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The Streets
The Streets is an English musical project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner. The project was founded in the early 90s in Birmingham, while Skinner was still a teenager; however, no music would formally eventuate until the early 2000s. In the initial run of The Streets, the project released five studio albums: ''Original Pirate Material'' (2002), ''A Grand Don't Come for Free'' (2004), ''The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living'' (2006), '' Everything Is Borrowed'' (2008) and ''Computers and Blues'' (2011). The Streets also released a string of successful singles during this time, which reached the Top 40 on the UK Singles chart – including "Has It Come to This?", " Fit but You Know It", "Dry Your Eyes" (the project's only number-one single), "When You Wasn't Famous" and " Prangin' Out". After disbanding The Streets in 2011, Skinner pursued several other musical projects before ultimately reviving the moniker in 2017. A mixtape, ''None of Us Are Getting O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the List of English districts by population, largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of million people in the city proper in . Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The royal town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the northeast. The urban area has a population of 2.65million. Located in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Nicholls
Morgan Daniel Nicholls (born 18 March 1971) is an English musician, a member of English pop band Senseless Things who is best known for performing with Muse, Gorillaz, The Streets and Lily Allen. He has released one solo album under the mononym Morgan. Career Nicholls began his career with Senseless Things, with whom he released four studio albums between 1989 and 1995. He was subsequently involved with Vent 414 until 1997. In 2002, Morgan was involved as a producer on QueenAdreena's '' Drink Me''. In August 2004, he temporarily joined the alternative rock band Muse at the V Festival, filling in for bassist Christopher Wolstenholme who had broken his wrist playing football. In 2004, Morgan Nicholls joined Damon Albarn to play bass guitar on the 2005 Gorillaz album ''Demon Days''. Morgan knew the band from his friendship with Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett. In 2005 and 2006 he joined the Gorillaz live band for a live set of show for Demon Days, playing two 5 night residenci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive
''None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive'' is a mixtape by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner, under his music project the Streets. It was released on 10 July 2020 under Island Records. Singles On 14 April 2020, the Streets announced the first single "Call My Phone Thinking I'm Doing Nothing Better", which features Australian artist Tame Impala Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian singer and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker (musician), Kevin Parker. In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. As a touring a .... The second single "I Wish You Loved You As Much As You Love Him", which features Greentea Peng and Donae'o, was released on 4 June 2020. Critical reception ''None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When You Wasn't Famous
"When You Wasn't Famous" is a single by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner under the music project The Streets. It is the first single from their third studio album, ''The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living''. Released on 30 March 2006, it went straight to number 8 in the UK and number 26 in Ireland. The song's chorus is about how Skinner finds it easier to have sexual relations with non-famous women now that he's famous, but how things are just like they used to be when attempts to sleep with a similarly famous woman. The song's verses recount Skinner's unsuccessful attempt to seduce a female pop star. The lyrics are purportedly autobiographical, but Skinner has never confirmed the identity of the pop star (who at one point is described "smok ng crack") in question. He has, however, categorically denied rumours that it is Cheryl Cole or Rachel Stevens. The song contains the lyric "Considering the amount of prang you've done, you looked amazing on CD:UK" and a reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dry Your Eyes
"Dry Your Eyes" is a single by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner under the music project the Streets. The song describes the protagonist trying to cope with his girlfriend breaking up with him. It was released in the UK on 19 July 2004. The song is the Streets' most successful single, reaching number one in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2004, six days after its release. "Dry Your Eyes" also went straight to number one in Ireland staying there for three weeks in a row. In Australia, the song was ranked number 19 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. In October 2011, ''NME'' placed it at number 87 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". Music structure "Dry Your Eyes" is composed in the key of A major. It is written in common time and moves at a slow tempo of 80 beats per minute. The song is carried by a first inversion triad. The radio edit of the song, lasting 3:22, omits the bridge and third verse. The official video uses this edit. However, some radio edits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Has It Come To This?
"Has It Come to This?" is a song by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner under the music project the Streets. It was released in October 2001 as the lead single from their debut album '' Original Pirate Material''. The song reached number 18 in the United Kingdom and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry in June 2024. Critical reception Upon release, it was reviewed by ''NME'' as "the most original, lyrical British rap in memory", charting "an evolutionary route for UK garage". The song spent a total of five weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #18. Leonie Cooper of ''NME'' called the pirate radio call to arms of 'Lock down your aerial' "iconic". ''Mixmag'' included the song in their list of "40 of the best UK garage tracks released from 1995 to 2005". In November 2016, UK duo Gorgon City compiled a list of their top UK garage songs for ''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computers And Blues
''Computers and Blues'' is the fifth studio album by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner, under the music project The Streets. It was officially released in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2011; at the time Skinner said it would be the last Streets album although the project did subsequently relaunch in 2017 and 2020. It contains 14 songs, including an appearance from British singer-songwriter Clare Maguire Clare Rita Mary Maguire (born 15 September 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. She was signed to Universal Music Group, Polydor Records in 2009. She was rated in fifth place in the BBC Sound of 2011 list of the top 15 most promising new artis .... Rob Harvey of The Music worked closely with Skinner on the album and features on several songs. The cover photo is a close-up of the Ziggurats, Norfolk Terrace halls of residence at the University of East Anglia designed by architect Denys Lasdun. The 'Blues' part of the title refers to Skinner's beloved Birmingham City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Is Borrowed
''Everything Is Borrowed'' is the fourth studio album by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner, under the music project the Streets. Released in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2008, and in the United States on 7 October 2008, Skinner describes the album as a "peaceful coming to terms album" and as containing "peaceful positive vibes" which stand in stark contrast to the previous album, ''The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living'', which Skinner has described as a "guilt-ridden indulgence". The album's eponymous first single, was released on 29 September 2008. In the months leading up to the album's release, "The Escapist" was offered online as a free download, accompanied by a music video. The video (directed by Ted Mayhem) follows Skinner as he walks 770 miles from Dover to a beach in France, a feat Skinner actually undertook. " Who Knows Who", a track Skinner recorded with the band Muse, was leaked in August 2008 and was initially believed by many to be a track from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
