Hold On It's Easy
Studio album by
Cornershop
Released2 February 2015 (2015-02-02)
RecordedSassy P Studios, London and West Orange Studios, Preston.
GenreEasy listening, pop, hip hop
LabelAmple Play
ProducerTjinder Singh
Cornershop chronology
Urban Turban
(2012)		 Hold On It's Easy
(2015)		 England Is a Garden
(2020)

Hold On It's Easy is a 2015 studio album by the British band Cornershop. It consists of easy listening re-recordings of tracks from the band's 1994 album Hold On It Hurts, with the Elastic Big Band.[1] Singer Tjinder Singh said of the album "There was also an element of humour about doing a very noisy Riot Grrrl album in an easy-listening format. It came about because over the years we have got to know many a different musician, so it made the whole thing possible."[1]

Reception

Uncut gave the album seven out of ten.[2] The Guardian's Tim Jonze awarded it three stars out of five, calling it "a playful distraction".[3] Mojo gave it six out of ten, stating "The results are at first comically unexpected, then intriguing."[4] Allmusic writer Tim Sendra gave it three stars, calling it "something defiantly square...[a] complete deconstruction of one of their career highlights".[5] Record Collector writer Jake Kennedy gave it two stars, calling it "perhaps the most bloody-minded thing they've done since [Hold On It Hurts]...one of Cornershops most difficult works, for all the wrong reasons".[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Tjinder Singh

  1. "Jason Donovan/Tessa Sanderson"
  2. "Kalluri's Radio"
  3. "Reader's Wives"
  4. "Change"
  5. "The New York Minute"
  6. "Born Disco; Died Heavy Metal"
  7. "Counteraction"
  8. "Where D'u Get Your Information"
  9. "Tera Mera Pyar"
  10. "You Always Said My Language Would Get Me Into Trouble"

References

  1. 1 2 Walsh, James (2015) "Interview: An underrated Cornershop", Morning Star, 7 July 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2019
  2. ↑ "Cornershop - Hold On It's Easy", Uncut, 5 February 2015, p. 73
  3. ↑ Jonze, Tim (2015) "Cornershop: Hold On It’s Easy review – playful easy-listening remake of their punky debut", The Guardian, 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2019
  4. ↑ "Cornershop Hold On It's Easy", Mojo, March 2015, p. 94
  5. ↑ Sendra, Tim "Hold On It's Easy Review", Allmusic. Retrieved 29 March 2019
  6. ↑ Kennedy, Jake (2015) "Cornershop - Hold On It's Easy", Record Collector, Issue 437, February 2015, page 85. Retrieved 29 March 2019
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