- General CommentBased on the cover art I thought this was a typical zombie fare.After watching the music video it seems to be about the living zombies that actually exist. People who walk around and lie and love and live, then fall, cry, fail and die.
- Evil Nine have done a nice production with their first album. Despite of being from 2004, there is definitely a 90s vibe into it. I have discovered these guys in the first 'Community Service' mix of The Crystal Method thanks to the song 'Cake Hole'.
- Evil Nine You Are Not Through. Evil Nine Show all songs by Evil Nine Popular Evil Nine albums They Live! 12' Single 2008 All The Cash 12' Single.
Evil Nine are but two, the studio mix duo of Tom Beaufoy and Pat Hardy, whose work here occupies similar territory to Leftfield, with big, authoritative beats propelling subtly shifting, minimal. Tom Beaufoy - keyboards, turntables, programming, samples; Patrick Pardy - bass, guitar, engineering, keyboards; Additional musicians. Chris Kavanagh (Big Audio Dynamite) - drums; Aesop Rock - raps on 'Crooked' Juice Aleem - raps on 'Pearl Shot' Mary Shodipo - vocals on 'You Are Not Through'.
| You Can Be Special Too | |||
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| Studio album by | |||
| Released | 2 August 2004 | ||
| Genre | Big beat, breakbeat, electronica, trip hop | ||
| Length | 52:49 | ||
| Label | Marine Parade | ||
| Producer | Tom Beaufoy, Pat Pardy | ||
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| Singles from You Can Be Special Too | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com | [1] |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| The Independent | [3] |
| PopMatters | (7/10)[4] |
You Can Be Special Too is the debut album of Evil Nine. It was released on 2 August 2004 on Marine Parade Records.
The album includes four skits containing a variety of samples.
Tracks 12 and 13 are mislabeled on the album. The song 'Restless' actually plays on track 13 and 'Even the Smells' plays on track 12. It is unknown what order the tracks were meant to appear on the album. The correct times are listed below according to the track name - but not the number.
Track listing[edit]
Evil Nine Pearl Shot Lyrics
- 'Crooked' (featuring Aesop Rock) – 5:47
- 'Devil Stuff' – 4:52
- 'Earth' – 4:38
- 'You Can Be Special (Skit)' – 0:34
- 'We Have the Energy' – 5:21
- 'Snack Bar Lounge' – 2:55
- 'Help (Skit)' – 0:22
- 'Pearl Shot' (featuring Juice Aleem) – 5:19
- 'You Are Not Through' – 4:48
- 'Richard & Jane (Skit)' – 0:30
- 'For Lovers Not Fighters' – 4:12
- 'Even the Smells' – 2:03
- 'Restless' (featuring Toastie Taylor) – 4:54
- 'You Can Be Special 2 (Skit)' – 0:31
- 'Hired Goons' – 5:44
Samples[edit]
The dialogue at the start of track 4 is from the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
Personnel[edit]
Evil Nine[edit]
- Tom Beaufoy - keyboards, turntables, programming, samples
- Patrick Pardy - bass, guitar, engineering, keyboards
Additional musicians[edit]
Evil Nine Pearl Shot 45-70
- Chris Kavanagh (Big Audio Dynamite) - drums
- Aesop Rock - raps on 'Crooked'
- Juice Aleem - raps on 'Pearl Shot'
- Mary Shodipo - vocals on 'You Are Not Through'
- Grant Mitchell - guitar on 'Devil Stuff' & 'You Are Not Through'
- Garvin Edwards (Toastie Taylor) - raps and vocals on 'Restless
References[edit]
- ^Allison, Mike. 'Evil Nine – You Can Be Special Too'. About.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^Anderson, Rick. 'You Can Be Special Too Review'. Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^Gill, Andy (October 8, 2004). 'Album: Evil Nine'. The Independent. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^Umile, Dominic (March 29, 2005). 'Evil Nine: You Can Be Special Too'. PopMatters. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Can_Be_Special_Too&oldid=915284358'
Evil Nine Pearl Shot Sound Effect
Shh.. the baby is sleeping
A blind date with CNN
a click
ouch
a click of beer man, that's the 10 year old
motherfucking deep space evil nine millimeter
white noise television
fucking 3am
gotta wonder if the roach was invented in my kitchen
shut the fuck up
don't wanna hear that shit
backwards
with the volume up to keep it all out
WE
na na na na
WE Don't .
[Chorus]
we don't like it when the city lights start fading
when the city lights fading then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city people act crooked
when the city people crooked then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city pigeons break wings
when the pigeons break wings then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city fire starts spreading
when the city fire's spreading then we can't get down (YO!)
