''Give Blood'' is the debut album from the

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-based band,

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. The album was recorded onto 2" tape and mixed onto 1/4" tape in January 2005. Brakes and their 22-year-old producer, Iain Gore, also removed all computer screens from the studio for the week and all the tracks were recorded live, with the duets being recorded around one mike. The only overdubs were lap steel on "Jackson" by bassist Marc Beatty, piano by drummer Alex White and guitar by Tom White on "I Can't Stand To Stand Beside You". The album also features Matt Eaton of

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on "The Most Fun", Liela Moss of

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on "Jackson" and Rose, Becki and Julia of

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on "Sometimes Always". The album was voted best of 2005 by the prestigious indie music shop Rough Trade.

Track listing

All songs by Brakes except where noted. #"Ring a Ding Ding" #"NY Pie" #"The Most Fun" #"Heard About Your Band" #"What's in It for Me?" (Hamilton/Farmer/Eaton/Gray, arr. by Brakes) #"You'll Always Have a Place to Stay" #"Cheney" #"I Can't Stand to Stand Beside You" #" Pick Up the Phone" #"You're So Pretty" #"

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) #"All Night Disco Party" #"Hi How Are You" #"Comma Comma Comma Full Stop" #"Sometimes Always" ( William Reid) #"Fell in Love with a Girl"

Personnel

Brakes

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– vocals, guitar * Marc Beatty – bass guitar, lapsteel * Thomas White – electric guitar, percussion * Alex White – drums, piano

Other musicians

* Matt Eaton – backing vocals on "The Most Fun" * Liela Moss – duet vocals on "Jackson" *

Rose Elinor Dougall Rose Elinor Dougall (born 13 March 1986) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. She was a member of The Pipettes and has performed with Mark Ronson. She also performs and records as a solo artist. Career Dougall joined The Pipettes in 2 ...

, Rebecca Stephens, Julia Clarke-Lowes – duet vocals on "Sometimes Always"

Technical

* Iain Gore, Brakes – producer, mixing * Tim Young – mastering * Matt Paul, Fergus McHugh, Carlos Olmos – assistant engineering

References

2005 debut albums Brakes (band) albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub