Pip Paine (Pay the £5000 You Owe) is the debut album by the British electronic act Metronomy, originally released on 14 February 2005 by Holiphonic Records in the UK.[2]
| Pip Paine (Pay the £5000 You Owe) | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 14 February 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2002–2004 | |||
| Genre | Electronic, experimental | |||
| Length | 50:46 | |||
| Label | Holiphonic | |||
| Producer | Joseph Mount | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
_(Front_Cover).jpg) 2006 reissue cover | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
On first release, 500 copies were produced with the CD in a special cloth case with an illustration by the artist Rose de Borman. It was later reissued in June 2006 in standard gatefold card format with a plain text cover. In April 2013, a limited edition vinyl with the original embossed fabric casing and artwork was released.
The name of the album comes from a vehicle wrecker named Adrian Broadway, who lived in producer Joseph Mount's town of Totnes who claimed he was owed money by a man called Pip Paine. The wrecker would leave wrecked cars around Totnes along with the proclamation "Pip Paine, Pay The £5000 You Owe".[3] A hearse was often seen parked opposite Totnes railway station with this message painted on the side. Joseph describes the album as "the sound of someone living in a musically redundant place trying to make exciting music."[4]
Mount was influenced by an eclectic group of artists whilst he wrote the album, including Frank Zappa, Aphex Twin, LFO, Talking Heads, Les Rythmes Digitales and Kraftwerk.[5]
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Joseph Mount.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Could Easily Have Me" | 3:07 |
| 2. | "Love Song For Dog" | 3:19 |
| 3. | "Danger Song" | 4:41 |
| 4. | "This Could Be Beautiful (It Is)" | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Black Eye/Burnt Thumb" | 4:43 |
| 6. | "Peter's Pan" | 5:22 |
| 7. | "Trick or Treatz" | 4:41 |
| 8. | "The 3rd" | 3:56 |
| 9. | "1 String Strung" | 2:43 |
| 10. | "Bearcan" | 6:38 |
| 11. | "How Say" | 4:29 |
| 12. | "New Toy" (hidden track) | 2:57 |
| Total length: | 50:46 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Are Mums Mates" | 2:15 |
| 14. | "In the D.O.D" | 3:18 |
| 15. | "Hear to Wear" | 3:28 |
| 16. | "Another Me to Mother You" | 4:14 |
| Total length: | 64:01 | |
References edit
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "Metronomy Album Available Online". Holiphonic Records. 14 February 2005. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Metronomy - Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe)". trashclub.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
- ^ [1] Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Metronomy Interview
- ^ "Metronomy - Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe)". planetnotion.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2007.