Pip Paine (Pay the £5000 You Owe)
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| Studio album by Metronomy | ||||
| Released | June 25, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2002-2006 | |||
| Genre | Electronic, experimental | |||
| Label | Holiphonic | |||
| Producer | Joseph Mount | |||
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Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe) is the debut album by the British electronic act Metronomy, originally released in 2006 by Holiphonic Records in the UK.[2] On first release, 500 copies were produced with the CD in a special cloth case with an illustration by the artist Rose de Borman. It was later released in standard gatefold card format with a plain text cover. In April 2013, a limited edition vinyl with the original embossed fabric casing and artwork was released.
The name of the album comes from a vehicle wrecker who lived in producer Joseph Mount's town of Totnes who claimed he was owed money by a man called Pip Paine. The wrecker would leave wrecked cars around Totnes along with the proclamation "Pip Paine, Pay The £5000 You Owe".[3] A hearse was often seen parked opposite Totnes railway station with this message painted on the side. Joseph describes the album as "the sound of someone living in a musically redundant place trying to make exciting music."[4]
Joe was influenced by a very eclectic group of artists whilst he wrote the album, including Frank Zappa, Aphex Twin, LFO, Talking Heads, Les Rythmes Digitales and Kraftwerk.[5]
Track listing
- "You Could Easily Have Me" – 3:07
 - "Love Song For Dog" – 3:19
 - "Danger Song" – 4:41
 - "This Could Be Beautiful (It Is)" – 4:10
 - "Black Eye / Burnt Thumb" – 4:43
 - "Peter's Pan" – 5:22
 - "Trick or Treatz" – 4:41, Lead vocals by Virginia Lipinski
 - "The 3rd" – 3:56
 - "1 String Strung" – 2:43
 - "Bearcan" – 6:38, Electric bass by Gabriel Stebbing
 - "How Say" – 4:29
 - "New Toy" – 2:57
 
2009 Bonus Tracks[6]
- "Are Mums Mates" - 2:15
 - "In the D.O.D." - 3:18
 - "Hear to Wear" - 3:28
 - "Another Me to Mother You" - 4:14
 
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
 - ↑ "Metronomy - Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
 - ↑ "Metronomy - Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe)". trashclub.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
 - ↑ Metronomy Interview
 - ↑ "Metronomy - Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe)". planetnotion.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
 - ↑ "Metronomy - Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe) (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
 
