Sell Me a God

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Sell Me a God
Eat - Sell Me a God.jpg
Studio album by
Eat
Released1989
Genre Alternative rock
Label Fiction/Polydor
Producer Eat, Phill Brown
Eat chronology
Sell Me a God
(1989)		 Epicure
(1993)

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]

Contents

Production

The music on Sell Me a God encompasses a variety of styles, including blues, hip-hop, and funk [4]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Eat

  1. "Tombstone" – 2:53
  2. "Electric City" – 4:02
  3. "Fatman" – 4:50
  4. "Stories" – 2:42
  5. "Walking Man" – 3:51
  6. "Skin" – 4:43
  7. "Red Moon" – 5:49 (bonus track on CD and MC release)
  8. "Insect Head" – 5:24
  9. "Body Bag" – 5:04
  10. "Things I Need" – 4:14
  11. "Judgement Train" – 4:12
  12. "Gyrate" – 6:06 (bonus track on CD and MC release)
  13. "Summer in the City" – 3:30 (bonus track on CD and MC release)
  14. "Mr & Mrs Smack" – 5:03

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. p. 12. ISBN   9781841953359.
  2. ↑ Reinhardt, Robin (April 1990). "Now For A Feast". Spin . p. 16. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 Toop, David (20 October 1989). "Heartfelt notes of protest ring out - Rock". The Times.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Brod, Doug. "Eat". Trouser Press . Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sell Me a God Review by Ned Raggett". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  6. 1 2 Gettlelman, Parry (26 January 1990). "Eat". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 18.
  7. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1999. Cherry Red Books. ISBN   0-9517206-9-4.
  8. ↑ Robbins, Ira A. (1997). The Trouser Press guide to '90s rock: the all-new fifth edition of The Trouser Press record guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 226. ISBN   9780684814377 . Retrieved 25 June 2014.
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