Scritti Politti - White Bread Black Beer
General Description
Artist/Band: Scritti Politti
Album Title: White Bread Black Beer
Year: 2006
Sticky substance
How I Got Into This Music
Well, I’ve written stuff about this band before: I just like Scritti Politti, that’s it.
And now a new album full of fun!
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Tracks that got my attention:
Boom Boom Bap
A recurring theme: this overly sweet song is something that’d normally make me run to the toilet, but not with this track. How does he do it?!?
No Fine Lines
Beautiful track, short and sweet..
Snow in Sun
Aha! This time I was prepared for it: this is such an unbelievably simple track, I knew that I’d not like it in the beginning and that after a coupla times it’d be one of my faves. Especially that really urban part at the end
Cooking
Just like the guitar on this one, the chorus is also brilliant
Throw
There’s no way this guy can deny he’s never been influenced by the Beach Boys
Dr. Abernathy
Heheh, a very devious track: a very slow intro followed by the most catchy (or annoying, depends on your mood) tunes ever
After Six
Simple song, funny lyrics!
Petrococadollar
Excellent title, just love the whole production setup of this track, sit down and listen to this one
Robin Hood
Man, this is so Americana, Beatles, Scritti!
Conclusion
This album is pretentious. Well, you might think that, you really might. The whole layer cake of melodies, harmonies and technical production that results in this.. uhm.. hold on.. Nope, can’t do it.
This album might be called pretentious in its unpretentiousness.. You follow? No? ohhell..
The way it’s done.. So simple, so clean, so nice. Erm..
OK, here we go: it’s a bloody brilliant album, the syrupy sweetness is a decoy for some very intricate and fun production of songs that kinda stick to me (hence, the syrup). Very, very sticky.
Rating: 
October 8th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Cet album est tout simplement délicieux. Prenez un auditeur qui voudrait, par ‘politicaly co-Rocked’ attitude, dire: Trop doux, moi je ne mange pas de ça! Eh bien, quand quelque chose est délicieux, on a beau se vouloir un peu rustre, eh bien on se dit, “j’aime pas penser ça mais je le pense: ça, c’est délicieux!”
Well done Scritti! Gartside is so Green!
October 15th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
hey there, MhM (love the nick btw)
ehm, I finally put your comment through the horrible google translator:
>> This album is simply delicious. Take a listener who would like, through ‘co-politicaly Rocked’
>> attitude, saying: Too soft, I do not eat that! Well, when something is delicious, it was nice
>> to want a little boorish, well, it is said, “I think it not but I think: It’s delicious!”
I’m guessing some stuff got lost in translation
But I looked hard at the original comment and I guess I agree: people wouldn’t expect to think
this music to be that delicious and are pleasantly surprised by their mistake.
Scritti is weird and wonderful!