Eastwood (album)
Eastwood | ||||||||||
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Studio album by Cuban Boys | ||||||||||
Released | 2000 | |||||||||
Genre | Synthpop | |||||||||
Label | EMI / Liberty[1] | |||||||||
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Eastwood is British Synthpop album, Cuban Boys' first and only major label album. It was released in 2000, after some delay,[2] following the band's only UK hit single, "Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia".
The album is named after Steve Eastwood, music review editor at Teletext[3] who had given the band early coverage[4] and features sleeve-notes by John Peel.[5]
Critical reception
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
NME | (very unfavourable)[6] |
Eastwood received a very poor review in the NME—who labelled the album "a 19-track procession of pretend disco and A-level Aqua novelty wank"[6]—and sold poorly.
Track listing
- "<boot>"
- "Kenny"
- "I Like Everybody"
- "Inertia Kicks"
- "Patsy Prozac"
- "Automation and On"
- "Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia"
- "Skinhead Cowgirls"
- "Czar Zoo"
- "The Heel"
- "My Clone"
- "Self Esteem" (cover of the Offspring song)
- "Hooked On Cuban Boys"
- "Stardust Part 3 (Ariana in Space)"
- "Finale"
- The Secret Discotheque For The Subterraneans bonus tracks
- "Inertia Kicks (Fuchisarama Mix)"
- "How To Survive In The Atomic Age"
- "My Clone (Pink)"
- "Inertia Kicks (Donkeyslap Mix)"
Singles and chart positions
Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia reached number 4 on the UK Singles chart on 25 December 1999.[7] It was also number 1 in John Peel's Festive Fifty in 1999.[8] "Kenny" had previously been released in a different version called "Oh My God They Killed Kenny" and failed to chart, although it reached number 6 in the 1998 Festive Fifty.[8] Following the band's split from EMI, "Inertia Kicks" was released as a self-published limited edition single in a five track format ineligible for inclusion in the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United Kingdom | 2000 | EMI | Compact disk | 528 4702 |
References
- ↑ Allmusic: Eastwood
- 1 2 Cuban Boys: Discography
- ↑ Teletext: Satellite Junkyard review
- ↑ NME: News item
- ↑ Cuban Boys: Sleeve-notes by John Peel
- 1 2 "Review: Eastwood". IPC Media. September 12, 2000. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ Chart Stats: Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia
- 1 2 BBC Radio 1: Cuban Boys