Plan B (Scorn album)

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Plan B
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 2002
RecordedApril 5, 2001 at The Box, Birmingham, UK
Genre Illbient, industrial hip hop, dub
Length66:19
Label Hymen
Producer Mick Harris
Scorn chronology
Greetings From Birmingham
(2000)
Plan B
(2002)
List of Takers
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Plan B is the eighth album by Scorn, released in August 2002 through Hymen Records. In 2000, Mick Harris returned with the band with the record company Hymen Records for Greetings from Birmingham , but eventually Harris parted ways with Hymen in 2002 after the release of Plan B. The intervening years since saw a break in recorded output (except the release of List of Takers , a live radio jam on Vivo Records in 2004) with live dates popping up periodically. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Mick Harris.

No.TitleLength
1."Black Belt"4:40
2."Table of Charges"4:41
3."Put Your Weight on It"6:08
4."Boss"7:47
5."Channel"5:18
6."Sleep When Home"7:31
7."Dangler"5:16
8."The Snow Hill"5:41
9."Way It Is"6:49
10."Nekcrik"5:06
11."Doors"7:22

Personnel

Production

Critical reception

Allmusic gave Plan B four stars out of five. [1] The BBC review praised the production and said "Listen to this in your tank". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kavadias, Theo. "Plan B". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  2. "Scorn: List of Takers". Groove Unlimited. 1995–2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  3. Buttimer, Colin (2002). "Review of Scorn - Plan B". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.