Box Frenzy
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Box Frenzy
| type = Album
| artist = Pop Will Eat Itself
| cover = Box frenzy.jpg
| alt =
| released = 26 October 1987
| recorded = June–July 1987
| studio = Fon Studios, Sheffield
| genre = Grebo
| length = 44:00
| label = {{flatlist|
- Chapter 22
- Rough Trade
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| producer = Robert Gordon
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| prev_year =
| next_title = Now for a Feast!
| next_year = 1988
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/box-frenzy-mw0000651559|title=Box Frenzy - Pop Will Eat Itself | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}
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Box Frenzy is the debut studio album by English rock band Pop Will Eat Itself.{{cite news |last1=Sinclair |first1=David |title=Making a meal of pop |work=The Times |date=2 February 1989 |department=Music}} It was released on 26 October 1987 in the United Kingdom by Chapter 22 Records and in the United States by Rough Trade Records.
At the end of 1987, the NME ranked the album at number 49 in their list of the top 50 "Albums of the Year".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1987|title=1987 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year – NME|website=NME|date=10 October 2016|publisher=}} Q also included it in their unordered list of the year's 50 best albums.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html In 2005, The Word included the album in the second part of its list "Hidden Treasure: Great Underrated Albums of Our Time."rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/theword.htm
Content
The track "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" samples the songs "When I Fall In Love" by Nat King Cole, and "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by The Righteous Brothers. Their better-known track "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove" not only samples the techno-disco song "Respectable" by Mel & Kim, as well as the Whistle song "Just Buggin'", but defiantly boasts that the band steals (though they actually sample) as many varieties of sounds that they can get to make their music, ranging from other people's songs to television soundbites.{{cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=pop_will_eat_itself|title=TrouserPress.com :: Pop Will Eat Itself|publisher=}}{{Failed verification|date=April 2013}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Grebo Guru
| writer1 = Graham Crabb
| length1 = 3:56
| title2 = Beaver Patrol
| note2 = The Wilde Knights cover
| writer2 = Tim Archibald
| length2 = 3:08
| title3 = Let's Get Ugly
| writer3 = Clint Mansell, Richard March, Adam Mole
| length3 = 4:00
| title4 = U.B.L.U.D.
| writer4 = Vestan Pance
| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = Inside You
| writer5 = Mansell
| length5 = 2:37
| title6 = Evelyn
| writer6 = Pance
| length6 = 3:16
| title7 = There Is No Love Between Us Anymore
| writer7 = Crabb
| length7 = 3:55
| title8 = She's Surreal
| writer8 = Pance
| length8 = 4:09
| title9 = Intergalactic Love Mission (instrumental)
| writer9 = Pance
| length9 = 3:53
| title10 = Love Missile F1-11
| note10 = Sigue Sigue Sputnik cover
| writer10 = Martin Degville, Anthony Edward James, Neal Whitmore
| length10 = 4:10
| title11 = Hit the Hi-Tech Groove
| writer11 = Pance
| length11 = 5:10
| title12 = Razorblade Kisses (instrumental)
| writer12 = Pance
| length12 = 1:50
| all_writing =
| total_length =
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Bonus Tracks
{{Track listing
| headline = 2003 bonus tracks
| title13 = Bubbles
| length13 = 3:11
| title14 = Ugly
| writer14 = Pance
| length14 = 1:35
| title15 = Picnic in the Sky
| writer15 = Pance
| length15 = 2:49
| title16 = "...On the Razors Edge..."
| writer16 = Pance
| length16 = 4:10
| title17 = Kiss That Girl
| writer17 = Pance
| length17 = 1:47
| title18 = Def Con One
| writer18 = Marius Constant, Crabb, March, Mole
| length18 = 3:43
| title19 = Hit the Hi-Tech Groove (live)
| writer19 = Crabb, Mansell, March, Mole
| length19 = 5:00
| title20 = She's Surreal (live)
| writer20 = Crabb, Mansell, March, Mole
| length20 = 4:20
| title21 = Pop Will Eat Itself at Def Con One
| writer21 = Pance
| length21 = 4:39
}}
Samples
Let's Get Ugly
- "Rock The Bells" by L.L. Cool J
There Is No Love Between Us Anymore
Hit the Hi-Tech Groove
- "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants
- "Respectable" by Mel & Kim
- "Just Buggin'" by Whistle
- "The Jack That House Built" by Jack 'N' Chill
Personnel
Pop Will Eat Itself
- Clint Mansell – vocals
- Graham Crabb – vocals
- Adam Mole – guitar
- Richard March – guitar
- Dr Nightmare – dance machine, sampling
with:
- Ruth Joy - backing vocals on "Beaver Patrol" and "U.B.L.U.B."
References
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External links
- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r631053|pure_url=yes}} Box Frenzy – Bonus Tracks (All-Music Guide)]
- [http://pweination.com/pwei/popwilleatitself/index/release/poppiecock/1000 Box Frenzy (PWEINation)] (Fansite)
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