| Breed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 22, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 39:10 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer |
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| Lauren Christy chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Breed | ||||
Breed is the second studio album by British singer Lauren Christy. It was released on July 22, 1997, by Mercury Records. [3] After the album's release, Christy quit her solo music career to join the writing/production trio The Matrix.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  
[3] |
AllMusic states that Breed is a "great second record from an extraordinary talent, and one of 1997's best pop albums." [3] The website describes the album's sound as "slightly sinister pop, with finely woven layers of fuzz guitar [and] pulsing drums." [3] It also notes that "Christy likes to build songs up bit by bit, but always cuts quickly to the chase--as in the flowing "Burn": first a simple, strummed acoustic guitar, and then before you know it the chorus blasts in from out of nowhere, background vocals soaring above her hypnotic vocals and a perfectly applied mechanical beat." [3]
Appearances in other media
The title track was featured on the soundtrack for the 1997 film Batman & Robin, released by Warner Bros. Records. [4] The song "I Want What I Want" also appeared in the 1998 film Wild Things. [5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Breed" | 3:05 | |
| 2. | "I Want What I Want" |
| 4:02 |
| 3. | "Magazine" |
| 3:28 |
| 4. | "You Make Me Laugh" |
| 3:32 |
| 5. | "25 Back Then" |
| 3:28 |
| 6. | "Boomerang Bang" |
| 4:05 |
| 7. | "Burn" |
| 3:10 |
| 8. | "Letterbomb" |
| 4:06 |
| 9. | "Could've Been" |
| 3:46 |
| 10. | "The Night I Saved Peter Ustinov" |
| 3:58 |
| 11. | "Breed (Coda)" |
| 2:30 |
| Total length: | 39:10 | ||
Release history
| Region | Date | Edition(s) | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | July 22, 1997 | Standard | CD | Mercury | [6] |
References
- ^ "New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1209. August 8, 1997. p. 36.
- ^ "New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1222. November 7, 1997. p. 39.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e AllMusic staff (June 24, 1997).
"Breed - Lauren Christy | Songs, Reviews, Credits".
AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
{{ cite web}}:|author=has generic name ( help) - ^ "Batman And Robin - Original Soundtrack - Hartford Courant". Courant.com. June 12, 1997. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ Howe, Desson (March 20, 1998). "'Wild Things': A Hot Pursuit". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- ^ White, Timothy (August 2, 1997). "M2 Reinvents the Art of Music TV". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 31. p. 3.
| Breed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 22, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 39:10 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer |
| |||
| Lauren Christy chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from Breed | ||||
Breed is the second studio album by British singer Lauren Christy. It was released on July 22, 1997, by Mercury Records. [3] After the album's release, Christy quit her solo music career to join the writing/production trio The Matrix.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |
[3] |
AllMusic states that Breed is a "great second record from an extraordinary talent, and one of 1997's best pop albums." [3] The website describes the album's sound as "slightly sinister pop, with finely woven layers of fuzz guitar [and] pulsing drums." [3] It also notes that "Christy likes to build songs up bit by bit, but always cuts quickly to the chase--as in the flowing "Burn": first a simple, strummed acoustic guitar, and then before you know it the chorus blasts in from out of nowhere, background vocals soaring above her hypnotic vocals and a perfectly applied mechanical beat." [3]
Appearances in other media
The title track was featured on the soundtrack for the 1997 film Batman & Robin, released by Warner Bros. Records. [4] The song "I Want What I Want" also appeared in the 1998 film Wild Things. [5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Breed" | 3:05 | |
| 2. | "I Want What I Want" |
| 4:02 |
| 3. | "Magazine" |
| 3:28 |
| 4. | "You Make Me Laugh" |
| 3:32 |
| 5. | "25 Back Then" |
| 3:28 |
| 6. | "Boomerang Bang" |
| 4:05 |
| 7. | "Burn" |
| 3:10 |
| 8. | "Letterbomb" |
| 4:06 |
| 9. | "Could've Been" |
| 3:46 |
| 10. | "The Night I Saved Peter Ustinov" |
| 3:58 |
| 11. | "Breed (Coda)" |
| 2:30 |
| Total length: | 39:10 | ||
Release history
| Region | Date | Edition(s) | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | July 22, 1997 | Standard | CD | Mercury | [6] |
References
- ^ "New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1209. August 8, 1997. p. 36.
- ^ "New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1222. November 7, 1997. p. 39.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e AllMusic staff (June 24, 1997).
"Breed - Lauren Christy | Songs, Reviews, Credits".
AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
{{ cite web}}:|author=has generic name ( help) - ^ "Batman And Robin - Original Soundtrack - Hartford Courant". Courant.com. June 12, 1997. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ Howe, Desson (March 20, 1998). "'Wild Things': A Hot Pursuit". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- ^ White, Timothy (August 2, 1997). "M2 Reinvents the Art of Music TV". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 31. p. 3.