Bentley Rhythm Ace (album)

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Bentley Rhythm Ace
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Studio album by
Bentley Rhythm Ace
Released12 May 1997 (1997-05-12)
Genre Electronic
Length67:10
Label Skint, Parlophone
Producer Bentley Rhythm Ace
Bentley Rhythm Ace chronology
Bentley Rhythm Ace
(1997)		 For Your Ears Only
(2000)
Singles from Bentley Rhythm Ace
  1. "Bentleys Gonna Sort You Out!"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Midlander (There Can Only Be One)"
    Released: 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Muzik 6/10 [4]
NME 9/10 [5]
Pitchfork 8.4/10 [6]
Select 4/5 [7]

Bentley Rhythm Ace is the debut studio album by Bentley Rhythm Ace, released in 1997. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart. [8] NME named it the 9th best album of 1997. [9]

Contents

In August 2016 Richard March provided a track-by-track insight into some of the samples, sounds, instruments and musicians used on the album. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Let There Be Flutes"7:47
2."Midlander (There Can Only Be One…)"6:38
3."Why Is a Frog Too..?"5:23
4."Mind That Gap"6:09
5."Run on the Spot"5:25
6."Bentleys Gonna Sort You Out!"4:55
7."Ragtopskodacarchase"8:22
8."Whoosh"5:50
9."Who Put the Bom in the Bom Bom Diddleye Bom"3:59
10."Spacehopper"5:23
11."Return of the Hardcore Jumble Carbootechnodisco Roadshow"7:18
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Let There Be Toast"3:03
13."I Eat Skunk for Lunch"2:55
US edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."On Her Majesty's Secret Whistle"5:35
13."Spy Who Loved Moose"5:43

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 13

Release history

RegionRelease dateLabelFormatCatalogue
UK12 May 1997 [11] Skint CD BRASSIC 5CD
UK12 May 1997 [12] Skint2×LP BRASSIC 5LP
UK8 September 1997 [13] Parlophone CDCDPCS 7391
UK8 September 1997 [14] Parlophone2×LPPCS 7391
UK8 September 1997 [15] Parlophone TC TCPCS 7391

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References

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  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Bentley Rhythm Ace: Bentley Rhythm Ace". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . St. Martin's Press. ISBN   0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Bennun, David (23 May 1997). "Bentley Rhythm Ace: Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint)". The Guardian .
  4. ↑ Bush, Calvin (June 1997). "Bentley Rhythm Ace: The Album (Skint)". Muzik . No. 25. p. 108.
  5. ↑ Dalton, Stephen (10 May 1997). "Bentley Rhythm Ace – Bentley Rhythm Ace". NME . Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Schreiber, Ryan. "Bentley Rhythm Ace: Bentley Rhythm Ace". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Harrison, Ian (May 1997). "Bentley Rhythm Ace: Bentley Rhythm Ace". Select . No. 83. p. 104.
  8. 1 2 "Bentley Rhythm Ace". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1997". NME . 10 October 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Classic album: Richard March on Bentley Rhythm Ace's eponymous debut". MusicRadar. 24 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Bentley Rhythm Ace by BENTLEY RHYTHM ACE on CD at Juno Records". Juno Records. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
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