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Inform - Educate - Entertain is the first album by alternative British group Public Service Broadcasting. It features samples from the British Film Institute (BFI) and The National Archives (UK) and features themes from the first expedition of Mount Everest, the invention of colour television, road safety, fashion, the creation of the Spitfire plane and Thomas Woodrooffe's 1937 radio broadcast at the Spithead Review.[1] It peaked at No. 21 on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

No.TitleSubject of samplesLength
1."Inform - Educate - Entertain"Snippets from other tracks on the album4:12
2."Spitfire"The Supermarine Spitfire aircraft3:58
3."Theme From PSB"Marie Slocombe speaking about the BBC Sound Archive in 19423:59
4."Signal 30"The 1959 road safety film Signal 303:20
5."Night Mail"The 1936 documentary Night Mail3:50
6."Qomolangma"None (instrumental)1:51
7."ROYGBIV"The invention of colour television3:57
8."The Now Generation"Fashion3:42
9."Lit Up"Thomas Woodrooffe's drunken radio broadcast from HMS Nelson at the Spithead Review4:54
10."Everest"The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition3:47
11."Late Night Final"The 1948 short film What a Life![1]5:52
Total length:43:22

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[2] 21

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Silver 60,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b Petridis, Alexis (2 May 2013). "Public Service Broadcasting: Inform-Educate-Entertain – review". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Public Service Broadcasting | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ^ "British album certifications – Public Service Broadcasting – Inform-Educate-Entertain". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2018. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Inform-Educate-Entertain in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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