Generation (Audio Bullys album)

Generation is the second studio album by the electronic music group Audio Bullys, released on 31 October 2005. It features the singles "Shot You Down", which reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart, and "I'm in Love" (released 24 October 2005).

Generation
Studio album by Audio Bullys
Released	October 31, 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Big beat, electronica, trip hop, house
Length	48:22
Label	Source (UK) Astralwerks (U.S.)
Producer	Tom Dinsdale
Audio Bullys chronology
Ego War (2003) Generation (2005) Higher Than the Eiffel (2010)
Singles from Generation
"Shot You Down" Released: 23 May 2005 "I'm in Love" Released: 24 October 2005

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	44/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Dotmusic	[3]
Alternative Press	(mixed)[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]

Two Promo versions of the album were released on CD by Source/EMI. One of these (CDSOURDJ107) features a different track order, a different shorter mix of I Won't Let You Down, and 3 extra tracks that were pulled before the final album release.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:40
2.	"Shot You Down" (featuring Nancy Sinatra)	3:34
3.	"Keep On Moving"	3:55
4.	"Generation"	3:21
5.	"I Won't Let You Down"	5:41
6.	"(The World)"	0:33
7.	"Eq-ing"	4:00
8.	"Made Like That" (featuring Roots Manuva & Mr Fox)	4:08
9.	"All Sing Along"	3:44
10.	"Get Myself on Track"	3:47
11.	"I'm in Love"	2:56
12.	"Take You There"	2:59
13.	"This Road" (featuring Suggs)	3:35
14.	"Struck by the Sound"	5:06

Japanese bonus track[7]

No.	Title	Length
15.	"The Music Game"	2:15

Promo version (17 Tracks)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:40
2.	"Shot You Down" (featuring Nancy Sinatra)	3:34
3.	"Keep On Moving"	3:54
4.	"Bring Light"	4:18
5.	"Generation"	3:22
6.	"I Won't Let You Down"	4:31
7.	"(The World)"	0:33
8.	"Eq-ing"	4:02
9.	"Made Like That" (featuring Roots Manuva)	4:08
10.	"All Sing Along"	3:40
11.	"Get Myself On Track"	3:48
12.	"I'm In Love"	2:54
13.	"Struck By The Sound"	5:05
14.	"This Road" (featuring Suggs)	3:24
15.	"Take You There"	2:59
16.	"If You Want My Love"	3:20
17.	"Rock Till I'm Rollin'"	3:35

Samples

"Shot You Down" is based around a sample of the Nancy Sinatra's Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) "Made Like That" uses sample from Bill Conti's "Going the Distance"
"Keep On Moving" samples Steely Dan's "Midnite Cruiser"
"Take You There" uses a sample from Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show's "In Over My Head". Dilly Bars

Chart positions

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	36

References

1. "Generation Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
2. Johnny Loftus. "Generation > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
3. Marshall, James (4 November 2005). "Generation - Audio Bullys". Dotmusic. Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
4. Alternative Press. November 2005. p. 226.
5. Dorian Lynskey (4 November 2005). "CD: Audio Bullys, Generation". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
6. Christian Hoard (23 January 2006). "Generation : Audio Bullys : Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
7. "Generation by Audio Bullys". CDJapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Audio Bullys – Generation" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 September 2013.