''Borrowed Time'' is the first
studio album
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by New Zealand hip hop duo
Frontline (
David "Con Psy" Dallas and Nick "41" McLaren). It was released on 31 October 2005 in New Zealand.
Release and promotion
''Borrowed Time'' was released in New Zealand by
Dirty Records
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on 31 October 2005.
Frontline embarked on the Line Em Up Tour, on which they performed in six New Zealand cities from 21 October 2005 to 11 November 2005, and were supported by
P-Money
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In 2008 P-Money released the single "Everything", which featured the New Zealand R&B singer Vince Harder. The song reached num ...
,
PNC and D-Form. The album was released to the United Kingdom
7digital
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store by
Warner Music New Zealand
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on 18 March 2006.
"Breathe with Me" was released in 2005 as the first
single
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from the album.
It reached number sixteen on the
New Zealand Singles Chart
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. "Lost in Translation", which features Charene, was released on 3 July 2006 and followed by tour of nine New Zealand cities from July to September 2006. Frontline were accompanied on the tour by PNC, DForm, Louie Knuxx and Charene. "Lost in Translation" reached number twenty-two on the New Zealand Singles Chart.
Reception
Gareth Shute of ''NZ Musician'' praised Con Psy's "snappy punchlines" on the album. A panel of music journalists from ''
The New Zealand Herald
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'' picked ''Borrowed Time'' as the fourteenth-best album of 2005. At the
2006 New Zealand Music Awards
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Bic Runga, the Bleeders and Fat Freddy's Drop each won two awards e ...
, ''Borrowed Time'' was nominated in the category of
Breakthrough Artist of the Year, and won
Best Urban/Hip Hop Album.
''Borrowed Time'' entered the
New Zealand Albums Chart
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at number twenty-seven on 7 November 2005, and fell off the chart the following week.
Track listing
#"Borrowed Time" - 0:55
#"Ready" - 4:15
#"Breathe with Me" - 3:53
#"Lost in Translation" - 5:59
#"What Was You Thinkin?" - 4:02
#"Gonna Get It" - 3:42
#"Screw Loose" - 4:57
#"Onto Something" - 3:49
#"Hold'em" - 3:26
#"Please Go" - 4:11
#"Night Time" - 4:47
#"We Ain't Done" - 3:45
#"Routine" - 4:15
#"Walk with You" - 6:16
#"Time Is Now" - 5:42
References
External links
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2005 albums
Frontline (band) albums