Handcream for a Generation
| Handcream for a Generation | ||||
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| Released | 1 April 2002 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 60:52 | |||
| Label | Wiiija | |||
| Producer | Tjinder Singh | |||
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Handcream for a Generation is the fourth studio album by the British indie rock band Cornershop, released on 1 April 2002 by Wiiija. The album received positive reviews from music critics.
Music and lyrics
Handcream for a Generation features contributions from two Oasis members. Noel Gallagher contributed guitar to "Spectral Mornings" and former Oasis bassist Guigsy played bass on "Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III".[1] The track "People Power" has the same lyric as the first track on the album Disco and the Halfway to Discontent by former Cornershop side project Clinton, set to different music.[2]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Los Angeles Times | [6] |
| NME | 8/10[7] |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10[8] |
| Q | [9] |
| Rolling Stone | [10] |
| Spin | 6/10[11] |
| The Village Voice | A[12] |
Handcream for a Generation received positive reviews from music critics.[3] David Fricke of Rolling Stone opined that the album "is a festive crash of cultures, a Babel of loops and ethnic body language."[10]
Track listing
All songs written by Tjinder Singh.
- "Heavy Soup" - 3:21
- "Staging the Plaguing of the Raised Platform" - 4:35
- "Music Plus 1" - 4:46
- "Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III" - 4:24
- "Wogs Will Walk" - 4:54
- "Motion the 11" - 5:46
- "People Power" - 3:54
- "Sounds Super Recordings" - 1:30
- "The London Radar" - 4:07
- "Spectral Mornings" - 14:24
- "Slip the Drummer One" - 3:42
- "Heavy Soup (Outro)" - 2:13
- "Straight Aces" (bonus track) - 3:16
References
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Handcream for a Generation – Cornershop". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
- ^ Cibula, Matt (2002-06-14). "Motioning the 11 With Tjinder; Or, The Beauty of the Transitional Album". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
- ^ a b "Reviews for Handcream For A Generation by Cornershop". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
- ^ Burr, Ty (2002-05-03). "Handcream for a Generation; In Our Gun; Transmission; Bloodsport". Entertainment Weekly: 88. Archived from the original on 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (2002-03-29). "CD of the week: Cornershop, Handcream for a Generation". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ Nichols, Natalie (2002-04-07). "Cornershop 'Handcream for a Generation' Beggars Group". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ Kessler, Ted (2002-03-26). "Cornershop : Handcream For A Generation". NME. Archived from the original on 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ Mitchum, Rob (2002-05-21). "Cornershop: Handcream for a Generation". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
- ^ "Cornershop: Handcream for a Generation". Q (189): 109. April 2002.
- ^ a b Fricke, David (2002-03-27). "Cornershop: Handcream For A Generation". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2006-08-25. Retrieved 2006-08-25.
- ^ Kun, Josh (May 2002). "Cornershop: Handcream for a Generation". Spin. 18 (5): 122–23. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2002-04-16). "Music". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
External links
- Handcream for a Generation at Discogs (list of releases)