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Passionoia
Studio album by
Black Box Recorder
Released3 May 2003
GenreIndie Pop, synth-pop, spoken word
Length38:51
LabelOne Little Indian
ProducerBlack Box Recorder, Pete Hofmann
Black Box Recorder chronology
The Worst of Black Box Recorder
(2001) 		Passionoia
(2003)

Passionoia is the third and final studio album by British pop band Black Box Recorder, released in 2003.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
The Guardian[4]
Neumu3/10[5]
No Ripchord6/10[6]
Pitchfork8.1/10[7]
Playlouder3/5[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Stylus Magazine7.6/10[10]
Uncut4/5[11]

Passionoia was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on ten reviews.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Luke Haines and John Moore.[12]

  1. "The School Song" – 3:41
  2. "Gsoh Q.E.D." – 3:46
  3. "British Racing Green" – 4:34
  4. "Being Number One" – 3:26
  5. "The New Diana" – 2:49
  6. "These Are the Things" – 3:58
  7. "Andrew Ridgeley" – 3:47
  8. "When Britain Refused to Sing" – 3:14
  9. "Girl's Guide for the Modern Diva" – 4:09
  10. "I Ran All the Way Home" – 4:27

Personnel

Personnel per booklet and sleeve.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Passionoia". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Passionoia - Black Box Recorder". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ^ Collis, Clark. "Black Box Recorder Passionoia". Blender. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ Petridis, Alexis (28 February 2003). "CD: Black Box Recorder, Passionoia". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  5. ^ Gozdecki, Steve. "Black Box Recorder Passionoia (One Little Indian)". Neumu. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. ^ Thorpe, Greg (10 May 2003). "Black Box Recorder: Passionoia - Music Review". No Ripcord. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  7. ^ Idov, Michael (18 March 2003). "Black Box Recorder: Passionoia Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. ^ Jeres (4 March 2003). "Passionoia: Black Box Recorder". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 8 February 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  9. ^ Sheffield, Rob (16 October 2003). "Black Box Recorder: Passionoia". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 16 November 2003. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  10. ^ Murphy, Killian (9 June 2003). "Black Box Recorder: Passionoia". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 June 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Cool Hand Luke". Uncut. 1 March 2003.
  12. ^ a b Passionoia (booklet). Black Box Recorder. One Little Indian. 2003. TPLP376CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ Passionoia (sleeve). Black Box Recorder. One Little Indian. 2003. TPLP376CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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