
| Pop Will Eat Itself chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Box Frenzy | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Box Frenzy is the debut studio album by the Englishrock bandPop Will Eat Itself.[2] It was released on 26 October 1987 in the United Kingdom by Chapter 22 Records and in the United States byRough Trade Records.
At the end of 1987, theNME ranked the album at number 49 in their list of the top 50 "Albums of the Year".[3]Q also included it in their unordered list of the year's 50 best albums.[4] In 2005,The Word included the album in the second part of its list "Hidden Treasure: Great Underrated Albums of Our Time."[5]
The track "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" samples the songs "When I Fall In Love" byNat King Cole, and "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" byThe Righteous Brothers. Their better-known track "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove" not only samples the techno-disco song "Respectable" byMel & Kim, as well as theWhistle song "Just Buggin'", but defiantly boasts that the band steals (though they actually sample) as many varieties of sounds that they can get to make their music, ranging from other people's songs to television soundbites.[6][failed verification]
The song "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" was released on 7" and 12" vinyl on 18 January 1988, as the second single fromBox Frenzy. An eight-track CD version featuring a small collection of non-album tracks was released in 1991. It is a mainly instrumental track, and the only lyrics that are not sampled are the title of the song. It samples the songs "When I Fall in Love" byNat King Cole and "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" bythe Righteous Brothers. A sample ofJoanna Lumley saying "he loves me, he loves me not" fromThe New Avengers is prominent throughout the song, and the line would be revisited in Pop Will Eat Itself's 1989 song "Wise Up! Sucker".
The versions found on "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" are all different to the album version, but the 7" version that appears on the CD single is the same as the album version but with an added intro sampling Nat King Cole's "When I Fall in Love." The Specially Extended Dance Mix is remixed by UK producer Robert Gordon, who worked closely with the band for a large portion of their career. The B-side, "Picnic in the Sky," is a reworked song originally composed in 1986 in the style distinctive of the band's music of that era. "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove," the B-side on the remix 12", appears in the same version onBox Frenzy. "...On the Razor's Edge..." is a remix of the album track "Grebo Guru", and "Kiss That Girl" is exclusive to the "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" single (although it later appeared onBox Frenzy reissues).
The release of "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" showed a marked increase in sales for the band, with the single reaching #66 on the UK singles chart.[7] A music video was recorded featuring shots of a couple's relationship, with only very brief views of the band, consisting of extreme closeups from several angles. It appears on the video albumUnspoilt by Progress along with a snippet of the band performing the song live whileGraham Crabb was still playing drums for the group.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Grebo Guru" | Graham Crabb | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Beaver Patrol" (The Wilde Knights cover) | Tim Archibald | 3:08 |
| 3. | "Let's Get Ugly" | Clint Mansell, Richard March, Adam Mole | 4:00 |
| 4. | "U.B.L.U.D." | Vestan Pance | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Inside You" | Mansell | 2:37 |
| 6. | "Evelyn" | Pance | 3:16 |
| 7. | "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" | Crabb | 3:55 |
| 8. | "She's Surreal" | Pance | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Intergalactic Love Mission (instrumental)" | Pance | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Love Missile F1-11" (Sigue Sigue Sputnik cover) | Martin Degville,Anthony Edward James,Neal Whitmore | 4:10 |
| 11. | "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove" | Pance | 5:10 |
| 12. | "Razorblade Kisses (instrumental)" | Pance | 1:50 |
Bonus tracks
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "Bubbles" | 3:11 | |
| 14. | "Ugly" | Pance | 1:35 |
| 15. | "Picnic in the Sky" | Pance | 2:49 |
| 16. | ""...On the Razors Edge..."" | Pance | 4:10 |
| 17. | "Kiss That Girl" | Pance | 1:47 |
| 18. | "Def Con One" | Marius Constant, Crabb, March, Mole | 3:43 |
| 19. | "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove (live)" | Crabb, Mansell, March, Mole | 5:00 |
| 20. | "She's Surreal (live)" | Crabb, Mansell, March, Mole | 4:20 |
| 21. | "Pop Will Eat Itself at Def Con One" | Pance | 4:39 |
Let's Get Ugly
There Is No Love Between Us Anymore
Hit the Hi-Tech Groove
Pop Will Eat Itself
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