Elvis Sex-Change

Elvis Sex-Change is a compilation album by the British indie rock band Cornershop, released in 1993.[4] It compiles the band's first two EPs In the Days of Ford Cortina and Lock Stock & Double Barrel.

Elvis Sex-Change
Compilation album by
Cornershop
Released1993
RecordedWest Orange, Preston, Lancs.
Suite 16, Rochdale, Lancs
GenreRock, indie rock
Length24:09
LabelWiiija[1]
ProducerJohn Robb
Cornershop chronology
Elvis Sex-Change
(1993)		 Hold On It Hurts
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

Critical reception

Greil Marcus, in Artforum, wrote that the songs are "all blocked gestures and creative exhaustion, stumbling stabs at anger or love. It's music completely defined by its limits, and touching for just that quality."[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Ben Ayres, David Chambers, Avtar Singh and Tjinder Singh.

  1. "Waterlogged" – 3:56
  2. "Moonshine" – 2:30
  3. "Kawasaki (More Heat Than Chapati)" – 2:58
  4. "Hanif Kureishi Scene" – 3:25
  5. "England's Dreaming" – 3:36
  6. "Trip Easy" – 2:59
  7. "Summer Fun in a Beat Up Datsun" – 1:31
  8. "Breaking Every Rule Language English" – 3:14
  • Tracks 1 - 4 from the In the Days of Ford Cortina EP (1993)
  • Tracks 5 - 8 from the Lock Stock & Double Barrel EP (1993)

Personnel

Additional musicians

  • Anthony "Saffs" Saffery - sitar
  • Kulwant Ghakal - flute

Technical

  • John Robb - production
  • Charlie - engineering
  • Rex - engineering
  • Kiran - drawings
  • Jake - drawings
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References
  1. Hyder, Rehan (October 3, 2017). "Brimful of Asia: Negotiating Ethnicity on the UK Music Scene". Routledge – via Google Books.
  2. Ankeny, Jason. "Cornershop: Elvis Sex-Change" at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
  4. "Cornershop".
  5. Marcus, Greil (June 18, 2015). "Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986-2014". Yale University Press – via Google Books.
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