The Everlasting Blink

The Everlasting Blink
Studio album by Bent
Released	March 3, 2003
Length	71:00
Label	Guidance Recordings Sport
Bent chronology
Programmed to Love (2000) The Everlasting Blink (2003) FabricLive.11 (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC	(positive) [2]
PopMatters	(positive) [3]
Uncut	[4]
The Guardian	[5]

The Everlasting Blink is the second studio album from English electronic music duo Bent released in 2003.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"King Wisp"	5:10
2.	"An Ordinary Day"	4:45
3.	"Strictly Bongo"	5:22
4.	"Beautiful Otherness"	4:52
5.	"Moonbeams"	2:44
6.	"So Long Without You"	6:09
7.	"Exercise 3"	4:20
8.	"Stay the Same"	5:41
9.	"Magic Love"	4:28
10.	"The Everlasting Blink"	5:33
11.	"Thick Ear"	22:05
Total length:		71:09

Notes

• After "Thick Ear" ends, there is about nine minutes of silence, then three hidden bonus tracks: "12 Bar Fire Blues", "Wendy" and "Day-Care Partyline". ^[6]
• "Beautiful Otherness" contains vocals by Jon Marsh of The Beloved
• "So Long Without You" contains elements of "Hurt" and "But I Do" by Billie Jo Spears.

Personnel

• Simon Mills
• Neil Tolliday

References

1. Marshall, Kingsley. "The Everlasting Blink - Bent". AllMusic .
2. Smith, Jack (2003). "Review of Bent - The Everlasting Blink". BBC Music .
3. PopMatters Staff (19 October 2003). "Bent: The Everlasting Blink". PopMatters .
4. "Bent – the Everlasting Blink – Uncut". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
5. Simpson, Dave (6 March 2003). "Bent: The Everlasting Blink". The Guardian .
6. "Bent – The Everlasting Blink (2003, CD)". Discogs .