''On the Ropes'' is the debut album by British

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duo

Mint Royale Mint Royale is the alias of electronic music producer Neil Claxton and, until 2004, a duo consisting of himself and Chris Baker, originating from Manchester, England. It was founded by Claxton and Baker in 1997. Baker left the band in 2004, bu ...

, released in 1999 on the Faith & Hope label. In June 2001, a new version of the album was published for the U.S. market by

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, featuring a different cover (with a close-up photo of a

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machine) and a different track list. The two versions of "Shake Me" present in the original album were removed, and three new songs were added: two exclusive songs, as well as "Show Me", which would later appear in

's subsequent album ''

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'' (2002).

Track listing

UK version

All songs were written by Chris Baker and Neil Claxton, except where noted. #"From Rusholme with Love" (Baker, Claxton,

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) – 5:08 #"Don't Falter" featuring

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(Baker, Claxton, Laverne) – 4:12 #"Interlude 1" – 0:37 #"Take It Easy" – 3:49 #"Because I'm Worth It" – 5:56 #"Shake Me (Original)" (Baker, Claxton,

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) – 4:12 #"Diagonal Girl" – 4:48 #"Rock and Roll Bar" featuring Julia Baker – 4:35 #"Space Farm" – 5:28 #"Deadbeat" (Baker, Claxton, Cocker, Stainton) – 4:52 #"Lonely Girl" featuring Debbie Newman (Baker, Claxton, Croft) – 4:24 #"Interlude 2" – 0:43 #"Shake Me (Vocal Edit)" (Baker, Claxton, Young) – 4:10

US Version

# "From Rusholme with Love" – 5:08 # "Don't Falter" featuring

– 4:12 # "Show Me" featuring

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– 3:43 # "Interlude 1" - 0:37 # "Because I'm Worth It" – 5:56 # "Take It Easy" – 3:49 # "Kenny's Last Dance" (U.S. exclusive) – 4:13 # "Trickshot" (U.S. exclusive) - 5:01 # "Diagonal Girl" – 4:48 # "Rock and Roll Bar" featuring Julia Baker – 4:19 # "Space Farm" – 5:28 # "Deadbeat" – 4:52 # "Interlude 2" – 0:43 # "Lonely Girl" – 4:24

Personnel

Mint Royale

*Neil Claxton - production, keyboards, guitar, brass, organ, programming *Chris Baker – bass, production

Additional musicians

*Julia Baker – vocals *Amul Batra –

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*Dave Diamond – guitar *Gail Hebson – vocals *

– vocals *Debbie Newman – vocals *Victor Smalls – drums & percussion *Richard Woolgar – guitar

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:On The Ropes (Album) 1999 debut albums Mint Royale albums