| Sell Me a God | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Fiction/Polydor | |||
| Producer | Eat, Phill Brown | |||
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Sell Me a God is the 1989 debut album by the British alternative rock band Eat. [1] [2] Prior to the album's release, the band members had all been homeless, with a few of them squatting at London King's Cross railway station. [3]
The music on Sell Me a God encompasses a variety of styles, including blues, hip hop and funk [4]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [6] |
The album reached No. 10 on the UK Indie Chart. [7] The album failed to gain much popularity outside of the UK. [4] David Toop, writing for The Times described it as an "impressive" debut. [3] The Orlando Sentinel praised "the altered-state guitars and the biting irony lurking in the lyrics." [6]
Doug Brod, writing for Trouser Press , described the album as a "most impressive debut", writing that the diverse influences on the album "created an instantly familiar record that ultimately sounds like no one else". [4] According to Ira Robbins, also from Trouser Press, it was "grossly underappreciated". [8]
Sell Me a God was released on CD, MC and vinyl, with the CD and MC release adding three bonus tracks, including a cover of "Summer in the City" by the Lovin' Spoonful. [4]
All tracks composed by Eat
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