Bring It On (Gomez album)

Bring It On
Studio album by Gomez
Released	13 April 1998
Recorded	1997-1998
Genre	Indie rock, Alternative rock
Length	54:06
Label	Hut (Virgin)
Producer	Gomez Ken Nelson (engineer)
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Gomez chronology
Bring It On (1998) Liquid Skin (1999)

Bring It On is the debut album by English band Gomez.

Gomez entered the recording studios in late 1997 to turn their demos into an album. As well, Gomez toured the UK with Embrace. Their first single "78 Stone Wobble" was released in March 1998 with their debut album Bring It On coming out a month later. The album received a good critical response from both sides of the Atlantic with Spin calling it a "damn beautiful album". Sales in the UK really took off when it won the 1998 Mercury Music Prize for best album beating the favourites Massive Attack's Mezzanine and The Verve's Urban Hymns. "Get Myself Arrested" and "Whippin' Piccadilly" were later released as singles. While Gomez toured the US as the support artist for Eagle Eye Cherry, Bring It On is the only Gomez album so far not to make the US charts although the album did make the Australian album charts. "Bring It On" is also the name of a song on Gomez's following album, Liquid Skin.

A 10th anniversary 2cd edition was released in 2008.

In early 2009, Gomez played a small number of shows in Australia that celebrated the 10th anniversary of Bring It On. At these shows, the album was performed in its entirety. They also did this during their festival tours in 2008.

Track listing

1. "Get Miles" – 5:15
2. "Whippin' Piccadilly" – 3:12
3. "Make No Sound" – 3:26
4. "78 Stone Wobble" – 4:22
5. "Tijuana Lady" – 7:08
6. "Here Comes the Breeze" – 5:29
7. "Love Is Better Than a Warm Trombone" – 3:29
8. "Get Myself Arrested" – 4:03
9. "Free to Run" – 4:31
10. "Bubble Gum Years" – 3:20
11. "Rie's Wagon" – 9:07
12. "The Comeback" – 0:44

10th Anniversary bonus cd:

1. Here Comes the Breeze (BBC session)
2. Brother Lead (BBC session)
3. 78 Stone Shuffle (BBC session)
4. Way You Do the Things You Do (BBC session)
5. Stag O' Lee (BBC session)
6. Whippin' Piccadilly (BBC session)
7. Rie's Wagon (BBC session)
8. Who's Gonna Go the Bar
9. Steve McCroski
10. Wham Bam
11. Flavors
12. Old School Shirt
13. Cowboy Song
14. Whippin' Piccadilly (Turbo Version)
15. Pussyfootin'
16. Pick Up the Pieces

Personnel

All tracks written and performed by Ball/Blackburn/Gray/Ottewell/Peacock.

Additional musicians:

• Mat Quinton - Tuba on "Get Miles"
• Ian Bracken - Cello on "Make No Sound"
• Susie Wright - Saxophone on "78 Stone Wobble"
• Steve Fellows - Fuzz Guitar on "Love Is Better Than A Warm Trombone"

Singles

UK singles with release dates and peak positions in the singles chart:

• "78 Stone Wobble" (30 March 1998) – #44
• "Get Myself Arrested" (1 June 1998) – #45
• "Whippin' Piccadilly" (31 August 1998) – #35

External links

• Bring It On at MusicBrainz