| Elvis Sex-Change | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | West Orange, Preston, Lancs. Suite 16, Rochdale, Lancs | |||
| Genre | Rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 24:09 | |||
| Label | Wiiija [1] | |||
| Producer | John Robb | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Elvis Sex-Change is a compilation album by the British indie rock band Cornershop, released in 1993. [4] It compiles the band's first two EPs In the Days of Ford Cortina and Lock Stock & Double Barrel.
Greil Marcus, in Artforum , wrote that the songs are "all blocked gestures and creative exhaustion, stumbling stabs at anger or love. It's music completely defined by its limits, and touching for just that quality." [5]
All songs written by Ben Ayres, David Chambers, Avtar Singh and Tjinder Singh.
Additional musicians
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