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  • Artist: Gomez
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1998 05
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Rock

Review

On their debut album, Bring It On, England's Gomez introduce their original take on bluesy roots rock. Unlike Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, this isn't amphetamine-fueled freak-out music but similar at times to Beck's acoustic-based work (One Foot in the Grave), with more going on vocally. The band has a total of three strong vocalists, who can switch from pretty harmonies to gutsy blues outpourings in the blink of an eye. The band manages to cover a lot of ground convincingly on Bring It On, which is unusual, since it commonly takes bands the course of a few releases to hone their sound. The three British singles released from the album are definite highlights -- "Get Myself Arrested," "Whippin' Piccadilly," and "78 Stone Wobble," the latter containing a beautifully haunting acoustic guitar riff similar to Nirvana's unplugged version of the Meat Puppets' "Plateau." All the praise that Gomez's debut received is definitely not hype. The album is consistently great, as proven by such tracks as "Tijuana Lady," "Love Is Better Than a Warm Trombone," and "Get Myself Arrested." ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Get Miles (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (5:16)
Whippin' Piccadilly (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (3:12)
Make No Sound (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (3:26)
78 Stone Wobble (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (4:22)
Tijuana Lady (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (7:08)
Here Comes the Breeze (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (5:29)
Love Is Better Than a Warm Trombone (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (3:29)
Get Myself Arrested (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (4:03)
Free to Run (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (4:31)
Bubble Gum Years (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (3:20)
Rie's Wagon (Lyrics) Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (9:07)
The Comeback Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, Ian Ball Gomez (:44)

Credits

Frank Arkwright (AMS Audiophile Operator), Olly Peacock (Group Member), Gomez (Group), Stephen Fellows (Guitar), Tom Gray (Group Member), Gomez (Producer), Ken Nelson (Engineer), Ian Ball (Group Member), Ben Ottewell (Group Member), Paul Blackburn (Group Member), Ian Bracken (Cello), Susie Wright (Saxophone)
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Bring It On
Studio album by Gomez
Released 13 April 1998
Recorded 1997-1998
Genre Rock
Length 54:12
Label Hut (Virgin)
Producer Gomez
Ken Nelson (engineer)
Professional reviews
Gomez chronology
Bring It On
(1998)		 Liquid Skin
(1999)

Bring It On is the debut album by English band Gomez.

Gomez entered the recording studios in late 1997 to turn their demos into an album. As well, Gomez toured the UK with Embrace. Their first single "78 Stone Wobble" was released in March 1998 with their debut album Bring It On coming out a month later. The album received a good critical response from both sides of the Atlantic with Spin calling it a "damn beautiful album". Sales in the UK really took off when it won the 1998 Mercury Music Prize for best album beating the favourites Massive Attack's Mezzanine and The Verve's Urban Hymns. "Get Myself Arrested" and "Whippin' Piccadilly" were later released as singles. While Gomez toured the US as the support artist for Eagle Eye Cherry, Bring It On is the only Gomez album so far not to make the US charts although the album did make the Australian album charts. "Bring It On" is also the name of a song on Gomez's following album, Liquid Skin.

A 10th anniversary 2cd edition was released in 2008.

In early 2009, Gomez played a small number of shows in Australia that celebrated the 10th anniversary of Bring It On. At these shows, the album was performed in its entirety. They also did this during their festival tours in 2008.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Get Miles" – 5:15
  2. "Whippin' Piccadilly" – 3:12
  3. "Make No Sound" – 3:26
  4. "78 Stone Wobble" – 4:22
  5. "Tijuana Lady" – 7:08
  6. "Here Comes the Breeze" – 5:29
  7. "Love Is Better Than a Warm Trombone" – 3:29
  8. "Get Myself Arrested" – 4:03
  9. "Free to Run" – 4:31
  10. "Bubble Gum Years" – 3:20
  11. "Rie's Wagon" – 9:07
  12. "The Comeback" – 0:44

10th Anniversary bonus cd:

  1. Here Comes the Breeze (BBC session)
  2. Brother Lead (BBC session)
  3. 78 Stone Shuffle (BBC session)
  4. Way You Do the Things You Do (BBC session)
  5. Stag O' Lee (BBC session)
  6. Whippin' Piccadilly (BBC session)
  7. Rie's Wagon (BBC session)
  8. Who's Gonna Go the Bar
  9. Steve McCroski
  10. Wham Bam
  11. Flavors
  12. Old School Shirt
  13. Cowboy Song
  14. Whippin' Piccadilly (Turbo Version)
  15. Pussyfootin'
  16. Pick Up the Pieces

Personnel

All tracks written and performed by Ball/Blackburn/Gray/Ottewell/Peacock.

Additional musicians:

  • Mat Quinton - Tuba on "Get Miles"
  • Ian Bracken - Cello on "Make No Sound"
  • Susie Wright - Saxophone on "78 Stone Wobble"
  • Steve Fellows - Fuzz Guitar on "Love Is Better Than A Warm Trombone"

Singles

UK singles with release dates and peak positions in the singles chart:

  • "78 Stone Wobble" (30 March 1998) – #44
  • "Get Myself Arrested" (1 June 1998) – #45
  • "Whippin' Piccadilly" (31 August 1998) – #35

External links

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Gomez
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Studio albums
Live Albums
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Machismo E.P. · Detroit Swing '66/Ping One Down · See The World E.P. · Girlshapedlovedrug E.P.
Singles
"78 Stone Wobble" · "Get Myself Arrested" · "Whippin' Piccadilly" · "Bring It On" · "Rhythm & Blues Alibi" · "We Haven't Turned Around" · "Shot Shot" · "Sound of Sounds/Ping One Down" · "Catch Me Up" · "Silence" · Sweet Virginia · How We Operate · Girlshapedlovedrug · See The World · Airstream Driver · Little Pieces
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