Panic Prevention

Infobox Album | Name = Panic Prevention
Type = studio
Artist = Jamie T


Released = January 29, 2007
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Indie Rock, Grime, Grindie
Length = 49:32
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = Jamie T, Ben Coupland
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xfqxq8rldae link]
*"Stranger (magazine)" (Positive) [http://www.stranger-mag.com/reviews/music/jamie-t.html link]
*Drowned In Sound (10/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/8524 Link]
*"NME" (8/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/jamie-t/8129 link]
*"The Observer" Rating|5|5 [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/reviews/story/0,,1992566,00.html link]
*"Uncut" Rating|4|5 [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/jamie_t/reviews/9239 Link]
*Yahoo! Music UK (6/10) [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070130/33/2129g.html link]

"Panic Prevention" is the Mercury Prize nominated debut album by Wimbledon-born singer-songwriter Jamie T, released in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2007. The album is so-called because of the panic attacks Jamie suffered as an adolescent. Most of the songs on the album deal with aspects of modern 'youth' culture in the UK (for example binge drinking), and as such has been strongly compared to the works of The Streets, Lily Allen and The Libertines. Three singles have been released from the album prior to its release: "Sheila", "If You Got The Money" and most recently "Calm Down Dearest".As of December 2007, the album has sold over 159,400 copies in the UK. It also came came 100th in a list of Top 100 Albums of 2007 in the UK.

Track listing

#"Brand New Bass Guitar" (Jamie T) – 2:08
#"Salvador" (Jamie T/Ben 'Bones' Coupland) – 3:32 ["Salvador" makes reference to El Salvador and Anglo Saxons]
#"Calm Down Dearest" (Jamie T) – 4:40 ["Calm Down Dearest" makes reference to The Strand and Billy Holiday]
#"So Lonely Was the Ballad" (Jamie T) – 3:50 ["So Lonely was the Ballad" makes reference to Marilyn Monroe and Panic attacks]
#"Back in the Game" (Jamie T) – 2:29
#"Operation" (Jamie T/Ben 'Bones' Coupland) – 5:48 ["Operation" makes reference to United Nations and Kofi Annan]
#"Sheila" (Jamie T/John Betjeman/Jim Parker) – 4:19 ["Sheila" makes reference to Stella Artois, Cockney, Gringo and features extracts from the John Betjeman poem, ""The Cockney Amorist"]
#"Pacemaker" (Jamie T) – 3:26 ["Pacemaker" makes reference to the Iraq War and the Dairy Milk Fruit and Nut Bar]
#"Dry Off Your Cheeks" (Jamie T) – 5:03 ["Dry Off Your Cheeks" makes reference to Elvis Presley]
#"Ike & Tina" (Jamie T) – 3:39 ["Ike & Tina" makes reference to Ike Turner and Tina Turner, Ray-Ban and Only Fools and Horses]
#"If You Got The Money" (Jamie T/Ian Lewis) – 4:04 ["If You Got The Money" makes reference to Orbit chewing gum and the Battle of Gallipoli]
#"Alicia Quays" (Jamie T) – 6:29 [The title of this song is a homonym of the name of American female singer Alicia Keys. "Alicia Quays" makes reference to Smirnoff Ice]

Credits

Performed by Jamie T except:
* Pacemaker
**James Dring - Drum Programming
**Alfie 'Larrikin' Ambrose - Bass
**Coz 'Larrikin' Kerrigan - Drums
**Jason Cox - Additional Keyboards
*Ike & Tina
**James Dring - Drum Programming
*If You Got The Money
**James Dring - Drum Programming
**Jason Cox - Additional Percussion
**Luis Felber - Guitar
**James Dunston - Bass
**Ceri Evans - Keyboards
**Ben Coupland - Drums

Footnotes