Execute (album)

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Execute
Execute cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released28 May 2001
RecordedJune 1999 - March 2001
Genre
Length76:12
Label East West, Warner Music UK
Oxide & Neutrino chronology
The Solid Sound of the Underground
(2000)
Execute
(2001)
2 Stepz Ahead
(2002)
Singles from Execute
  1. "Bound 4 da Reload (Casualty)"
    Released: 24 April 2000
  2. "No Good 4 Me"
    Released: 18 December 2000
  3. "Up Middle Finger"
    Released: 14 May 2001
  4. "Devil's Nightmare"
    Released: 16 July 2001
  5. "Rap Dis (non-album) / Only Wanna Know Cos Ure Famous"
    Released: 2 December 2001 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
NME 8/10 [3]

Execute is the debut album of So Solid Crew members Oxide & Neutrino, released on 28 May 2001. It features the Casualty sampling number 1 single "Bound 4 da Reload (Casualty)" and the Prodigy cover "No Good 4 Me". The song "Devil's Nightmare" was also featured on the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider soundtrack.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Execute"
  2. "No Good 4 Me" (featuring Megaman, Romeo and Lisa Maffia)
  3. "Up Middle Finger"
  4. "Foot 2 da Floor"
  5. "Don't Give a Damn" (featuring Harvey)
  6. "Setting da Pace"
  7. "Bound 4 da Reload (Casualty)"
  8. "Fighting Machine" (featuring Kaish)
  9. "Remy on da Floor" (featuring Megaman)
  10. "Devil's Nightmare"
  11. "Back 2 da Floor"
  12. "Nuff of Dem Watch Me"
  13. "N Digga Dee"
  14. "Only Wanna Know U Cos Ure Famous"
  15. "Check Dis" (featuring Asher D)

Critical reception

Q magazine included Execute on their 50 best albums of 2001 list. [4]

"Up Middle Finger" won Best Video at the 2001 MOBO Awards. [5]

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [6] 77
UK Albums (OCC) [7] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)Position
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 88

Singles

YearChartSinglePeakRef.Cert.
2000 UK Singles Chart "Bound 4 da Reload (Casualty)"1 [9] UK: Silver [10]
"No Good 4 Me"6 [9] UK: Silver [10]
2001"Up Middle Finger"7 [9]
"Devil's Nightmare"16 [9]
"Only Wanna Know Cos Ure Famous" (double A-side with "Rap Dis") [2] 12 [9]

Certifications

CountryProvider Certification
United Kingdom BPI Gold [10]

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