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Black Box Recorder
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  • Audio CD (July 6, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: July 6, 1999
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Jet Set Records
  • ASIN: B00000JIQV
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #184,312 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Girl Singing In The Wreckage
2. England Made Me
3. New Baby Boom
4. It's Only The End Of The World
5. Ideal Home
6. Child Psychology
7. I.C. One Female
8. Up Town Top Ranking
9. Swinging
10. Kidnapping An Heiress
11. Hated Sunday
12. Wonderful Life
13. Seasons In The Sun
14. Factory Radio
15. Lord Lucan Is Missing

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Debut album by U.K. indie pop/ rock trio comprised of Luke Haines of The Auteurs, one-time Jesus And Mary Chain member John Moore and female vocalist Sarah Nixey. Includes the singles 'England Made Me' and 'Child Psychology'. 11 tracks total. 1998 Chrysalis Records release. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Twisted Nursery Rhymes with a Pixiesque Backdrop, June 27, 2003
Black Box Recorder is a hidden treasure and their first album, "England Made Me", is by far their best work. A hauntingly shy voice, behind the low tones of a variety of instruments, make up the collection, harvesting and provoking the silly thoughts of morbid children: Life is Unfair, Kill Yourself or Get Over it ("Child Psychology").

Each song on the album, possesses its own charisma, sometimes playing on the ideas of death and decay and other times relishing is mischevious childhood fantasies. "Girl Singing In the Wreckage" is a ballad of a young woman examining her very state of being, acknowledging the sad normality of her existance and at the same time, inventing a sense of mystery about herself. The track "England Made Me", weaves a tale of a disturbing characters who admits to 'sleeping with the enemy before betraying both sides'.

For the poet in all of us, the lyrics are infactuating. For the musician in all of us, the tunes are somber and delightful. One can expect Black Box Recorder to take you from your bedroom in the attic to an enchanted pixie-garden, where the faeries read H.P. Lovecraft, steal cars and smoke cigarettes until dawn.
- Jonathan H.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An album of acquired taste, May 24, 2002
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In an ideal world music like this would be the mainstream whereas N'Sync would be constantly rejected as they try to get a recorddeal. Then again, in an ideal world I wouldn't be single... But I digress. What I really wanna say is that this album is unique. It's unique because it is lowkey, understated and thoroughly devoid of pathos:- & quite honestly, when a certain band actually manages to remind me that I can enjoy music which focuses on these very three traits I just have to applaud them. When I first put the album in my stereo I expected a diverse collection of styles & sounds. Instead, I was taken aback by the album's simplicity, by the fact that it doesn't take more than a really great female singer (Sarah Nixey), an undistorted electric guitar & occasional drumbeats/bellchimes to make enchanting music. Admittedly, the single "Child Psychology"'s stark message feels a little out of place within Luke Haines & John Moore's lyrical subtleties that:- Along with their melodies:- create a pensive & often eerie atmosphere as symbolically depicted by the English beach photographed in the sleeve. As most good albums this one also works best when taken in one piece as it truly sets a contemplative mood, like when you take a really long drive to the sunset but the feeling isn't romantic but rather bittersweet. Unsurprisingly, the bonus songs actually add to the album & save it from its only minus:- Brevity. That & the fact that it contains no less than three (!) coverversions ("Up Town Top Ranking" just doesn't work, sorry) but other than that it's a winner. For an acquired taste, that is.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Disturbed Pop, February 17, 1999
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This review is from: England Made Me (Audio CD)
If you're like me, you've been waiting for a new Auteurs album for the past couple of years. Thankfully, Luke Haines he's seen to it to release a couple of side projects- this being one, and the other Baader Meinhoff. Where this is different than typical Haines musings is in its lack of big 70's guitars and hooks. Black Box recorder is lush pop. It's mostly sung by Sarah Nixey, but Haines provides harmonies and background vocals on most of the tracks. England Made Me could be the ultimate rainy day pop gem. I can't conjure up meaningful enough words to describe this album. Child psychology and the title track are the two best cuts, but nothing else disappoints. You owe it to yourself to buy this album!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars soft goth of the ages
England made me, and black box is a rather down-cast eyes version of sub culture soft goth.
It carries overtones of meloncholy and twisted smiles. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Lloyd Metcalf

4.0 out of 5 stars Great
A good start for BBR, very short but sensitive tracks, starting from "Girl singing in the wreckage". Sarah Nixey's voice is a revelation. A must have for electronic pop lovers.
Published 22 months ago by Marco Bazzini

5.0 out of 5 stars Mordant and Shimmering
The songs here are so alluringly gloomy that I want to have sex with all of them. But of course they'd reject me. They always do.
Published on December 7, 2006 by Theseus

4.0 out of 5 stars Sugar Coated Pills
There was really nothing quite like "England Made Me" when it appeared in 1999. Black Box Recorder consists of Sarah Nixey, John Moore, and Luke Haines formerly known for his time... Read more
Published on April 27, 2005 by Demetrius A. Armstrong

5.0 out of 5 stars Debut
Like the 2nd album which is Facts Of Life,this US release has a diff. sleeve and some bsides as bonus tracks.A must have and a wonderful debut.
Published on March 24, 2002 by Behic Gencoglu

5.0 out of 5 stars I cannot find another CD worth listening to after this one!
I was visiting a friend in Liverpool when I first heard this CD. Apparently, it's quite popular there. Read more
Published on January 13, 2002 by nelo caravesi

4.0 out of 5 stars The seeds of greatness
This is a very interesting album. I hesitate to use the phrase 'fine album' because it doesn't do it justice, and 'great' or 'brilliant' aren't quite justified. Read more
Published on December 14, 2001 by Silk

4.0 out of 5 stars Anglophiles of the world!
I am guilty of the following crimes: being into ska for way too long, reading comics, and eating red meat. Read more
Published on March 11, 2001 by Michael Holmes

4.0 out of 5 stars Straightforward and Solid--
I wouldn't say this album is ground-breaking or amazing, but it is very enjoyable and easy to listen to. Read more
Published on November 22, 2000 by K. Kenner

4.0 out of 5 stars Let me just say, I loved it!
What can I say about this band? I first heard "Child Psychology" on NPR and instantly fell in love with it and had to have it. Read more
Published on September 14, 2000 by Mister CHO

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