Whiplash | ||||
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Studio album by James | ||||
Released | February 25, 1997 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 43:15 Reissue: 64:36) |
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Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Stephen Hague, David Baynton-Power | |||
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Singles from Whiplash | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Calgary Sun | |
Entertainment Weekly | (B+) |
Martin C. Strong | (6/10) |
Melody Maker | (mixed) |
NME | (4/10) |
Q | |
Sunday Mirror | (8/10) |
Sunday Times | (favourable) |
Toronto Sun | (favourable) |
Whiplash is the seventh studio album by British alternative rock band James. It contained the top ten hit "She's a Star" which re-established the group commercially. The sessions for the album were long and stretched over a period of more than 2 years with many unreleased songs being recorded – Brian Eno produced many of the early sessions and details some of these songs and the recording process in his book A Year with Swollen Appendices. The album was reissued in remastered form in 2001 with 4 bonus tracks.
Whiplash was chosen as one of the 50 best albums of 1997 by Q Magazine.
All tracks written by Tim Booth, Larry Gott and Jim Glennie; except where noted.