"Leigh-On-Sea" is the second single by British rock band Assembly Now. It was released on 29 January 2007 on independent label Label Fandango, run by the people behind Club Fandango. It is a limited edition

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single of only 700 copies, which sold out in its first week.

Track listing

#"Leigh-On-Sea" – 2:22 #"Tenement (Demo)" – 2:58

Critical reception

Chris Reynolds of Gigwise.com awarded the single 4.5/5 stars, calling the single "a new high" and "jerky, fast paced and exciting not to mention supremely catchy".Reynolds, Chris (2007)
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, Gigwise.com, retrieved 2010-04-28 Maps magazine was also enthusiastic, calling it "Two and a half minutes of furious foot tapping, radio-friendly brilliance with a skronky guitar breakdown and Xylophone chimes chucked in for good measure".Chromosome, Johnny (2007)
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, Maps magazine, retrieved 2010-04-28 John Sakamoto of the ''

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'' called it "the most exhilarating 2:22 of the week".Sakamoto, John (2007)
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'', 17 February 2007, retrieved 2010-04-28 Daniel Ross of Drowned in Sound, meanwhile, gave the single a 5/10 rating, opining that the band "sound in dire need of a few months in glorious isolation, somewhere where they can purge themselves of their flailing clutches at influences".Ross, Daniel (2007)
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", Drowned in Sound, 26 January 2007, retrieved 2010-04-28 Gareth K. Vile of '' The Skinny'' was also not impressed, and in his view the single lacked "much sincere urgency, originality or imagination".Vile, Gareth K. (2007)
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, '' The Skinny'', 10 February 2007, retrieved 2010-04-28

Miscellanea

"Leigh-On-Sea" won BBC 6 Music's ''Rebel Playlist'' competition with the highest number of listener votes in the poll's history, according to host

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References

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