Box Frenzy

Box Frenzy is the debut studio album by English rock band Pop Will Eat Itself. It was released on 26 October 1987 in the United Kingdom by Chapter 22 Records and in the United States by Rough Trade Records.

Box Frenzy
Studio album by Pop Will Eat Itself
Released	26 October 1987
Recorded	June–July 1987
Studio	Fon Studios, Sheffield
Genre	Grebo, Hip hop, Pop, Rock
Length	44:00
Label	Chapter 22 Rough Trade
Producer	Robert Gordon
Pop Will Eat Itself chronology
Box Frenzy (1987) Now for a Feast! (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

At the end of 1987, the NME ranked the album at number 49 in their list of the top 50 "Albums of the Year".[2] Q also included it in their unordered list of the year's 50 best albums.[3] In 2005, The Word included the album in the second part of its list "Hidden Treasure: Great Underrated Albums of Our Time."[4]

Content

The track "There Is No Love Between Us Anymore" samples the songs "When I Fall In Love" by Nat King Cole, and "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by The Righteous Brothers. Their better-known track "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove" not only samples the techno-disco song "Respectable" by Mel & Kim, as well as the Whistle song "Just Buggin'", but defiantly boasts that the band steals (though they actually sample) as many varieties of sounds that they can get to make their music, ranging from other people's songs to television soundbites.[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Grebo Guru"	Graham Crabb	3:56
2.	"Beaver Patrol"	Tim Archibald	3:08
3.	"Let's Get Ugly"	Clint Mansell, Richard March, Adam Mole	4:00
4.	"U.B.L.U.D."	Vestan Pance	3:49
5.	"Inside You"	Mansell	2:37
6.	"Evelyn"	Pance	3:16
7.	"There Is No Love Between Us Anymore"	Crabb	3:55
8.	"She's Surreal"	Pance	4:09
9.	"Intergalactic Love Mission (instrumental)"	Pance	3:53
10.	"Love Missile F1-11"	Martin Degville, Anthony Edward James, Neal Whitmore	4:10
11.	"Hit the Hi-Tech Groove"	Pance	5:10
12.	"Razorblade Kisses (instrumental)"	Pance	1:50

Bonus Tracks

2003 bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Bubbles"		3:11
14.	"Ugly"	Pance	1:35
15.	"Picnic in the Sky"	Pance	2:49
16.	""...On the Razors Edge...""	Pance	4:10
17.	"Kiss That Girl"	Pance	1:47
18.	"Def Con One"	Marius Constant, Crabb, March, Mole	3:43
19.	"Hit the Hi-Tech Groove (live)"	Crabb, Mansell, March, Mole	5:00
20.	"She's Surreal (live)"	Crabb, Mansell, March, Mole	4:20
21.	"Pop Will Eat Itself at Def Con One"	Pance	4:39

Samples

Let's Get Ugly

• "Rock The Bells" by L.L. Cool J

There Is No Love Between Us Anymore

• "When I Fall In Love" by Nat King Cole
• "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by The Righteous Brothers

Hit the Hi-Tech Groove

• "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants
• "Respectable" by Mel & Kim
• "Just Buggin'" by Whistle
• "The Jack That House Built" by Jack 'N' Chill

Personnel

Pop Will Eat Itself

• Clint Mansell – vocals
• Graham Crabb – vocals
• Adam Mole – guitar
• Richard March – guitar
• Dr Nightmare – dance machine, sampling

with:

• Ruth Joy - backing vocals on "Beaver Patrol" and "U.B.L.U.B."

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/box-frenzy-mw0000651559
2. "1987 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year – NME". 10 October 2016.
3. rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html
4. rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/theword.htm
5. "TrouserPress.com :: Pop Will Eat Itself".

External links

• Box Frenzy – Bonus Tracks (All-Music Guide)
• Box Frenzy (PWEINation) (Fansite)