Hold On It Hurts

Hold On It Hurts
Studio album by
Cornershop
Released31 January 1994
Studios
  • Suite 16 (Rochdale)
  • The Green Room (Brighton)
  • Stayfree (Leicester)
  • West Orange (Preston)
GenreIndie rock
Length34:42
LabelWiiija[1]
Producers
Cornershop chronology
Elvis Sex-Change
(1993)		 Hold On It Hurts
(1994)		 Woman's Gotta Have It
(1995)
Singles from Hold On It Hurts
  1. "Readers' Wives"
    Released: 10 January 1994
  2. "Born Disco; Died Heavy Metal"
    Released: 28 March 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStar[3]

Hold On It Hurts is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Cornershop.[4] It was released on 31 January 1994 through Wiiija. The album failed to reach commercial success, but went some way in helping the band find its niche in the following years.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tjinder Singh; all music composed by Cornershop, except where noted.

  1. "Jason Donovan/Tessa Sanderson" – 2:31
  2. "Kalluri's Radio" – 4:20
  3. "Readers' Wives" – 3:40
  4. "Change" – 1:57
  5. "Inside Rani" – 3:22
  6. "Born Disco; Died Heavy Metal" – 3:40
  7. "Counteraction" – 2:42
  8. "Where D'U Get Your Information" – 3:16
  9. "Tera Mera Pyar" – 2:04
  10. "You Always Said My Language Would Get Me into Trouble" – 7:07

US bonus tracks (Lock Stock & Double~Barrel EP)

  2. "England's Dreaming" – 3:36
  3. "Trip Easy" – 2:59
  4. "Summer Fun in a Beat Up Datsun" (Lyrics by Ben Ayres, music by Cornershop) – 1:31
  5. "Breaking Every Rule Language English" – 3:17

Personnel

Cornershop

  • Tjinder Singh – vocals, bass
  • Avtar Singh – guitar
  • Ben Ayres – guitar, vocals
  • Wallis Healey – guitar
  • Anthony "Saffs" Saffery – sitar, keyboards
  • David Chambers – drums

Other musicians

  • Emma Davies – keyboards
  • Alastair Dickins – clarinet
  • Raj Patel – dholki
  • Dale Shaw – vocals

Technical

  • John Wills – production (tracks 1., 2., 4., 6., 8.)
  • Tjinder Singh – production (tracks 3., 5., 7., 9., 10.)
  • John Robb – co-production (tracks 1., 2., 4. – 6., 8.), production (Lock Stock & Double~Barrel EP)
  • Richard Whelan – engineering
  • Andy Green – engineering
  • Kevin Reverb – engineering
  • Rob – engineering
  • Charlie – engineering
  • Rex – engineering (Lock Stock & Double~Barrel EP)
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Malcolm Maybury – front cover photo
  • Lloyd Thomas – inner sleeve art

References

  1. ↑ Hyder, Rehan (3 October 2017). Brimful of Asia: Negotiating Ethnicity on the UK Music Scene. Routledge. ISBN 9781351218085 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Kellman, Andy. Hold On It Hurts – Cornershop | Songs, Reviews, Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (31 January 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "TrouserPress.com :: Cornershop". www.trouserpress.com.


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