The Everlasting Blink is the second studio album from the electronica chillout duo Bent.

The Everlasting Blink
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 3, 2003
Length71:00
LabelGuidance Recordings
Sport
Bent chronology
Programmed to Love
(2000)
The Everlasting Blink
(2003)
FabricLive.11
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC(positive)[2]
PopMatters(positive)[3]
Uncut [4]
The Guardian[5]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."King Wisp"5:10
2."An Ordinary Day"4:45
3."Strictly Bongo"5:22
4."Beautiful Otherness"4:52
5."Moonbeams"2:44
6."So Long Without You"6:09
7."Exercise 3"4:20
8."Stay the Same"5:41
9."Magic Love"4:28
10."The Everlasting Blink"5:33
11."Thick Ear"22:05
Total length:71:09

Notes

  • After "Thick Ear" ends, there is about nine minutes of silence, then three hidden bonus tracks: "12 Bar Fire Blues", "Wendy" and "Day-Care Partyline".[6]
  • "Beautiful Otherness" contains vocals by Jon Marsh of The Beloved
  • "So Long Without You" contains elements of "Hurt" and "But I Do" by Billie Jo Spears.

Personnel edit

  • Simon Mills
  • Neil Tolliday

References edit

  1. ^ Marshall, Kingsley. "The Everlasting Blink - Bent". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Smith, Jack (2003). "Review of Bent - The Everlasting Blink". BBC Music.
  3. ^ PopMatters Staff (19 October 2003). "Bent: The Everlasting Blink". PopMatters.
  4. ^ "Bent – the Everlasting Blink – Uncut". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. ^ Simpson, Dave (6 March 2003). "Bent: The Everlasting Blink". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Bent – The Everlasting Blink (2003, CD)". Discogs.