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CORNERSHOP

It may have taken Cornershop a few years to perfect their innovative hybrid of Indian music, British indie rock, and off-kilter danceable pop, but with the release of 1997's When I Was Born for the 7th Time, and the hit single "Brimful of Ashan" the group's multi-cultural fusions broke through. Cornershop started off as punky, gleefully amateurish rabble rousers, then built a sound of from there that incorporated Bollywood soundtracks, hip-hop, T. Rex-style boogie, and whatever else they felt like adding to their melting pot.
"WHEN I WAS BORN FOR THE 7TH TIME"
tracklist Side A: SLEEP ON THE LEFT SIDE - BRIMFUL OF ASHA - BUTTER THE SOUL - CHOCOLAT Side B: WE'RE IN YR CORNER - FUNKY DAYS ARE BACK AGAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING? - WHEN THE LIGHT APPEARS BOY Side C: COMING UP - GOOD SHIT - GOOD TO BE ON THE ROAD BACK HOME AGAIN IT'S INDIAN TOBACCO MY FRIEND Side D: CANDYMAN - STATE TROOPERS - NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN) Side E: WE'RE IN YR CORNER CLINTON MIX (LADBROKE GROVE) Side F: IT'S INDIAN TOBACCO MY FRIEND UNCUT TOBACCO MIX (ARCHWAY)
1997       2LP      WIIIJA RECORDS      WIJLP 1065
MADE IN ENGLAND      ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING WITH BONUS 12"
GATEFOLD COVER + BLACK INNER SLEEVE for the Bonus 12"
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 6 14027 10651 7 Label Code: none
LABEL: WIIIJA -  GREEN/RED/BLUE LABELS  w/YELLOW & WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: WIJLP 1065 Catalog on labels: WIJLP 1065     12": WIJLP 1065X
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): WIJLP1065 A1  MIKE'S-THE EXCHANGE  LADIES DAMONT NIGHT IN THE NIPPON EXPRESS F    Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): WIJLP1065 B1 MIKE'S-THE EXCHANGE DAMONT  E MONO INTO YR STEREO SOUL  Matrix / Runout (Side C, Etched): WIJLP1065 C1  DAMONT  VERTE SUBMARINE  F    Matrix / Runout (Side D, Etched): WIJLP1065 D2  DAMONT  THE EXCHANGE-MIKE'S  E    Matrix / Runout (Side E, Etched): WIJLP1065X A1  DAMONT  MIKE'S-THE EXCHANGE  D Matrix / Runout (Side F, Etched): WIJLP1065X B1  DAMONT  MIKE'S-THE EXCHANGE  D
On labels: ℗ Wiiija Records Limited 1997. © Wiiija Records Limited 1997. The copyright in this sound recording belongs to Wiiija Records Limited. (Side A, B, C, D): All songs published by Wiiija Music, administered by Momentum Music ©1997 except where noted.
On Back Cover: Title & Tracklist Made in the United Kingdom
grading RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)  SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
When I Was Born for the 7th Time is a remarkable leap forward for Cornershop, the place where the group blends all of their diverse influences into a seamless whole. Cornershop uses Indian music as a foundation, finding its droning repetition similar to the trancier elements of electronica, the cut-and-paste collages of hip-hop, and the skeletal melodicism of indie pop. Tying all of these strands together, the band creates a multicultural music that is utterly modern; it is conscious of its heritage, but instead of being enslaved to tradition, it pushes into the future and finds a common ground between different cultures and musics. Like Woman's Gotta Have It, large portions of When I Was Born for the 7th Time are devoted to hypnotic instrumentals, but the music here is funkier and fully realized. Cornershop hits an appealing compromise between detailed arrangements and lo-fi technology. There may be cheap keyboards and drum machines scattered throughout the album, but they are used as sonic texturing, similar to the turntables, synthesizers, samplers, sitars, and guitars that drive the instrumentals punctuating the full-fledged songs. When it chooses, Cornershop can write hooky, immediate pop songs -- "Sleep on the Left Side" and "Brimful of Asha" are wonderful pop singles, and "Good to Be on the Road Back Home" is an impressive, country-tinged tale -- but what makes When I Was Born for the 7th Time such a rich, intoxicating listen is that it balances these melodic tendencies with deceptively complex arrangements, chants, drones, electronic instrumentals, and funky rhythms, resulting in an album that becomes better with each listen...(AllMusic)