Never, Never, Land

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Never, Never, Land
Unkle Never Never Land.jpg
Studio album by
Released22 September 2003 (2003-09-22)
24 October 2004 (2004-10-24)
Genre
Length66:00
Label Mo'Wax (2003)
Global Underground (2004)
Producer James Lavelle
Richard File
Unkle chronology
Psyence Fiction
(1998)
Never, Never, Land
(2003)
Edit Music for a Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Reconstruction
(2005)
Alternative cover
Unkle - never never land.jpg
Cover of 2004 double-CD edition
Never, Never, Land Revisited
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 5.0/10 [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin B [9]
Stylus 8.4/10 [10]
Under the Radar 4/10 [11]

Never, Never, Land is the second album by the British electronic music act UNKLE, released on 22 September 2003. On 24 October 2004 an expanded edition entitled Never, Never, Land Revisited was released. The original album debuted at No. 71 in Australia. It was promoted by four singles: "Eye for an Eye", "In a State", "Reign" and "Safe in Mind", which was released only as a 12" promo.

Contents

The tracks on the album contain audio samples from the movies The Prophecy , Jacob's Ladder , THX 1138 and The Thin Red Line . "Panic Attack" samples the beat from "She's Lost Control" and "Inside" samples the beat from "New Dawn Fades", both original songs by English post-punk band Joy Division.

Track listing

  1. "Back and Forth" – 0:54
  2. "Eye for an Eye" – 5:45
  3. "In a State" – 6:59
  4. "Safe in Mind (Please Get This Gun From Out My Face)" (featuring Josh Homme) – 6:21
  5. "I Need Something Stronger" (featuring Brian Eno & Jarvis Cocker) – 4:16
  6. "What Are You to Me?" – 6:45
  7. "Panic Attack" – 5:13
  8. "Invasion" (featuring 3D) – 5:15
  9. "Reign" (featuring Ian Brown and Mani) – 5:32
  10. "Glow" (featuring Joel Cadbury of South) – 4:19
  11. "Inside"– 8:20
  12. "Awake the Unkind" (Japanese version bonus track) – 4:35
  13. "Eye for an Eye Backwards" (Josh Homme & Alain Johannes Remix) (Never, Never, Land Revisited bonus track) – 6:23
  14. "Safe in Mind (Please Get This Gun From Out My Face)" (Chris Goss Remix) (Never, Never, Land Revisited bonus track) – 4:45

Disc two of Never, Never, Land Revisited: Inside Out

  1. "Blackout" – 6:50
  2. "Tracier" – 2:09
  3. "Panic Attack" (Ape Sounds Remix) – 6:08
  4. "Reign" (Anagram - Psychonauts Remix) – 9:44
  5. "In a State" (DFA Remix) – 11:59
  6. "Invasion" (Medway Vs Eva Coast to Coast Remix) – 8:41
  7. "Have You Passed through This Night?" (Remix of the track "Eye for an Eye") – 9:35
  8. "Glow" (Hybrid Remix) – 7:58
  9. "In a State" (Sasha Remix) – 11:04

Miscellaneous

Some CD versions of the album feature a hidden track in the pregap. The track can be heard by playing the beginning of track one and then using the rewind/search button to go back 0:18.

The track "Glow" was used as one of the insert songs of the 2009 film Push starring Dakota Fanning.

Samples

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 71
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 82
Irish Albums (IRMA) [14] 57
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 24
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [16] 6

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