The Curse of Singapore Sling

Infobox Album | Name = The Curse of Singapore Sling


Type = Studio Album
Artist = Singapore Sling
Released = flagicon|Iceland August 2002
flagicon|USA June 17 2003
Recorded =
Length = 41:00
Genre = Indie rock
Label = flagicon|Iceland Hitt Records
flagicon|USA Stinky Records
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xfoxqqald6e link]
Last album =
This album = "The Curse of"
(2002)
Next album = "Life Is Killing My Rock 'N' Roll"
(2004)
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"The Curse of Singapore Sling" (also "The Curse of") is the premier studio album by Reykjavík-based indie rock band Singapore Sling.

Releases

The CD album was released in 2002 by Hitt Records (HITT 006), it was licensed and released in the United States one year after by indie label Stinky Records (STNK 5). However tracks #1, #2, #3 and #8 are available in the 2007 best of "The Curse, the Life, the Blood" (CD/LP) released in Europe by German label 8 mm Musik.

Notable songs

An 8-track demo version of the opening track "Overdriver" was made available online on the Iceland Airwaves music festival website in 2001. The MP3 was titled "Overdrive".

About "Chantissity", Singapore Sling's frontman Henrik Bjornsson declared in a 2003 interview: "It's actually a recording I did by myself quite a long time ago, maybe two or three years ago, on an eight track. I recorded it in like two hours, on a hangover. And that's almost exactly the same version as I recorded back then. I've no idea what it means. I've been trying to listen to the words, but I don't know what it's about. "Chant" means chant, "chantisissity" doesn't mean anything". [ [http://www.cucamonga.be/interviews/SingaporeSling0603.htm The Curse of Singapore Sling, Cucamonga, 6 June 2003] ] The following track, "Dirty Water" is a cover of a 1966 hit single by Garage Rock band The Standells.

Track listing

# "Overdriver" - 3:46
# "Summer Garden" - 2:56
# "Nuthin' Ain't Bad" - 3:38
# "Midnight" - 5:33
# "No Soul Man" - 4:21
# "Roadkill" (instrumental) - 4:36
# "Listen" - 4:31
# "Heart Of Chrome" - 3:07
# "Chantissity" - 3:46
# "Dirty Water" (cover of The Standells) - 6:46

Promo video

Edda (Hitt Records) the now-defunct Icelandic label produced a 3:58 video for "Listen" who became the single although no SP was actually released. This black and white PV was directed by Arni Thor Jonsson from the Reykjavík studio Sagofilm and was released in Iceland on October 22 2002. The featured girls wearing a bikini and dancing come from the Icelandic female volleyball league.

Since 2003 the video is available online through the American label Stinky Records' official website. [ [http://www.stinkyrecords.com/stinky_artists/singapore_sling.html "Listen" (promo video)] , Stinky Rec. website]

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