''You Can Be Special Too'' is the debut album of
Evil Nine
Evil Nine are an English electronic music duo comprising members Tom Beaufoy and Patrick Pardy. Their musical style is primarily classified as breakbeat, although it additionally encompasses other influences.
Biography
The duo first came t ...
. It was released on 2 August 2004 on
Marine Parade Records
Marine Parade is an independent record label set up and owned by the electronic music DJ and producer Adam Freeland in 1998.
Details
The name of the label originates from the street on which Freeland used to live in his hometown of Brighton ...
.
The album includes four skits containing a variety of
samples.
Tracks 12 and 13 are mislabeled on the album. The song "Restless" actually plays on track 13 and "Even the Smells" plays on track 12. It is unknown what order the tracks were meant to appear on the album. The correct times are listed below according to the track name - but not the number.
Track listing
# "Crooked" (featuring
Aesop Rock
Ian Matthias Bavitz (born June 5, 1976), better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American rapper and producer from Long Island, New York. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerge ...
) – 5:47
# "Devil Stuff" – 4:52
# "Earth" – 4:38
# "You Can Be Special (Skit)" – 0:34
# "We Have the Energy" – 5:21
# "Snack Bar Lounge" – 2:55
# "Help (Skit)" – 0:22
# "Pearl Shot" (featuring
Juice Aleem
Juice Aleem is a rapper born in Birmingham, in ceremonial counties West Midlands, England.
Biography
After putting years of energy into the Birmingham hip hop scene, Juice's "Ghetto Grammer" freestyle rap sessions started featuring such other f ...
) – 5:19
# "You Are Not Through" – 4:48
# "Richard & Jane (Skit)" – 0:30
# "For Lovers Not Fighters" – 4:12
# "Even the Smells" – 2:03
# "Restless" (featuring Toastie Taylor) – 4:54
# "You Can Be Special 2 (Skit)" – 0:31
# "Hired Goons" – 5:44
Samples
The dialogue at the start of track 4 is from the book
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' (retroactively retitled ''Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' in some later printings) is a dystopian science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1968. Th ...
.
Personnel
Evil Nine
* Tom Beaufoy - keyboards, turntables, programming, samples
* Patrick Pardy - bass, guitar, engineering, keyboards
Additional musicians
*
Chris Kavanagh (Big Audio Dynamite) - drums
*
Aesop Rock
Ian Matthias Bavitz (born June 5, 1976), better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American rapper and producer from Long Island, New York. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerge ...
- raps on "Crooked"
*
Juice Aleem
Juice Aleem is a rapper born in Birmingham, in ceremonial counties West Midlands, England.
Biography
After putting years of energy into the Birmingham hip hop scene, Juice's "Ghetto Grammer" freestyle rap sessions started featuring such other f ...
- raps on "Pearl Shot"
* Mary Shodipo - vocals on "You Are Not Through"
* Grant Mitchell - guitar on "Devil Stuff" & "You Are Not Through"
* Garvin Edwards (Toastie Taylor) - raps and vocals on "Restless"
References
2004 debut albums
Evil Nine albums
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