Give Blood (Brakes album)

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Give Blood
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Studio album by
Released4 July 2005 (2005-07-04)
Recorded22–30 January 2005 at Metropolis
Genre Indie rock
Length28:57
Label Rough Trade
Producer Iain Gore, Brakes
Brakes chronology
Give Blood
(2005)
The Beatific Visions
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Give Blood is the debut album from the Brighton-based band, Brakes. The album was recorded onto 2" tape and mixed onto 1/4" tape in January 2005. Brakes and their 22-year-old producer, Iain Gore, also removed all computer screens from the studio for the week and all the tracks were recorded live, with the duets being recorded around one mike. The only overdubs were lap steel on "Jackson" by bassist Marc Beatty, piano by drummer Alex White and guitar by Tom White on "I Can't Stand To Stand Beside You".

Contents

The album also features Matt Eaton of Actress Hands on "The Most Fun", Liela Moss of The Duke Spirit on "Jackson" and Rose, Becki and Julia of The Pipettes on "Sometimes Always".

The album was voted best of 2005 by the prestigious indie music shop Rough Trade.

Track listing

All songs by Brakes except where noted.

  1. "Ring a Ding Ding"
  2. "NY Pie"
  3. "The Most Fun"
  4. "Heard About Your Band"
  5. "What's in It for Me?" (Hamilton/Farmer/Eaton/Gray, arr. by Brakes)
  6. "You'll Always Have a Place to Stay"
  7. "Cheney"
  8. "I Can't Stand to Stand Beside You"
  9. "Pick Up the Phone"
  10. "You're So Pretty"
  11. "Jackson" (Jerry Leiber & Billy Edd Wheeler)
  12. "All Night Disco Party"
  13. "Hi How Are You"
  14. "Comma Comma Comma Full Stop"
  15. "Sometimes Always" (William Reid)
  16. "Fell in Love with a Girl"

Personnel

Brakes

Other musicians

Technical

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References

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  2. "Robert Christgau: CG: Brakes". robertchristgau.com.
  3. "This month's top 10: Brakes – OMM – The Observer". The Guardian.
  4. "Brakes: Give Blood". Pitchfork.