[Verse]
Soup'ed up in it, crook with a cord
with a cord with a two tonne gimmick
Deep space evil nine millimeter gimme
damn needle point in this pin cushion family
Hot dam at the N.Y. resin
I soaked the bad air, the smoke we sold
So I'll stop, child’s smile like a moby cobra,
low key dozer revoked me ultra,
… to promote the ulcer
chug, dro bear hug wrote the folk lore
see the man … branch off strange when he willow
weep till the face go paisley
… bad brains dumb dumb brainiac bust out, girder, flushed out
… burn curdle in the dirt like its
Been all night at the earthworm church
- Bang-
clash with the ants and termites
ride through the wheels and fall off the dirt bike
well I still hold diamonds by the caseload
hide the prescription, miller said I’m stable
A R strike the pause
Put the flaws in a box with a … f*ck off
Mallet for the media, mallet for the laws
dragging a mallet through the city when he walks
subliminal is so nineties, get wit it,
im more like bird watch then a mobster look
…
it goes dem’s good deeds
… stomach churning, round 2, quick, south of the sternum
what it is now, verse what it was, beat myself till the pain came up
dork faced boy got apocalypse charm
with a yellowy grin, metal thin, metal limb
metal kicks kiss metal bricks, kiss metal
metal with this an anti bliss missile
close to the fire when I bare skin lie
leave me the idiot box I’m fine
but if i gotta see another roller skating parrot
on animal planet on a needle point eye
eye to the needle, clean set of chompers
made me a demo tape, … mobsters
go ahead y'all flap y'all chops
they stick wid it till their face fall off
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
Off your fucking mind
shoot crooked
[Chorus]
we don't like it when the city lights start fading
when the city lights fading then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city people act crooked
when the city people crooked then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city pigeons break wings
when the pigeons break wings then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city fire starts spreading
when the fire's spreading then we can't get down
[Verse]
I met a girl with an angel face and two devil horns pokin out maybe with her brains replaced
She said walk to the store with her, ok
bought a carton of squares, I think I fell in love today
Now whats a pretty little thing like you doing walking with a condor circle when the city lights fade
dead walk only to re-dig the graves
and make it big enough to fit tv's and microwaves
Ooooh she didnt say shit (nup)
Smiles that could melt the gloss off your whip
And before I could ask her about her high wire, homegirl walked face first straight through the fire
kill the pigs and poke th lump with a fork
if it all bleeds y’all need to shut the oven door
Here half worm dirt in the mouth
so its raining mud when the tongue lash out
cool beans, perfect dope
like Aes with a rafter and 6 feet of rope
.. spill out hate in all sections,
you can get fucked when you standing at attention
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
Fix the fucking antenna
[Chorus]
we don't like it when the city lights start fading
when the city lights fading then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city people act crooked
when the city people crooked then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city pigeons break wings
when the pigeons break wings then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city fire starts spreading
when the fire's spreading then we can't get down (ok)
[outro]
no doubt
he ain’t, he ain’t got a gun in no shoe box
Face to the floor drop it
Still carry the evilest nine weapons
A blind date with CNN
a click
ouch
a click of beer man, that's the 10 year old
motherfucking deep space evil nine millimeter
white noise television
fucking 3am
gotta wonder if the roach was invented in my kitchen
shut the fuck up
don't wanna hear that shit
backwards
with the volume up to keep it all out
WE
na na na na
WE Don't .
[Chorus]
we don't like it when the city lights start fading
when the city lights fading then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city people act crooked
when the city people crooked then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city pigeons break wings
when the pigeons break wings then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city fire starts spreading
when the city fire's spreading then we can't get down (YO!)
[Verse]
Soup'ed up in it, crook with a cord
with a cord with a two tonne gimmick
Deep space evil nine millimeter gimme
damn needle point in this pin cushion family
Hot dam at the N.Y. resin
I soaked the bad air, the smoke we sold
So I'll stop, child’s smile like a moby cobra,
low key dozer revoked me ultra,
… to promote the ulcer
chug, dro bear hug wrote the folk lore
see the man … branch off strange when he willow
weep till the face go paisley
… bad brains dumb dumb brainiac bust out, girder, flushed out
… burn curdle in the dirt like its
Been all night at the earthworm church
- Bang-
clash with the ants and termites
ride through the wheels and fall off the dirt bike
well I still hold diamonds by the caseload
hide the prescription, miller said I’m stable
A R strike the pause
Put the flaws in a box with a … f*ck off
Mallet for the media, mallet for the laws
dragging a mallet through the city when he walks
subliminal is so nineties, get wit it,
im more like bird watch then a mobster look
…
it goes dem’s good deeds
… stomach churning, round 2, quick, south of the sternum
what it is now, verse what it was, beat myself till the pain came up
dork faced boy got apocalypse charm
with a yellowy grin, metal thin, metal limb
metal kicks kiss metal bricks, kiss metal
metal with this an anti bliss missile
close to the fire when I bare skin lie
leave me the idiot box I’m fine
but if i gotta see another roller skating parrot
on animal planet on a needle point eye
eye to the needle, clean set of chompers
made me a demo tape, … mobsters
go ahead y'all flap y'all chops
they stick wid it till their face fall off
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
Off your fucking mind
shoot crooked
[Chorus]
we don't like it when the city lights start fading
when the city lights fading then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city people act crooked
when the city people crooked then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city pigeons break wings
when the pigeons break wings then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city fire starts spreading
when the fire's spreading then we can't get down
[Verse]
I met a girl with an angel face and two devil horns pokin out maybe with her brains replaced
She said walk to the store with her, ok
bought a carton of squares, I think I fell in love today
Now whats a pretty little thing like you doing walking with a condor circle when the city lights fade
dead walk only to re-dig the graves
and make it big enough to fit tv's and microwaves
Ooooh she didnt say shit (nup)
Smiles that could melt the gloss off your whip
And before I could ask her about her high wire, homegirl walked face first straight through the fire
kill the pigs and poke th lump with a fork
if it all bleeds y’all need to shut the oven door
Here half worm dirt in the mouth
so its raining mud when the tongue lash out
cool beans, perfect dope
like Aes with a rafter and 6 feet of rope
.. spill out hate in all sections,
you can get fucked when you standing at attention
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
And the evilest of nine's guaranteed to shoot crooked
Fix the fucking antenna
[Chorus]
we don't like it when the city lights start fading
when the city lights fading then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city people act crooked
when the city people crooked then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city pigeons break wings
when the pigeons break wings then we can't get down (ok)
we don't like it when the city fire starts spreading
when the fire's spreading then we can't get down (ok)
[outro]
no doubt
he ain’t, he ain’t got a gun in no shoe box
Face to the floor drop it
Still carry the evilest nine weapons
Lyrics submitted by llucyford
Evil Nine Pearl Shot Band
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