The Curse of Singapore Sling
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| The Curse of Singapore Sling | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 2002 (Iceland) 17 June 2003 (U.S.) | |||
| Genre | Neo-psychedelia, shoegaze, noise pop | |||
| Length | 41:00 | |||
| Label | Hitt (Iceland) Stinky (U.S.) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
The Curse of Singapore Sling (also known simply as The Curse Of) is the first studio album by the Icelandic neo-psychedelia band Singapore Sling. It was released in August 2002 by the record label Hitt.
Background
[edit]An 8-track demo version of the opening track, "Overdriver", was made available online on the Iceland Airwaves music festival website in 2001, titled "Overdrive".[citation needed]
The closing track, "Dirty Water", was a cover version of the 1966 hit single by the garage rock band the Standells.
Edda (Hitt Records), the now-defunct Icelandic label, produced a music video for "Listen". No single was actually released. The black-and-white clip was directed by Arni Thor Jonsson from the Reykjavík studio Sagofilm and was released in Iceland on 22 October 2002.[3] It shows girls from a volleyball league wearing bikinis and dancing.
Release
[edit]The album was released in August 2002 on CD by Hitt Records, and was licensed and released in the United States a year later by the independent label Stinky Records.
Track listing
[edit]- "Overdriver" – 3:46
- "Summer Garden" – 2:56
- "Nuthin' Ain't Bad" – 3:38
- "Midnight" – 5:33
- "No Soul Man" – 4:21
- "Roadkill" (instrumental) – 4:36
- "Listen" – 4:31
- "Heart of Chrome" – 3:07
- "Chantissity" – 3:46
- "Dirty Water" (The Standells cover) – 6:46
References
[edit]- ^ Loftus, Johnny. "The Curse of Singapore Sling – Singapore Sling". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Singapore Sling". Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ "Singapore Sling - Listen". YouTube. 20 November 2006. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
External links
[edit]- The Curse of Singapore Sling at Discogs (list of releases)
