Exile on Coldharbour Lane

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Exile on Coldharbour Lane
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Studio album by
Released11 November 1997
RecordedMarch 1997 – June 1997
Studio
  • Dairy, Brixton, London, England
  • Steamrooms, London, England
Genre Acid house, country, trip hop
Length60:47
Label One Little Indian, Geffen
Producer Matthew Vaughan
Alabama 3 chronology
Exile on Coldharbour Lane
(1997)
La Peste
(2000)

Exile on Coldharbour Lane is the debut album by Alabama 3, released on 11 November 1997 on One Little Indian and Geffen. The name and cover are references to Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones and Coldharbour Lane a major street in Brixton, South London best known for containing several after-hours clubs and not a few drug dealers. [1] Recording sessions took place from March to June 1997. Exile on Coldharbour Lane did not chart on any album charts in the United States. The song "Sister Rosetta" was featured in the film Barnyard . "Woke Up This Morning" is best known as the opening theme music for the television series, The Sopranos , which used the "Chosen One Mix" of that song. "Woke Up This Morning" was later sampled by Nas on "Got Ur Self A..." from the album Stillmatic .

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork 8.9/10 [3]
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Upon its release, Exile on Coldharbour Lane received favorable reviews, including an 8.9 review from Pitchfork Media. [3] A review in Cherwell said there were "many highlights on this bizarre journey of an album", praising 'Ain't Going To Goa' and 'Mao Tse Tung Said' but describing 'Purple Tin' as "awful [...] pure bar room schmaltz". [5]

In a 2008 article in The Guardian , Irvine Welsh said the techno and country and western fusion was "astonishingly bold" and called it an "incendiary debut album". [6]

Track listing

Exile on Coldharbour Lane track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Converted"Jake Black, Simon Edwards, Orlando Harrison, Rob Spragg, Brian O'Horain6:15
2."Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" John Prine 5:57
3."Woke Up This Morning"Black, Edwards, Spragg, Piers Marsh, Chester Burnett 5:16
4."U Don't Dans 2 Tekno"Black, Edwards, Spragg, Marsh, Harrison, O'Horain3:37
5."Bourgeoisie Blues"Edwards, Spragg, Marsh4:47
6."Ain't Goin' to Goa"Black, Edwards, Spragg, Marsh3:55
7."Mao Tse Tung Said"Black, Edwards, Spragg, Marsh, John Delafons3:23
8."Hypo Full of Love (The 12-Step Plan)"Black,6:25
9."The Old Purple Tin (9% of Pure Heaven)"Black, Robert "Hacker" Jessett4:05
10."The Night We Nearly Got Busted"Edwards, Spragg, Marsh, Harrison4:37
11."Sister Rosetta"Edwards, Spragg, Marsh, Harrison, Robert Bailey6:43
12."Peace in the Valley"Marsh, Spragg, Errol Thompson, Gian Mario Tonin5:47
Total length:60:47

Personnel

Alabama 3

Technical

Notes

Charts

Chart performance for Exile on Coldharbour Lane
Chart (1997)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [7] 12

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References

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