I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

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I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
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Studio album by
The BPA
Released6 January 2009
GenreIndie rock, electronic, pop
Length42:24
LabelSouthern Fried
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
Billboard(favorable)[2]
Blender3/5 stars[3]
Now Magazine2/5 stars[4]
Pitchfork Media(5.7/10)[5]
PopMatters6/10 stars[6]
Spin3/5 stars[7]
URB2/5 stars[8]

I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat is the debut album of British electronic act The Brighton Port Authority. It was released on Southern Fried on 6 January 2009 exclusively on amazon.com, with a regular release on 3 February. [9]

The Brighton Port Authority is a project of British musician Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, and his longtime engineer, Simon Thornton. The album features collaborations with DJ Danger Mouse, Tom Gandey (aka Cagedbaby), Justin Robertson, Ashley Beedle, Lateef, Martha Wainwright, Jamie T, David Byrne, Dizzee Rascal, Iggy Pop, Olly Hite, Connan Mockasin, Pete York, Jack Peñate and Emmy the Great.

The album's title refers to a famous line from the 1975 Steven Spielberg movie Jaws.

The track "Should I Stay or Should I Blow" from the album, featuring Ashley Beedle, is featured in the soundtrack of FIFA 10, a video game by EA Sports.

Track listing[]

Collaborators for each track are listed after the length.[10]

  1. "He's Frank (Slight Return)" – 3:16 (Iggy Pop)
  2. "Dirty Sheets" – 3:23 (Pete York)
  3. "Jumps the Fence" – 3:33 (Connan Mockasin)
  4. "Should I Stay or Should I Blow" – 2:29 (Ashley Beedle)
  5. "Island" – 4:26 (Justin Robertson)
  6. "Local Town" – 3:08 (Jamie T)
  7. "Seattle" – 3:55 (Emmy the Great)
  8. "Spade" – 3:15 (Martha Wainwright)
  9. "Superman" – 3:43 (Simon Thornton)
  10. "Superlover" – 4:11 (Cagedbaby)
  11. "Toe Jam" – 3:22 (David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal)
  12. "So It Goes" – 3:37 (Olly Hite)

Japanese Version[12] of the album also contains two bonus tracks:

  2. "Electric Love" – 4:21
  3. "So Fukt" – 3:28 (Lateef)

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Billboard review
  3. ^ "Blender review". Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  4. ^ Now Magazine review
  5. ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Archived from the original on 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  6. ^ PopMatters review
  7. ^ Spin review
  8. ^ "URB review". Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  9. ^ "The BPA (The Brighton Port Authority) :: News and Blog". The Brighton Port Authority. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  10. ^ Brighton Port Authority Album Details Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, Chart Attack, Jan 12 2009
  11. ^ [1] , Allmusic[dead link]
  12. ^ "Discography｜The Bpa Jpn Official Website". Avexnet.or.jp. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

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