Breed (Lauren Christy album)

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Breed
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Studio album by
Lauren Christy
ReleasedJuly 22, 1997 (1997-07-22) [1]
Genre Alternative rock
Length39:10
Label Mercury
Producer
Lauren Christy chronology
Lauren Christy
(1993)		Breed
(1997)
Singles from Breed
  1. "Breed"
    Released: August 12, 1997 [2]
  2. "Magazine"
    Released: November 11, 1997 [3]

Breed is the second studio album by British singer Lauren Christy. It was released on July 22, 1997, by Mercury Records. [4] After the album's release, Christy quit her solo music career to join the writing/production trio The Matrix.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic states that Breed is a "great second record from an extraordinary talent, and one of 1997's best pop albums." [4] The website describes the album's sound as "slightly sinister pop, with finely woven layers of fuzz guitar [and] pulsing drums." [4] It also notes that "Christy likes to build songs up bit by bit, but always cuts quickly to the chase--as in the flowing "Burn": first a simple, strummed acoustic guitar, and then before you know it the chorus blasts in from out of nowhere, background vocals soaring above her hypnotic vocals and a perfectly applied mechanical beat." [4]

Appearances in other media

The title track was featured on the soundtrack for the 1997 film Batman & Robin , released by Warner Bros. Records. [5] The song "I Want What I Want" also appeared in the 1998 film Wild Things . [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Breed"
3:05
2."I Want What I Want"
4:02
3."Magazine"
  • Christy
  • Midnight
  • Andy Scott
3:28
4."You Make Me Laugh"
  • Christy
  • Clark
3:32
5."25 Back Then"
  • Christy
  • Clark
3:28
6."Boomerang Bang"
  • Christy
  • Midnight
  • Scott
4:05
7."Burn"
  • Christy
  • Clark
3:10
8."Letterbomb"
  • Christy
  • Clark
4:06
9."Could've Been"
  • Christy
  • Midnight
  • Scott
3:46
10."The Night I Saved Peter Ustinov"
  • Christy
  • Midnight
  • Scott
3:58
11."Breed (Coda)"
  • Christy
  • Clark
2:30
Total length:39:10

Release history

Release formats for Breed
RegionDateEdition(s)Format(s)LabelRef.
United StatesJuly 22, 1997Standard CD Mercury [7]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-06-21.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. ↑ "New Releases". Radio & Records . No. 1209. August 8, 1997. p. 36.
  3. ↑ "New Releases". Radio & Records . No. 1222. November 7, 1997. p. 39.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 AllMusic staff (June 24, 1997). "Breed - Lauren Christy | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved January 24, 2019.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "Batman And Robin - Original Soundtrack - Hartford Courant". Courant.com. June 12, 1997. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  6. ↑ Howe, Desson (March 20, 1998). "'Wild Things': A Hot Pursuit". The Washington Post . Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ White, Timothy (August 2, 1997). "M2 Reinvents the Art of Music TV". Billboard . Vol. 109, no. 31. p. 3.
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