Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast is a 2009 studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by the British band Cornershop

Cornershop

Cornershop are a British indie rock band formed in 1991 by Wolverhampton-born Tjinder Singh , his brother Avtar Singh , David Chambers and Ben Ayres , the first three having previously been members of Preston-based band General Havoc, who released one single in 1991...

. It was their first album in seven years following 2002's Handcream for a Generation

Handcream for a Generation

Handcream for a Generation is the fifth album by the English indie band Cornershop. It featured contributions from two Oasis members - Noel Gallagher contributed guitar to "Spectral Mornings" and former Oasis bassist Guigsy played bass on "Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III".The track People...

. The band were dropped by Beggars Banquet Records

Beggars Banquet Records

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 after disagreements about the promotion of their previous album, and Tjinder Singh explained the reasons for the seven-year gap before this album: "We needed to take a break from doing music. I didn't stop working but the climate didn't seem very fertile for what we were doing. It was really a case of waiting for a time when it was more receptive." The band also made a film in that time, which has yet to be released, and set up their own Ample Play record label. The band released the album independently through their website and in local shops.

The album has received generally positive reviews and has been particularly praised for its diverse sound. Like previous Cornershop albums, Judy draws on soul

Soul music

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, funk

Funk

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 and rock

Rock music

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 music and features various Indian instruments; its music has drawn comparisons to The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

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 and T. Rex

T. Rex (band)

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. The Daily Mirror gave the album four stars out of five, with reviewer Gavin Martin stating "Their surefire smashes, wired energy and saucy singalongs are as strong as ever on this album."

Track listing

All songs written by Tjinder Singh except where noted.

1. "Who Fingered Rock 'n' Roll" - 3:48
2. "Soul School" - 3:32
3. "Half Brick" - 0:52
4. "Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast" - 5:16
5. "Shut Southall Down" - 1:13
6. "Free Love" - 5:38
7. "The Roll Off Characteristics (Of History in the Making)" - 4:39
8. "Operation Push" - 4:18
9. "The Mighty Quinn
   Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
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   " (Dylan) - 3:32
10. "The Constant Springs" - 4:09
11. "Chamchu" - 3:25
12. "The Turned on Truth (The Truth Is Turned On)" - 16:45