Big Isn't Beautiful
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| Single by King Adora | ||||
| from the album 'Vibrate You' | ||||
| B-side | "Scream And Shout", "Comfortable" | |||
| Released | 31 July 2000 | |||
| Format | CD, 7" vinyl | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, hard rock, glam rock | |||
| Length | 2:41 | |||
| Label | Superior Quality Recordings | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Matt Browne, Martyn Nelson | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Sheldon | |||
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| Melody Maker |   |
"Big Isn't Beautiful" is the second single by British glam rock band King Adora. The single was released on 31 July 2000 on Superior Quality Recordings and reached number 94 on the UK Singles Chart. The song courted some controversy because of its lyrical content and would be remixed and partially re-recorded for the band's 2001 debut album, Vibrate You.
Big Isn't Beautiful was recorded at Great Linford Manor in Great Linford, Buckinghamshire in the first half of 2000 and was produced and mixed by Chris Sheldon. The song featured the first use of piano by King Adora and also included drum machine samples, which were credited on the single's sleeve to "Roland".
Big Isn't Beautiful is written from the point of view of an anorexic male, the band stating it was about "self-obsession and self-loathing at its most destructive". Singer Matt Browne responded to criticism of the song, saying "just because you’re not singing about something safe, people say, ‘you can’t do that’. People just misunderstood the perspective I was writing from. The title supposed to be tongue in cheek. It’s just a song". He went on to say Big Isn't Beautiful "just deals with that obsessive compulsive sort of personality, it's not meant to be offensive in the slightest, it's very heartfelt and sincere as far as I'm concerned and I'm very very proud of what I wrote".
Two b-sides were released on the single, Scream And Shout and Comfortable. Both songs were recorded at Woodbine Street Recording Studios in Royal Leamington Spa and produced by the band. John Rivers engineered the recordings. Scream And Shout was regularly played at the band's live shows and was included as a bonus track on the Enhanced CD version of the band's debut album, Vibrate You.
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