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    Jenna Marie reviewed Original Pirate Material
    
    'Weak Become Heroes' and 'Let's Push Things Forward'. The album is nominated for this year's Mercury Prize
    
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    'Weak Become Heroes' and 'Let's Push Things Forward'. The album is nominated for this year's Mercury Prize
    
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    Ryan Helms favorited and reviewed Original Pirate Material
    
    Amazing Album. One of my favorite ever.
    
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    Brendan James reviewed Original Pirate Material
    
    Why do I never get the chance to listen to music any more? Sunny day on my day off, so I'm listening to this, wallowing in nostalgia and doing a Spring clean. Forgotten how clever & funny some of... more
    
    Why do I never get the chance to listen to music any more? Sunny day on my day off, so I'm listening to this, wallowing in nostalgia and doing a Spring clean. Forgotten how clever & funny some of these lyrics are - and how they sum up a certain time in British music culture - and in people's lives perfectly!
    
    I wasn't frigging spring cleaning last time I listened to this! Why do we have to get old eh!
    
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    Fraser liked and reviewed Original Pirate Material
    
    I still remember listening to this the first time - lounging around my apt in toronto during a brutally hot evening.
    
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2002 debut is enhanced with the videos of 'Weak Become Heroes' and 'Let's Push Things Forward'. The album is nominated for this year's Mercury Prize, alongside luminaries David Bowie and Doves and was certified Gold in the UK. Vice.In a thrilling UK Garage scene, blighted only by a reliance on drippy soul cliché and tiresome braggadocio, The Streets' eminently quotable Mike Skinner may just be the voice to take it to the next level with Original Pirate Material. This debut is a staggeringly eloquent and fearlessly honest snapshot of gritty street-level existence, as experienced by an ordinary bloke. At first listen, the Birmingham-born Skinner's cheeky cockney affectations grate slightly. But for every line that makes you squirm, there are 20 that drop your jaw. "Has It Come to This?" is "A day in the life of a geezer," a seductive encapsulation of London lifestyle, presented raw as a bootleg, but bulging with sharp wit and feverish detail. "Stay Positive" weaves a fearful tale of heroin addiction, while "The Irony of It All" makes a beguiling case for legalization, presenting a fictional exchange between a beered-up, self-righteous lager lout and a fey student weed enthusiast. Original Pirate Material is a milestone, the real voice of British youth set down on record. Don't miss it. --Louis Pattison

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