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Music CD - Cornershop: When I Was Born for the 7th Time
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Music CD: When I Was Born for the 7th Time
Artist: Cornershop
List Price: $7.98
Our Price: $4.64
Your Save: $ 3.34 ( 42% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Tracks:
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1. Sleep On The Left Side
2. Brimful Of Asha
3. Butter The Soul
4. Chocolat
5. We're In Yr Corner
6. Funky Days Are Back Again
7. What Is Happening?
8. When The Light Appears Boy
9. Coming Up
10. Good Shit
11. Good To Be On The Road Back Home
12. It's Indian Tobacco My Friend
13. Candyman
14. State Troopers (Part 1)
15. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624657620
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: 1997-09-16
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Brimful of Asha on the 45
Comment: Well, at least now I know what he was saying! I'd first heard that song years ago when it got some radio play, and could not for the life of me figure out what Mr. Singh was talking about. Then, I heard it again recently on XM, I think it was channel 75 and the title and name of the group finally got to me.
Frank Sinatra used to say if you've got one song that everyone loves and wants to hear, you've got yourself a career. Well, Cornershop has moved on with other recordings and I daresay they've got one. "Brimful of Asha" is an irresistable pop hook, two guitar chords and the sampling work somehow add up to a good song. Asha for those who don't know if apparently Singh's muse, a Bollywood actress (who may be the woman on the cover, but I am not sure).
Cornershop is a melding of Indian culture, music and rhythms with Brit-pop sensitivity, and while it's fine for one song I'm sorry to say there's not much here that really moves me. The production sounds like it was done in somebody's bedroom. In a way that is not bad, sounds a bit organic, but in any case most of the songs after "Asha" just don't work for me.
I think you could say this was a start at better things for Cornershop, and I certainly hope so. I have in fairness not heard any other recordings, so I am sure the art will improve with time. For now, this is OK, but I was hoping for a bit more stretching out.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Addicted to Asha...
Comment: I originally was attracted to this cd because I had heard the song, "Brimful of Asha," played on VH1 Radio online.
After purchasing this cd, I am so diggin' it!
Particular great tracks:
#1 Sleep on the Left Side
#2 Brimful of Asha - one of the most addictive songs ever!
#5 We're in Yr Corner - feels like such an Indian rock song... I could imagine the Beatles originally writing this while on retreat in India w/ Ravi Shankar... it's so awesome.
#11 It's Good To Be On The Road Again
#12 It's Indian Tobacco My Friend
#15 Norweigan Wood - a great cover of the classic
I would compare this cd to the LP, "Ravi Shankar - Family and Friends," with a bit of The Beatles, "Magical Mystery Tour," and 70's funk all blended together. Totally a fun cd, great for when you want to turn off your mind, relax and float downstream... if you catch my drift.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Behind Those Movie Scenes
Comment: I get this album after a long period of "what the hell am I supposed to listen to, now?" And I really don't know what to expect. I guess I was hoping deep down inside that not every song on "When I Was Born" would have the cheesy melodies and redundancy of "Brimful of Asha" but would have some of the catchiness and groove. I didn't really know if that was possible. But I figured that it was worth the risk at less than a buck used on Amazon.
So yeah, I've had Brimful in my head for four days now. The rest of it? Not really. It's one folksy hit song and a couple other thrown together bits of guitar work and then a whole ton of drum loops and remix sounds. For a while it's a simple beat and some noise generated by somebody who just now figured out how to spin a record but doesn't really know what to do with it. Then it's layers of simple noises that come together to weave a recording, sort of like Beck, only softer and farther back. And then it falls into something like Cake only with a more rehersed melody.
It's not bad, but it's not really good, either. Nice for ambience without actually paying attention, driving for long stretches, or falling asleep. Or passing out.
Customer Rating:
Summary: When I Was Born for the 7th Time is good, but not overwhelming
Comment: Don't get me wrong, this is a good album, but I actually think 'Handcream For A Generation' is much better. Other than it's interesting fusion of Eastern-tinged music and indie-rock, it's a little puzzling why 'When I Was Born For The 7th Time' continues to be celebrated. It's good, but not stellar. Other than the groovy-riffs of 'Brimful Of Asha' and 'Good Shit', most of the album is a lo-fi hip-hop mish-mash of sitars and electronics, not unlike 'Odelay' by Beck. I suppose if you want a pastiche of breezy world music with heavy rhythms/beats, this album is for you, but so much of the hip-hop model has been done since the late 90's, this sound isn't as innovative now that the cut-and-paste template has saturated the mainstream.
Customer Rating:
Summary: this album has amazing vibes
Comment: most all of the songs on here have the coolest, upbeat, artistic vibe. SPIN magazine put this as the number 1 album of 1997 (and OK Computer #2) they've since admitted to being embarassed by that, and rightfully so, but this IS a great album, and probably one of the top 5 of that year. it's a sound collage of an album, like "Odelay", or "Pauls Boutique", but it's more organic than those two, steering more towards live instruments. if you like that type of music, this'll be up your alley.
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Editorial Reviews:
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For all the talk of this record's blend of South Asian and northern English pop sounds, the music here sounds neither daringly cross-pollinated nor strangely juxtaposed. Rather it sounds like a rather conventional pop record, one that harkens back to the days when pop didn't have to be sonically conservative and genrespecific. Cornershop's willingness to make a pop record, rather than its desire to reconcile its leader's British and Indian heritage, is what makes this a great breakthrough album. --Roni Sarig
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