England Is a Garden is a studio album by British indie rock band Cornershop. It was released on 6 March 2020 under the band's own label, Ample Play Records.[9]
| England Is a Garden | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 6 March 2020 | |||
| Length | 48:20 | |||
| Label | Ample Play | |||
| Cornershop chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.6/10[1] |
| Metacritic | 82/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| And It Don't Stop |  [4] |
| The Independent |  [5] |
| MusicOMH | [6] |
| NME | [7] |
| The Observer | [8] |
The first single from the album, "No Rock: Save in Roll" was released on 26 November 2019.[10]
Critical reception
editEngland Is a Garden was met with universal acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 82, based on 10 reviews.[2]
AllMusic's Tim Sendra hailed England Is a Garden as Cornershop's "most cohesive and powerful record yet, full of songs that have a hearty punch to go along with their typically sharp hooks".[3] Elisa Bray of The Independent found its "pan-cultural melting pot of juxtapositions" as "confrontational" and "musically ambitious" as the band's early work.[5] Somewhat less impressed, Robert Christgau highlighted the songs "Everywhere That Wog Army Roam" and "The Cash Money" while offering as a summation that the band's singer and songwriter "Tjinder Singh fends off Brexit with his trademark hyperintelligent indirection, a tactic that doesn't work as well as it used to".[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "St Marie Under Canon" | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Slingshot" | 5:15 |
| 3. | "No Rock: Save in Roll" | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Everywhere That Wog Army Roam" | 5:09 |
| 5. | "King Kongs" | 0:09 |
| 6. | "Highly Amplified" | 4:49 |
| 7. | "England Is a Garden" | 1:45 |
| 8. | "Cash Money" | 5:19 |
| 9. | "Morning Ben" | 0:18 |
| 10. | "I’m a Wooden Soldier" | 5:00 |
| 11. | "One Uncareful Lady Owner" | 3:52 |
| 12. | "The Holy Name" | 8:50 |
Charts
edit| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] | 76 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[12] | 13 |
References
edit- ^ "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ a b Sendra, Tim. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (14 October 2020). "Consumer Guide: October, 2020". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ a b Bray, Elisa (4 March 2020). "Cornershop review, England is a Garden: Band are no less musically ambitious nearly 30 years later". The Independent. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Johnson, Steven (9 March 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Beaumont, Mark (4 March 2020). "Cornershop – 'England Is A Garden' review: DIY-'til-we-die anthems for their devoted cult following". NME. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Morris, Damien (8 March 2020). "Cornershop: England Is a Garden review – liberation, celebration". The Observer. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Roberts, Christopher (26 November 2019). "Cornershop Announce New Album". Under the Radar. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ Bloom, Madison (26 November 2019). "Cornershop Announce First Album in 8 Years, Share New Song". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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