''Passionoia'' is the third and final studio album by British pop band

Black Box Recorder Black Box Recorder were an English indie rock band. They debuted in 1998 with '' England Made Me'' and followed this up with '' The Facts of Life'', which gave them their first hit with the single of the same name in April 2000. Their third ...

, released in 2003.

Reception

''Passionoia'' was met with generally favourable reviews from

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an

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score of 70, based on ten reviews.

Track listing

All songs written by

Luke Haines Luke Michael Haines (born 7 October 1967) is an English musician, songwriter and author. He has recorded music under various names and with various bands, including The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder. Career ''New Wave'' Haine ...

and John Moore. # "The School Song" – 3:41 # "Gsoh Q.E.D." – 3:46 # "British Racing Green" – 4:34 # "Being Number One" – 3:26 # "The New Diana" – 2:49 # "These Are the Things" – 3:58 # "Andrew Ridgeley" – 3:47 # "When Britain Refused to Sing" – 3:14 # "Girl's Guide for the Modern Diva" – 4:09 # "I Ran All the Way Home" – 4:27

Personnel

Personnel per booklet and sleeve. Black Box Recorder * John Moore – instruments *

Sarah Nixey Sarah Anne Nixey (born 21 December 1973 in Dorset, England) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the vocalist in Black Box Recorder. Her debut solo album, '' Sing, Memory'', was released on 19 February 2007, followed by ''Brave Tin Sol ...

– vocals *

– instruments Additional musicians * Tim Weller – drums (tracks 3, 9 and 10) Production and design * Black Box Recorder – producer * Pete Hofmann – producer, mixing, engineer * Steve Double – photography * Small Japanese Soldier – design

References

{{Authority control 2003 albums Black Box Recorder albums One Little Independent Records albums