Handcream for a Generation by CORNERSHOP

Description: Tracks:Heavy SoupStaging the Plaguing of the Raised PlatformMusic Plus 1Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky IIIWogs Will WalkMotion the 11People PowerSounds Super RecordingsThe London RadarSpectral MorningsSlip the Drummer OneHeavy Soup (Outro)Bonus TrackStaging The Plaguing Of The Raised PlatformMusic Plus 1Lessons Learned From Rocky I To Rocky IIIWogs Will WalkMotion The 11People PowerSounds Super RecordingsThe London RadarSpectral MorningsSlip The Drummer OneHeavy Soup (Outro)Bonus Track Performer Notes: Cornershop includes: Tjinder Singh.Additional personnel includes: Noel Gallagher, Paul McGuigan, Otis Clay.Producers include: Tjinder Singh, Rob Swift.CD contains bonus track.First things first -- this is hardly the song-intensive, globe-tripping platter When I Was Born for the 7th Time was. Handcream for a Generation is a record that finds its tone and grooves, even as it segues from post-Beck sonic collages to boogie rock to endless jams. No matter how they dabble in different styles, it never affects the foundation, it's just highlights. Strangely enough, for all the dance, techno, and hip-hop here -- all the club-culture clashes careening off the tracks (they obviously learned from their 2000 detour side project, Clinton) -- Handcream's predominant spirit is that of post-Brit-pop, hard-boogieing trad rock. Tjinder Singh publicly derided this sound in 1997, but his subsequent friendship with Noel Gallagher must have affected him on a deep level, since Noel not only lays down guitar on the 14-minute psych epic "Spectral Mornings," he hauls out former Oasis bassist Paul McGuigan for "Lessons Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III"; adopts Gallagher's guitar sound throughout the record; and winds up with a record that is hipper, looser, and funkier than Be Here Now, but weirdly reminiscent of it all the same. Perhaps this is what happens when British bands stretch into contemporary psychedelia, mixing all the past into the present -- they wind up with a record that is pretty entertaining in how it flits from sound to style, all with a sly wink and loving, exacting replication of production techniques, all married to beats that are surely contemporary, but contemporary club beats are often built on the past anyway, giving the whole thing a weird but appealing out-of-phase feel. This all flows well and is quite a good piece of mood music, yet there's no hiding that for all their political stances and past reputation, Cornershop doesn't really have all that much to say this time around, nor have they delivered more than a handful of songs to have all this stick. Sure, moments bubble up from the sleek, stylized surface, such as "Lessons," but for as infectious as that song is, it's really about nothing, as evidenced by its chorus of "the overgrown super-sh*t," which means jack-sh*t. Since 7th Time not only had consistency of sound, it reached further and delivered fully formed songs, it's hard not to be disappointed by the linear, surface-slick nature of Handcream, but, hey -- it sounds good, it boogies, it's good for a night on the town -- and sometimes, that's enough. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone (4/25/02, p.78) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A festive crash of cultures, a Babel of loops and ethnic body language. Dixie, R&B, Bollywodd kitsch, Crooklyn hip-hop, Eurotrash electronics...Singh shakes 'em all up like rats in a box, finding kicks and connection in aggresive pastiche..." Spin (May 2002, pp.122-123) - 6 out of 10 - "...Singh...leads an erratic audio tour of an ultra-contemporary London...[weaving] tracks full of hip-hop corssfades, meandering techno interludes, and cryptic political jibes sung by children's choirs..." Entertainment Weekly (5/3/02, p.86) - " ershop [sound] even more like Quentin Tarantino directing a Bollywood SUPERFLY starring Beck..." - Rating: A- Q (12/02, p.65) - Included in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best Albums of 2002." Q (4/02, p.109) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...A meaty, truly multi-dimensional project...with a chugging, confident heart..." Uncut (1/03, p.97) - Ranked #64 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" Alternative Press (5/02, p.80) - 8 out 10 - "...A foot-stomping, bum-shaking good time from beginning to end..." CMJ (4/22/02, p.12) - " ershopt still draws from everything and the multi-cultural kitchen sink....this is a fun, multi-dimensional album that unpeels like an onion, revealing one surprise after another..." Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.74) - Ranked #13 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002" Mojo (Publisher) (April 2002, p.94) - "...[Handcream...] embraces hip hop, funk, house, DJ-style reggae, '70s rock, [and] disco...and still manages to provide a more coherent and enjoyable listneing experience than mainstream dance bods..." NME (Magazine) (3/2/02, pp.23-55) - "...zigzagging between sounds and ideas with a joyous warmth....fizzes by in a flash..." Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Studio/Live: Studio Guest Artist: Otis Clay; Noel Gallagher Release Date: 2 April, 2002 Label: Wiiija Records Imp Dimensions: 14.3 x 13 x 1.2 centimeters (0.06 kg)

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