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Infobox Album | Name = Exile on Coldharbour Lane| Type = Album | Artist = Alabama 3 | Cover = Exile on coldharbour lane a3.PNG | Released = November 11, 1997 | Recorded = March 1997 – June 1997 | Genre = Acid house Alternative music|Alternative Blues | Length =| Label = One Little Indian / Geffen Records|Geffen | Producer = Matthew Vaughan | Last album = | This album = Exile On Coldharbour Lane (1997) | Next album = La Peste (album)|La Peste (2000) |Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Rating|4|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r318193|first=Ned|last=Raggett | rev2 = Pitchfork Media | rev2Score = (8.9/10.0) http://web.archive.org/web/20000816034911/www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/a3/exile-on-coldharbour-lane.shtml Pitchfork Media review | noprose = yes Exile on Coldharbour Lane is the debut album by Alabama 3 , released November 11, 1997, on One Little Indian and Geffen Records|Geffen . The name and cover are references to Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones and Coldharbour Lane a major street in Brixton , South London best known for containing several after-hours clubs and not a few drug dealers.cite news | url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/britain/article/0,,1468736,00.html | title=Brixton: Ghetto fabulous | journal= The Observer | year=2005 | quote=dealers hassle you as soon as you turn left from the station, mithering until the corner of Coldharbour Lane and beyond. | work=The Guardian | location=London | date=April 24, 2005 | accessdate=May 2, 2010 Recording sessions took place from March to June 1997. Upon its release, the album received favorable reviews, including an 8.9 review from Pitchfork Media . Exile on Coldharbour Lane did not chart on any album charts in the United States. The song "Sister Rosetta" was featured in the film " Barnyard (film)|Barnyard ".
Track listing
#"Converted" #"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" ( John Prine ) #" Woke Up This Morning " #"U Don't Dans 2 Tekno" #"Bourgeoisie Blues" #"Ain't Goin' to Goa" #" Mao Zedong|Mao Tse Tung Said" #"Hypo Full of Love (The 12-Step Plan)" #"The Tennent's Super|Old Purple Tin (9% of Pure Heaven)" #"The Night We Nearly Got Busted" #"Sister Rosetta" #"Peace in the Valley"
Personnel
Larry Love - vocals
The Very Reverend Dr. D. Wayne Love (First Minister of the First Presleyterian Church of Elvis The Divine (UK)) - vocals
The Mountain of Love - analogue terrorism, harmonica, jaws harp & vocals
Sir Real 'Congaman' Love L.S.D. O.P.T. - percussion, acoustic guitar
Mississippi Guitar Love - guitar
L.B. Dope - drums
The Spirit - keyboards
The Book of Love (Security), I.V. Lenin (Socialism In The Mainline), Lady Love and Little Eye Tie - D. Wayne's Ladies
*Track 3 contains an element of "Tell Me" performed by Howlin Wolf , a sample from "Standing At The Burial Ground" by Mississippi Fred McDowell and a sample of "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters .
*Track 8 contains elements from "Honey Hush" performed by Johnny Burnett & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio.
*Track 11 contains samples from "Oh In That Morning" by The Reverend BC Campbell and "Wrapped Up And Tangled Up" by The Reverend Charlie Jackson.
In Lovin' Memory: Sean Phelan 1971-1997
Notes
" Woke Up This Morning " is well-known as the opening theme music for the HBO drama series The Sopranos , although the mix used for the show is different from the one on this album.
"Mao Tse Tung Said" features a lengthy sample from the cult leader Jim Jones .
The second track is a cover version of John Prine 's Speed of the Sound of Loneliness.
"The Old Purple Tin (9% of Pure Heaven)" is about Tennent's Super , a 9% a.b.v. Scottish beer that comes in a blue can, which appears purple when aged and weathered, and has a reputation for being the drink of choice of the vagrant.
"Ain't Goin' to Goa" features the Reverend D. Wayne Love's description of A3's style: "sweet, pretty, country acid house music."
Later Samples
"Woke Up This Morning"
*" Got Ur Self A... " by Nas from the album Stillmatic
References
reflist Category:1997 debut albums Category:Alabama 3 albums Category:Geffen Records albums Category:One Little Indian Records albums
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