''Elvis Sex-Change'' is a
compilation album
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by the British
indie rock
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band
Cornershop
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, released in 1993. It compiles the band's first two
EPs
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''In the Days of Ford Cortina'' and ''Lock Stock & Double Barrel''.
Critical reception
Greil Marcus
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Biogra ...
, in ''
Artforum
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'', wrote that the songs are "all blocked gestures and creative exhaustion, stumbling stabs at anger or love. It's music completely defined by its limits, and touching for just that quality."
Track listing
All songs written by
Ben Ayres, David Chambers, Avtar Singh and
Tjinder Singh.
#"Waterlogged" – 3:56
#"Moonshine" – 2:30
#"Kawasaki (More Heat Than Chapati)" – 2:58
#"Hanif Kureishi Scene" – 3:25
#"England's Dreaming" – 3:36
#"Trip Easy" – 2:59
#"Summer Fun in a Beat Up Datsun" – 1:31
#"Breaking Every Rule Language English" – 3:14
* Tracks 1 – 4 from the ''In the Days of Ford Cortina'' EP (1993)
* Tracks 5 – 8 from the ''Lock Stock & Double Barrel'' EP (1993)
Personnel
*
Tjinder Singh – vocals, bass, baja,
dholki
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* Ben Ayres – guitar, vocals
* Avtar Singh – guitar
* David Chambers – drums, baja
Additional musicians
* Anthony "Saffs" Saffery –
sitar
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* Kulwant Ghakal – flute
Technical
*
John Robb – production
* Charlie – engineering
* Rex – engineering
* Kiran – drawings
* Jake – drawings
References
External links
''Elvis Sex-Change'' at Discogs.com
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1993 compilation albums
Cornershop albums
Wiiija albums