Readymades

by Chumbawamba

Readymades cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 June 2002
  • Label: MUTT Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 53:08
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Boff Whalley, Simon Pugsley, Jude Abbott, Alice Nutter, Danbert Nobacon, Dunstan Bruce, Harry Hamer, Toby Greenwood, Neil Ferguson, Lou Watts

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Readymades' is a downtempo and alternative rock record shaped by the conventions of its scene and period. The tracks are assembled from loops, sequenced patterns and processed sounds rather than conventional song structures.

Genres

Descriptors: political, conscious, sampling, synthesizers, digital

Tracklist

  1. Salt Fare, North Sea (4:28)
  2. Jacob's Ladder (3:22)
  3. All In Vain (4:16)
  4. Home With Me (3:56)
  5. If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me (4:42)
  6. Don't Try This At Home (4:02)
  7. Song For Len Shackleton (3:36)
  8. Without Reason or Rhyme (The Killing of Harry Stanley) (3:45)
  9. Don't Pass Go (4:18)
  10. One Way Or The Other (4:02)
  11. When I'm Bad (4:21)
  12. Sewing Up Crap (3:45)
  13. After Shelly (4:29)

Credits

  • John Heartfield - artwork [cover image, self portrait, 1920]
  • Richard Mutt - bass, bass [tea-chest]
  • Harry Hamer - drums, programmed by
  • Lou Watts - vocals, keyboards
  • Jude Abbott - vocals, trumpet
  • Danbert Nobacon - vocals, ukulele [ukelele]
  • Lal Waterson - vocals [sample]
  • Oliver Knight - vocals [sample]

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