Eastwood | ||||
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Released | 2000 | |||
Genre | Synthpop | |||
Label | EMI / Liberty [1] | |||
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Eastwood is the Cuban Boys' first and only major label album. It was released in 2000, after some delay, [2] following the band's only UK hit single, " Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia".
The album is named after Steve Eastwood, music review editor at Teletext [3] who had given the band early coverage [4] and features sleeve-notes by John Peel. [5]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
NME | (very unfavourable) [6] |
Eastwood received a very poor review in the NME—who labelled the album "a 19-track procession of pretend disco and A-level Aqua novelty wank" [6]—and sold poorly.
Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia reached number 4 on the UK Singles chart on 25 December 1999. [7] It was also number 1 in John Peel's Festive Fifty in 1999. [8] "Kenny" had previously been released in a different version called "Oh My God They Killed Kenny" and failed to chart, although it reached number 6 in the 1998 Festive Fifty. [8] Following the band's split from EMI, "Inertia Kicks" was released as a self-published limited edition single in a five track format ineligible for inclusion in the UK Singles Chart. [2]
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United Kingdom | 2000 | EMI | CD | 528 4702 |