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Everything Is Borrowed | 
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| Artist: The Streets
Label: Sixsevenine
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
Buy New: £8.98
You Save: £7.01 (44%)
New (28) Used (3) from £6.54
Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 273
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 825646938612
EAN: 0825646938612
ASIN: B001DLU9MO
Release Date: September 15, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Everything Is Borrowed | | • | Heaven For The Weather | | • | I Love You More (Than You Like Me) | | • | Way Of The Dodo | | • | On The Flip Of A Coin | | • | On The Edge Of A Cliff | | • | Never Give In | | • | Sherry End | | • | Alleged Legends | | • | Strongest Person I Know | | • | Escapist |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
So, what to do once you've pushed things forward, had a song and a little dance about it and sold the t-shirt? Push things back? Mike Skinner, aka The Streets, faced such a quandary following the comparatively aimless shambles that was third album The Hardest Way to Make An Easy Living which hobbled with neither a clear style or sense of self; a significant problem when he'd justified his existence on incisive social narrations, a unique voice and sharp musical intuitions. He was in need of either a hark back to the glory of his debut (2002's Original Pirate Material) or a full reinvention. As chances of him having enjoyed a rubbery kebab from a plastic tray in a town-centre gutter at 4am of late are slim, a reinvention it is then. Everything Is Borrowed concentrates squarely on the feel-good vibe that has driven his celebrated live shows, staying optimistic even when low-key, an intention emphasised by his accrual of a live band to record with in the studio for the first time and fire the tone. And to go with big production ideals come bigger ideas and his transformation from commentator to pub philosopher, putting the world to rights. Ok, so that may only be a moderate success--his ponderings aren't especially progressed and his vocabulary disappointingly stumpy--but bright summer sing-along "Heaven for the Weather", speakeasy jazz 2-step "I Love You More" and chill-out rambling gospel anthem "The Escapist" more than justify the gamble. --James Berry
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Uplifting streets! September 25, 2008
Nac (London)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
So much better than the last one. This time we get great tunes, some wry observations and a far more positive vibe. Still not got the lyrics to match orignal pirate material but the beats are great and the lesser tracks grow with each listen. Really enjoyable.
the best yet... September 14, 2008
sarah black (uk)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
totally awesome album, confirming mike skinner as one of the best poets and lyricists we have... i loved heaven for the weather and on the edge of a cliff... buy it, it gets better on every listen - you won't be disappointed.
Return to form September 14, 2008
kit2727
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Gotta say, I agree with the glowing reviews in the Times, Guardian, Indy etc - Mike's back on form, spinning some really interesting yarns over some really great beats (all made on live instruments). Flip Of A Coin will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck like Dry Your Eyes did. Definitely worth a punt.
refreshing September 15, 2008
Northern Lad (UK)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Some great tracks on this album, some filler ones too. Strongest Person i know is top song on the album. Just a shame the album is so short!. Great buy, bring on the 5th album!.
top songs:
1. Strongest person i know
2. On the edge of a cliff
3. Everything is borrowed
4. Escapist
A Breath of Fresh Air September 30, 2008
Mr. A. Seleska (Essex, UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everything is Borrowed is easily Skinners best work. I have been a Streets fan since I first heard Original Pirate Material. I love Skinners intelligence he writes with, the clever philosophy that is discretely woven throughout every album he has ever made, each one a new and interesting level, a new leg of a journey.
Too often these days you can sit in your car playing the radio and some song from the latest craze Indy band will come on that frankly sounds like anyone with a guitar and drum set could have written and sung. R&B although there are notable exceptions is generally samey and mass produced. The same can be said for most genres of music in this day and age. But The Streets are a breath of Fresh air, a group who are as widely different as they are good. With a totally unique sound and full of utterly refreshing opinions from the normal PC "Follow the Crowd" cacophony of so called "artists" who inhabit the charts.
Now Everything Is Borrowed is an awesome album, the first that has ever compelled me to write a review! An uplifiting and philosophical joyride through Skinners celebration of life. I defy anyone to listen, actually listen to this album and not find themselves smiling and nodding in agreement. It is truly a masterpiece.
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