Back in Denim

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Back in Denim
BackInDenim.jpg
Studio album by Denim
Released 11 November 1992
Recorded May 1990–July 1992,
Bark Studios, RAK Studios, Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre Glam rock, pop
Length 49:51
Label Boy's Own Recordings
Producer John Leckie, Brian O'Shaughnessy
Denim chronology
Back in Denim
(1992)		 Denim on Ice
(1996)Denim on Ice1996

Back in Denim is the debut album by the band Denim.

Background and composition

Following the break-up of Felt in 1989,[1] British frontman Lawrence moved to New York in early 1990.[2] Lawrence soon grew homesick and eventually moved to London.[2] He signed to the dance-oriented record label Boy's Own Recordings, who had signed a deal with London Records.[2] Whereas Felt's album were recorded using a miniscule budget for small independent labels, Lawrence had "the chance to make the album I'd always wanted" for a major label.[2] Between May 1990 and July 1992, Back in Denim was recorded and mixed with producer John Leckie.[2] At one point, Lawrence was banned from the studio and had pushed Leckie to breaking point, resulting in Leckie stating, "I've worked with Phil Spector and John Lennon and Syd Barrett, but I can't take this any more. You're madder than any of them."[2] Eventually, before threatening to disown the recording, he finished the proceedings with Brian O'Shaughnessy.[2]

The album's sound has been described as glam rock,[3][4] and pop.[5] Tim Sendra of AllMusic claimed that for Back in Denim, Lawrence "channeled his love of simple punk, huge hooks, novelty songs, and slagging everyone".[1] Mojo review Roy Wilkinson commented that the album's "wistful examination of Britain and knowing adoption of pop styles from other eras" laid the groundwork for Britpop.[2] The album was complete with "glam and pop hooks machined to perfection with the best in 1990s recording science".[2]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [6]
The Guardian 5/5 stars [5]
Stylus Magazine 5/5 stars [7]
Trouser Press Favourable[8]

It was released in November 1992[2] on Boy's Own Recordings.[9] London Records wanted to release the album's title track as a single, but Lawrance requested to re-recording the song's chorus, to which London Records cut funding for further studio time.[2] "Middle of the Road" was released as a single, with the B-sides "Ape Hangers", "Robin's Nest", and an instrumental version of "Ape Hangers" titled "The Great Grape Ape-Hangers",[10] in January 1993.

The album was received well by critics but was commercially poor.[11] In retrospect, Lawrence commented "The tills were closed. [...] This was my masterpiece and I would fight to death to get it right. It that meant it was going to end up selling 25 copies, then that the way it had to be."[2] The album was reissued in May 2006 on West Midland's Records, a subsidiary of Cherry Red. Norwegian band Turbonegro covered "Back in Denim" as a bonus track at 2007 album Retox.

Track listing

All songs written by Lawrence.

Side one
  1. "Back in Denim" – 3:59
  2. "Fish and Chips" – 3:17
  3. "Bubblehead" – 4:43
  4. "Middle of the Road" – 4:12
  5. "The Osmonds" – 8:08
Side two
  1. "I Saw the Glitter on Your Face" – 3:34
  2. "American Rock" – 6:26
  3. "Livin' on the Streets" – 4:31
  4. "Here Is My Song for Europe" – 3:41
  5. "I'm Against the Eighties" – 7:20

References

Citations
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  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Wilkinson 2005, p. 122
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  6. ↑ Back in Denim at AllMusic
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  10. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/middle-of-the-road-mr0002175560
  11. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/denim-mn0000237529/biography
Sources
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External links

Back in DenimLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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