Bloodsport (album)
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Bloodsport is the third album by Sneaker Pimps
. It was released on January 22, 2002.
Despite being a UK chart flop it made the Austrian top 75 album chart at #68.
Sneaker Pimps
Sneaker Pimps were a British trip-hop band formed in Hartlepool, England in 1994. They are best known for their first album Becoming X and particularly the singles "6 Underground", "Spin Spin Sugar", and "Tesko Suicide" from the same album...
. It was released on January 22, 2002.
Despite being a UK chart flop it made the Austrian top 75 album chart at #68.
Track listing
- "Kiro TVKIRO-TVKIRO-TV, virtual channel 7, is the CBS affiliate television station in Seattle, Washington. It broadcasts on digital channel 39. The station's offices and broadcasting center are located near Seattle Center in Belltown, and its transmitter is located on Queen Anne Hill...
" - "Sick"
- "Small Town Witch"
- "Black Sheep"
- "Loretta Young Silks"
- "M'aidez"
- "The Fuel"
- "Bloodsport"
- "Think Harder"
- "Blue Movie"
- "Grazes"
Samples
- 'Kiro TV', whose lyrics explicitly address the life and career of Kurt CobainKurt CobainKurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana...
, contains a sly interpolation of the main riff from NirvanaNirvana (band)Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
's 'Come As You Are', which itself borrowed heavily from Killing JokeKilling JokeKilling Joke are an English post-punk band formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England; other sources report the band formed in early 1979.Related news articles: Founding members Jaz Coleman and Geordie Walker have been the only constant members.A key influence on industrial rock,...
's song 'Eighties'. - 'Loretta Young Silks' samples Bill WithersBill WithersWilliam Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...
' 'I Wish You Well'. - 'The Fuel' samples 'Following Kirwell' and 'Irina's Chase' from the original 'Gorky ParkGorky Park (film)Gorky Park is a 1983 film based on the novel Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith. It was directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Dennis Potter ....
' film O.S.T. - 'Bloodsport' samples 'Tar' by VisageVisageVisage are a British New Wave rock band. Formed in 1978, the band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their 1980 hit "Fade to Grey".-New Wave years :...
. - 'Blue Movie' samples 'Canaan's Land' (traditional) by The Keynotes.
- 'Small Town Witch' samples 'Nightclubbing' by Iggy PopIggy PopIggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...
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