Hold On It Hurts

Hold on It Hurts
Studio album by Cornershop
Released	31 January 1994
Studio	Suite 16, Rochdale The Green Room, Brighton Stayfree, Leicester West Orange, Preston
Genre	Indie rock
Length	34:42
Label	Wiiija [1]
Producer	John Wills, John Robb, Tjinder Singh
Cornershop chronology
Elvis Sex-Change (1993) Hold on It Hurts (1994) Woman's Gotta Have It (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Hold On It Hurts is the 1994 debut album by Cornershop. ^[4] It failed to reach commercial success, but went some way in helping the band find its niche in the following years.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tjinder Singh; all music composed by Cornershop, except where noted.

1. "Jason Donovan/Tessa Sanderson" – 2:31
2. "Kalluri's Radio" – 4:20
3. "Readers' Wives" – 3:40
4. "Change" – 1:57
5. "Inside Rani" – 3:22
6. "Born Disco; Died Heavy Metal" – 3:40
7. "Counteraction" – 2:42
8. "Where D'U Get Your Information" – 3:16
9. "Tera Mera Pyar" – 2:04
10. "You Always Said My Language Would Get Me into Trouble" – 7:07

US bonus tracks (Lock Stock & Double~Barrel EP)

11. "England's Dreaming" – 3:36
12. "Trip Easy" – 2:59
13. "Summer Fun in a Beat Up Datsun" (Lyrics by Ben Ayres, music by Cornershop) – 1:31
14. "Breaking Every Rule Language English" – 3:17

Personnel

Cornershop

• Tjinder Singh – vocals, bass
• Avtar Singh – guitar
• Ben Ayres – guitar, vocals
• Wallis Healey – guitar
• Anthony "Saffs" Saffery – sitar, keyboards
• David Chambers – drums

Other musicians

• Emma Davies – keyboards
• Alastair Dickins – clarinet
• Raj Patel – dholki
• Dale Shaw – vocals

Technical

• John Wills – production (tracks 1., 2., 4., 6., 8.)
• Tjinder Singh – production (tracks 3., 5., 7., 9., 10.)
• John Robb – co-production (tracks 1., 2., 4. – 6., 8.), production (Lock Stock & Double~Barrel EP)
• Richard Whelan – engineering
• Andy Green – engineering
• Kevin Reverb – engineering
• Rob – engineering
• Charlie – engineering
• Rex – engineering (Lock Stock & Double~Barrel EP)
• Mike Marsh – mastering
• Malcolm Maybury – front cover photo
• Lloyd Thomas – inner sleeve art

References

1. Hyder, Rehan (3 October 2017). Brimful of Asia: Negotiating Ethnicity on the UK Music Scene. Routledge. ISBN   9781351218085 – via Google Books.
2. Kellman, Andy. Hold On It Hurts – Cornershop | Songs, Reviews, Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
3. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (31 January 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698 – via Google Books.
4. "TrouserPress.com :: Cornershop". www.trouserpress.com.