''Hold On It's Easy'' is a 2015

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by the British band

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. It consists of

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re-recordings of tracks from the band's 1994 album ''

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'', with the Elastic Big Band.Walsh, James (2015)
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'', 7 July 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2019 Singer Tjinder Singh said of the album "There was also an element of humour about doing a very noisy Riot Grrrl album in an easy-listening format. It came about because over the years we have got to know many a different musician, so it made the whole thing possible."

Reception

'' Uncut'' gave the album seven out of ten. ''

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''s Tim Jonze awarded it three stars out of five, calling it "a playful distraction". ''

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'' gave it six out of ten, stating "The results are at first comically unexpected, then intriguing."

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writer Tim Sendra gave it three stars, calling it "something defiantly square... complete deconstruction of one of their career highlights". ''

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'' writer Jake Kennedy gave it two stars, calling it "perhaps the most bloody-minded thing they've done since old On It Hurts..one of Cornershops most difficult works, for all the wrong reasons".Kennedy, Jake (2015)
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'', Issue 437, February 2015, page 85. Retrieved 29 March 2019

Track listing

All songs written by Tjinder Singh # "Jason Donovan/Tessa Sanderson" # "Kalluri's Radio" # "Reader's Wives" # "Change" # "The New York Minute" # "Born Disco; Died Heavy Metal" # "Counteraction" # "Where D'u Get Your Information" # "Tera Mera Pyar" # "You Always Said My Language Would Get Me Into Trouble"

References

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