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Black Box Recorder

England Made Me (25th Anniversary Edition)

chrysalis

180g remastered black lp + 140g 10" in gatefold sleeve + booklet

Released: 17th Nov 2023

£31.99

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This anniversary edition has been curated with the assistance of the band and features a newly remastered version of their debut, along with a bonus 10" vinyl that includes six b-sides, 4 of which are on vinyl for the first time.

All audio has been remastered from the original production tapes by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering and and cut by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios. English indie rock group Black Box Recorder formed in London in 1997 and featured Sarah Nixey, Luke Haines (of The Auteurs), and John Moore (of The Jesus and Mary Chain).

Their debut album, 'England Made Me', was released on Chrysalis Records in 1998. The album was named after the eponymous Graham Greene novel and fuses indie rock and easy-listening pop stylings with lyrics that explore life and the experience of growing up in England. Pitchfork's Michael Sandlin described the sound of the album as "mildly morose but slightly tongue-in-cheek Sylvia Plath-meets-Paul McCartney pop sensibility".