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Tubthumper
''Tubthumper'' is the eighth studio album and the major label debut by English rock band Chumbawamba, released on 1 September 1997 by EMI. The album was written and produced by Chumbawamba, with additional production from Neil Ferguson. A musical departure from the group's anarcho-punk roots, the album incorporates elements of pop rock, dance-pop, and alternative rock. Thematically, the album acts as a social commentary on a variety of political issues, particularly that of class conflict. ''Tubthumper'' was promoted with three singles: "Tubthumping", "Amnesia", and " Drip, Drip, Drip". " Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)", a standalone single previously featured on the official music compilation album for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, was included on a European reissue of ''Tubthumper''. ''Tubthumper'' received generally positive reviews from music critics, who noted it as a sonically distinctive record, in addition to praising its subtle social commentary. Following the internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amnesia (Chumbawamba Song)
"Amnesia" is the second single from English rock band Chumbawamba's eighth studio album, ''Tubthumper'' (1997). The song's lyrics address the sense of betrayal that English leftists felt during the rise of New Labour. Released on 19 January 1998 by EMI, the song was met with favorable reception from critics, who regarded the song as a highlight from ''Tubthumper''. The song was a top-10 hit in Canada and the United Kingdom, giving the group their final top-20 entries in both countries. The song also reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100, becoming the group's final US chart entry. An accompanying music video was also released. Background and writing "Amnesia" lyrically explores the dishonesty of politicians and the ignorance of voters who continue to vote them into office. Chumbawamba's Alice Nutter told MTV that the group "wrote "Amnesia' before the general election in England, and we basically wrote it about Blair's new labor ic" adding that the song has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chumbawamba
Chumbawamba () was a British anarcho-punk band who formed in 1982 and disbanded in 2012. They are best known for their 1997 single "Tubthumping", which was nominated for Best British Single at the Brit Awards 1998. Other singles include "Amnesia", " Enough Is Enough" (with Credit to the Nation), " Timebomb", "Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)", and "Add Me". Their anarcho-communist political leanings led them to have an irreverent attitude toward authority, and to espouse a variety of political and social causes including animal rights and pacifism (early in their career) and later regarding class struggle, Marxism, feminism, and anti-fascism. For most of their career, the band had a 7–8 piece lineup and drew from a wide range of musical styles, including punk rock, pop, and folk. While their first two albums were largely punk and pop-influenced, their third was an entirely a capella album of traditional songs. In 2004, several long-term members left the band, which con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drip Drip Drip
"Drip Drip Drip" (sometimes stylised as "Drip, Drip, Drip") is a song by British alternative band Chumbawamba, from their eighth studio album, ''Tubthumper''. Composition "Drip Drip Drip" is an alternative rock song with a tempo of 105 beats per minute. It is written in the key of C. The album version of the song is five minutes and eight seconds in length, whereas the single version is three minutes and forty-three seconds long. The song's lyrics have been noted for their "political subtext." Release The song was initially included on the group's eighth studio album, ''Tubthumper''. In May 1998, it was released as the third and final single from ''Tubthumper'' in the United States in 1998, as a follow-up to "Amnesia," which had reached number 1 on the United States' Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart on 9 May 1998. It was made available as a cassette single from Republic/Universal. Whereas the group's two previous singles — "Tubthumping" and "Amnesia" — had peaked within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tubthumping
"Tubthumping" is a song by British rock band Chumbawamba, released in August 1997 by EMI, Universal Records (1995), Universal and Republic Records as the first single from their eighth studio album, ''Tubthumper'' (1997). It is the band's most successful single, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. At the 1998 Brit Awards, "Tubthumping" was nominated for the Brit Award for 1998 Brit Awards#The awards, Best British Single. It sold 880,000 copies in the UK. Background The song was the group's lead single from ''Tubthumper'', their major-label debut. It was released on 11 August 1997. Vocalist Dunstan Bruce retrospectively observed that, before the group wrote it, they "were in a mess: we had become directionless and disparate". He credited "Tubthumping" with changing that, telling ''The Guardian'', "It's not our most political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uneasy Listening (Chumbawamba Album)
''Uneasy Listening'' is a compilation album by anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba. It contains songs from the time of their first album '' Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records'' up to 1998. Release The album was released in the United States in 1998, to expose American audiences to the group's music before "Tubthumping," as their preceding studio albums had received only a limited stateside release and the record labels were being uncooperative with regards to the group's preceding albums there. The album compiles songs from the group's pre-''Tubthumper'' albums, from '' Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records'' to '' Swingin' with Raymond'', although the majority of the songs are from the group's two preceding albums, ''Anarchy'' and ''Swingin' with Raymond''. However, the album contains one previously unreleased song, "We Don't Go to God's House Anymore", which is based on a tune derived from the Alabama 3 song " U Don't Danse 2 Tekno Anymore". The cover photograph depicts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Of The World (Olé, Olé, Olé)
"Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)" is a stand-alone single from Chumbawamba. It was released in June 1998, and the single reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also featured on the World Cup 1998 compilation album '' Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!''. Their 1997 album ''Tubthumper ''Tubthumper'' is the eighth studio album and the major label debut by English rock band Chumbawamba, released on 1 September 1997 by EMI. The album was written and produced by Chumbawamba, with additional production from Neil Ferguson. A music ...'' was re-issued with this song on the album. Track listings CD1 #"Top of the World (Olé Olé Olé)" #"The Best Is Yet to Come (Acoustic Version)" #"The Best Is Yet to Come" #"I'm a Winner, Baby" #"Strike! (Barnsley 3 Man Utd. 2 Mix)" CD2 #"Top of the World" #"The Best Is Yet to Come (Acoustic Version)" #"The Best Is Yet to Come (Bee Hole End Version)" #"I’m a Winner Baby" References {{DEFAULTSORT:Top of the World (Ole, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swingin' With Raymond
''Swingin' with Raymond'' is the seventh studio album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. The album cover features a photograph of Raymond Mills. Musical style The first half (tracks 1–6), entitled "Love It", features folk-styled love songs, sung by Lou Watts and featuring acoustic guitars and violin; Chris Nickson, an Allmusic critic, described the first half of the album as "ironic," commenting that the songs are "about the love of ideas -- even love itself becomes an idea." The second half (tracks 7–13), entitled "Hate It", features the other vocalists, faster rhythms, trumpet and louder guitars; Nickson felt that the second half contained "strong melodies and choruses." To complement the disparity between the two halves, the cover features a man on the album with "LOVE" and "HATE" tattooed on his knuckles. Some versions of the LP featured two separate discs, one for each part. Critical reception The album was met with mixed to positive reviews from critics. AllMusic's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selling Out
To "sell out" is to compromise one's integrity, morality, Authenticity (philosophy), authenticity, or Principle#As moral law, principles in exchange for personal gain, such as money or power. In terms of music or art, selling out is associated with attempts to tailor material to a mainstream or commercial audience. For example, a musician who Mass marketing, alters their material to encompass a wider audience, and in turn generates greater revenue, may be labeled by fans who pre-date the change as a "sellout". "Sellout" also refers to someone who gives up, or disregards someone or something for some other thing or person. In sports In the context of professional sports, a "sellout" is a person or group claiming to adhere to the ideology of putting the collective interests of the team, franchise or fans above their own individual accomplishments or financial gain, only to follow these claims up with actions contradicting them, such as an athlete or coach pledging to stay with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Music
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music Music genre, genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African Americans, African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip-hop includes rapping often enough that the terms can be used synonymously. However, "hip-hop" more properly denotes an entire hip-hop culture, subculture. Other key markers of the genre are the disc jockey, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and hip hop production, instrumental tracks. Cultural interchange has always been central to the hip-hop genre. It simultaneously borrows from its social environment while commenting on it. The hip-hop genre and culture emerged from block parties in ethnic minority neighborhoods of New York City, particularly The Bronx, Bronx. DJs began expanding the instrumental Break (music), breaks of popular records when they noticed how excited it would make the crowds. The extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic music, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the New wave music, new wave movement of the late 1970s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anarchy (Chumbawamba Album)
''Anarchy'' is the sixth studio album by anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba. Many of the tracks address specific social issues, such as homophobia, strikes or fascism. Its graphic cover, depicting a baby's head emerging from a vagina, prompted the record to be banned from some shops and stocked in plain sleeves in others. The Spotify and iTunes version, as well as the Japanese physical edition of the album replaces the baby picture with a painting of red roses. Critical reception In a review for AllMusic, Chris Nickson praised the album's "intelligence" and stylistic diversity, but the album was only awarded three stars. Music critic Robert Christgau regarded the album as "transient punk-style agitprop with announcements," awarding the album two honourable mention stars, and praising "Timebomb" and "Mouthful of Shit" as highlights. Gina Morris gave it 2 out of 5 in the June 1994 issue of Select and called it "disappointingly uninspired, pretty rather than poignant and flooded with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punk Rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles with stripped-down instrumentation. Punk rock lyrics often explore anti-establishment and Anti-authoritarianism, anti-authoritarian themes. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through independent record label, independent labels. The term "punk rock" was previously used by American Music criticism, rock critics in the early 1970s to describe the mid-1960s garage bands. Certain late 1960s and early 1970s Detroit acts, such as MC5 and Iggy and the Stooges, and other bands from elsewhere created out-of-the-mainstream music that became highly influential on what was to come. Glam rock in the UK and the New York Dolls from New York ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
