God Bless Miss Black America

God Bless Miss Black America
Studio album by Miss Black America
Released September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)[1]
Recorded The Magic Garden, Wolverhampton
September 2001 - January 2002[2]
Genre Rock, indie
Length 44:12
Label Integrity Records
Producer Gavin Monaghan
Miss Black America chronology
God Bless Miss Black America
(2002)		 Terminal
(2005)
Singles from God Bless Miss Black America
  1. "Don't Speak My Mind"
    Released: 2001
  2. "Infinite Chinese Box"
    Released: March 4, 2002
  3. "Talk Hard"
    Released: May 27, 2002
  4. "Miss Black America"
    Released: September 16, 2002

God Bless Miss Black America is a studio album released on September 16, 2002 by alternative rock band Miss Black America on Integrity Records. It was Miss Black America's debut album.

Track listing

# Title Length
1 Human Punk 2:40
2 Strobe 2:50
3 Car Crash For A Soul 3:19
4 Infinite Chinese Box 3:12
5 Roadkill 3:56
6 Personal Politics 4:13
7 Talk Hard 3:36
8 Scream For Me 3:04
9 Don't Speak My Mind 4:29
10 Miss Black America 4:43
11 Montana 8:10

Production

The album was recorded between September 2001 and January 2002 at The Magic Garden in Wolverhampton. All lyrics were written by Seymour Glass (with the exception of "Scream For Me", which also features vocals from Mike Smith) and all music was written by Miss Black America.[3] It was produced by Gavin Monaghan. It was engineered by Andy Taylor. It was mastered by Ian Shepherd at SRT. Photography for the artwork was produced by Julia Kidd and Daisy Metz.[4]

Personnel

Singles

Five tracks from the album were released as single, they were;

All five were included in two of John Peel's Festive Fiftys. "Don't Speak My Mind" and "Human Punk" were included in the 2001 list, placed at number 42 and number 14 respectively,[5] while "Infinite Chinese Box", "Miss Black America" and "Talk Hard" were placed at 45, 11 and 3 respectively in the 2002 list.[6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound (8/10)[7]
The Guardian		[8]

The album has been described as a "fast 'n' hard sonic pummelling",[7] and that "much of God Bless sounds like the more mature Manic Street Preachers playing U2's Boy".[9]

References

  1. ↑ "God Bless Miss Black America". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  2. ↑ "God Bless Miss Black America - Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  3. 1 2 God Bless Miss Black America sleeve notes
  4. ↑ "God Bless Miss Black America - Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  5. ↑ "2001 Festive Fifty list". BBC. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  6. ↑ "2002 Festive 50 list". BBC. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  7. 1 2 Williams, Gen, "God Bless Miss Black America", Drowned in Sound, Sept 21, 2002
  8. ↑ Simpson, Dave (2002-09-12). "CD:Miss Black America, God Bless Miss Black America". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  9. ↑ Simpson, Dave, "God Bless Miss Black America", The Guardian, Sept 12, 2002
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