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- Date Released: May 2, 2000
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative
- Label: Domino Recording Co
A classic debut of brilliantly singular garage rock.
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We Say...
When I spoke to Clinic's main man, Ade Blackburn, around the time of this quietly psychotic debut album from 2000, his name-dropping was abnormally recherché: hot favorites included Crime, the Californian cop-dressed punks, and doo-wop group the Penguins. In actuality, the ghosts of Phil Spector, the Velvet Underground, the 13th Floor Elevators and Pixies (the unsettling bits that Kurt Cobain left behind) swept variously through the band's spooky sound at the time — "record-collection rock" comes no hipper than Internal Wrangler. Far from lame referencing, though, the lab-coat-wearing Liverpudlian quartet here translated their fanaticism into a brilliantly singular breed of garage rock. In their armory: twangin' guitar, a '60s Phillips organ sound so thick you could fill your sandwich with it (see "The Second Line"), plus even further-flung relics such as harmonium, harpsichord, pocket clarinet and "psychedelic box," which provides the weird vibrato effect on the title track. Post-Britpop, such invention was just what the doctor ordered.
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They Say...
Clinic's long-awaited debut album Internal Wrangler fleshes out the sound the group crafted on their self-released EPs, and it also adds a few new twists. Though eerie, punk-tinged songs like "The Return of Evil Bill" and the title track sound like they could have appeared on the band's first singles, Internal Wrangler's best songs concentrate on the experimental yet accessible sides of Clinic's sound. "The Second Line"'s darkly catchy throb, the aptly named "2nd Foot Stomp"'s organ-driven pulse, and "Voodoo Wop"'s blend of surf and Krautrock are a logical progression from Clinic's roots, but ballads like the "Pale Blue Eyes"-esque "Distortions" and the late-night calm of "Goodnight Georgie" are a leap into new territory for the band. Though some of the thrashier songs like "C.Q." and "T.K." and a bottom-heavy song sequence detract from the album's flow, Internal Wrangler is still a strong debut from one of England's most promising and distinctive indie bands.
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| 01. |  |
Voodoo Wop |
1:43 |
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| 02. | |
The Return Of Evil Bill |
2:34 |
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| 03. | |
Internal Wrangler |
3:05 |
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| 04. | |
DJ Shangri-La |
0:54 |
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| 05. | |
The Second Line |
2:30 |
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| 06. | |
C.Q. |
1:11 |
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| 07. | |
T.K. |
2:33 |
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| 08. | |
Earth Angel |
3:22 |
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| 09. | |
Distortions |
4:03 |
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| 10. | |
Hippy Death Suite |
1:20 |
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| 11. | |
2nd Foot Stomp |
2:54 |
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| 12. | |
February 3rd |
2:35 |
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| 13. | |
Goodnight Georgie |
2:34 |
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13 Total Tracks, 31:18 Total Length
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Credits
- Clinic - Producer // Clinic - Main Performer // Clinic - Mixing // Roger Johnson - Assistant Engineer // Gareth Jones - Producer // Gareth Jones - Mixing // Andy Baker - Engineer // Carl Brown - Engineer // Luke Gifford - Engineer // Lem Latimer - Engineer // River City High - Performer // Tim Bruzon - Assistant Engineer // Internal Wrangler - Main Performer
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