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When I Was Born for the 7th Time

by Cornershop

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Album review

For all the talk of this record's blend of South Asian and northern English pop sounds, the music here sounds neither daringly cross-pollinated nor strangely juxtaposed. Rather it sounds like a rather conventional pop record, one that harkens back to the days when pop didn't have to be sonically conservative and genrespecific. Cornershop's willingness to make a pop record, rather than its desire to reconcile its leader's British and Indian heritage, is what makes this a great breakthrough album. --Roni Sarig


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About the artist

Cornershop is a rock band from Leicester, UK, consisting of Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and dholaki player), Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), Anthony Saffery (sitar, keyboards and harmonium), Nick Simms (drums) and Peter Bengry (percussion). Most of the original members were also in the Preston band General Havoc. Their name...

Track list

  1. Sleep on the Left Side
  2. Brimful of Asha
  3. Butter the Soul
  4. Chocolat
  5. We're in Yr Corner
  6. Funky Days Are Back Again
  7. What Is Happening?
  8. When the Light Appears Boy - Cornershop, Allen Ginsberg
  9. Coming Up
  10. Good Shit
  11. Good to Be on the Road Back Home
  12. It's Indian Tobacco My Friend
  13. Candy Man
  14. State Troopers, Pt. 1
  15. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)