Breed (Lauren Christy album)
Breed is the second studio album by British singer Lauren Christy. It was released on July 22, 1997, by Mercury Records.[3] After the album's release, Christy quit her solo music career to join the writing/production trio The Matrix.
Breed | ||||
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Released | July 22, 1997 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 39:10 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
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Lauren Christy chronology | ||||
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Singles from Breed | ||||
Critical reception
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AllMusic | [3] |
AllMusic states that Breed is a "great second record from an extraordinary talent, and one of 1997's best pop albums."[3] The website describes the album's sound as "slightly sinister pop, with finely woven layers of fuzz guitar [and] pulsing drums."[3] It also notes that "Christy likes to build songs up bit by bit, but always cuts quickly to the chase--as in the flowing "Burn": first a simple, strummed acoustic guitar, and then before you know it the chorus blasts in from out of nowhere, background vocals soaring above her hypnotic vocals and a perfectly applied mechanical beat."[3]
Appearances in other media
The title track was featured on the soundtrack for the 1997 film Batman & Robin, released by Warner Bros. Records.[4] The song "I Want What I Want" also appeared in the 1998 film Wild Things.[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Breed" | 3:05 | |
2. | "I Want What I Want" |
| 4:02 |
3. | "Magazine" |
| 3:28 |
4. | "You Make Me Laugh" |
| 3:32 |
5. | "25 Back Then" |
| 3:28 |
6. | "Boomerang Bang" |
| 4:05 |
7. | "Burn" |
| 3:10 |
8. | "Letterbomb" |
| 4:06 |
9. | "Could've Been" |
| 3:46 |
10. | "The Night I Saved Peter Ustinov" |
| 3:58 |
11. | "Breed (Coda)" |
| 2:30 |
Total length: | 39:10 |
Release history
Region | Date | Edition(s) | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
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United States | July 22, 1997 | Standard | CD | Mercury | [6] |
References
- "New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1209. August 8, 1997. p. 36.
- "New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1222. November 7, 1997. p. 39.
- AllMusic staff (June 24, 1997). "Breed - Lauren Christy | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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- Howe, Desson (March 20, 1998). "'Wild Things': A Hot Pursuit". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- White, Timothy (August 2, 1997). "M2 Reinvents the Art of Music TV". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 31. p. 3.