''Eastwood'' is the
Cuban Boys
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' first and only
major label album. It was released in 2000, after some delay,
[Cuban Boys]
Discography
following the band's only UK hit single, "
Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia".
The album is named after Steve Eastwood, music review editor at
Teletext
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who had given the band early coverage and features sleeve-notes by
John Peel.
Critical reception
''Eastwood'' received a very poor review in the ''
NME
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''—who labelled the album "a 19-track procession of pretend disco and A-level Aqua novelty wank"
—and sold poorly.
Track listing
#"
"
#"Kenny"
#"I Like Everybody"
#"Inertia Kicks"
#"Patsy Prozac"
#"Automation and On"
#" Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia"
#"Skinhead Cowgirls"
#"Czar Zoo"
#"The Heel"
#"My Clone"
#"Self Esteem
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" (cover of the Offspring
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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.[Chart Stats]
Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia
/ref> It was also number 1 in John Peel's Festive Fifty
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in 1999.BBC Radio 1
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Cuban Boys
/ref> "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.UK Singles Chart
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.
Release history
References
2000 debut albums
Cuban Boys albums
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