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Blade - The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength FLAC album


Performer: Blade
Genre: Hip-hop
Title: The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength
Country: UK
Released: 1993
Style: Conscious, Britcore
Label: 691 Influential
Catalog Number: Blade 1207
FLAC version ZIP size: 2676 mb
MP3 version ZIP size: 2873 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 2546 mb
Rating: 4.7
Votes: 994

Tracklist

1The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength6:52
2How To Raise A Blade1:48
3Keep It Goin' On5:38
4Gripper The Pitbull ('The Approach')3:29
5Suck On My Electric Guitar3:23
6It Feels Good To Be A Lunatic5:36
7Shut The Fuck Up (Skit)0:24
8Dark And Sinister
Rap [Featuring] – Mell'O'
6:30
9Fade 'Em Out5:21
10No Mercy, No Future3:16
11Exit (Skit)0:28
12Fuck The System3:20
13Hold Your Own5:21
14The Power Of Positive Thinkin'4:34
15...Or Get Crushed Like A Pumpkin5:31
16Bedroom Demo4:47
17God Give Me Strength4:28
18Survival Prelude (Skit)1:27
19Music For Universal Pleasure (Skit)1:03
20Silence Is Better Than Bullshit2:04
21Heads Are Forever Boppin'4:19
22100%
23Take It To The Edge4:43
24Pisstake (Skit)0:44
25Start The Revolution3:39
26No Compromise3:40

Versions

CategoryArtistTitle (Format)LabelCategoryCountryYear
BLDCD 1207Blade The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength ‎(CD, Album)691 InfluentialBLDCD 1207UK1993
BLADE 1207Blade The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength ‎(2xLP, Ltd, Whi)691 InfluentialBLADE 1207UK1993
ODOPE1002DBlade The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength (No Compromise) 6/3/'93 ‎(2xCD, Album, RE)Original DopeODOPE1002DUK2010
noneBlade The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength ‎(2xCDr, Album)691 InfluentialnoneUK2005

Credits

  • Backing Vocals'No Sleep' Nigel, Byron Davis , Forty Four, Grapes (SAS), Grazzhoppa, Lyrikal , Sparki, Ursula Nelson
  • Engineer'No Sleep' Nigel
  • Engineer [Assistant]Giles, Savvas
  • Engineer [Cutting]Nick Webb, Steve Rooke
  • Lyrics ByBlade
  • Photography ByDaniel Martinez
  • ProducerBlade
  • Turntables [Deck Controllin']Grazzhoppa

Notes

© & ℗ 1993 691 Influential
All tracks recorded for 'Music for universal pleasure'

Distributed by "Nobody in the UK"

Issued in a gatefold sleeve. Comes with 16-page booklet (named "No barriers can hold back the strong", format: 27 cm x 29 cm) containing lyrics, credits, photographs and a list of 'early subscribers of the double LP without whom this would probably not have been possible'.

Plus additional backing vocals by some people off the street (forgot to get their names).

All recording was completed at exactly 9:33:27am (15th March 1993).

Barcodes

  • Barcode: 5 019148 122616
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): BLADE 1207 - A1 PR-m BLADE, NOSLEEP NIGEL, GRAZHOPPA PURE UNADULTERATED HIP-HOP A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): BLADE 1207 - B1 WASH YOUR HANDS AGAIN PLEASE PR-m HA HA ANYONE FOR POPCORN, PEANUTS, ICECREAM AND REFRESHMENTS A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, etched): BLADE 1207 - C1 PR-m BLADE, NOSLEEP NIGEL, GRAZHOPPA THE MORE SHIT WE GET, THE WISER AND STRONGER WE GET C
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, etched): BLADE 1207 - D1 PR-m THE END 1993 691 INFLUENTIAL C

Companies

  • Manufactured By – A-Z Music Services
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – 691 Influential
  • Copyright (c) – 691 Influential
  • Pressed By – P.R. Records Limited
  • Recorded At – Joe's Garage, London
  • Mixed At – Joe's Garage, London
  • Lacquer Cut At – Abbey Road Studios

Video

Cemav
The quintessential British rap album you must own. Blade is rough and ready here, beats are hard and aggressive and chock full of great tunes. He put a lot of time in effort in self-releasing this album himself and it really shows. For any appreciator of the British rap scene, this is the goldmine and neat introductory piece to himself. goes reasonably cheap and is worth every penny.

SARAND
Probably the pinnacle of UK rap. Now the grandfather but then the hardworking leader of the UK scene. Too many good tracks on this release. Shame that Lyrical Maniac doesn't appear in full, but, that's Blades sense of humour. Gritty and relevant to the early 90's. Still relevant today.

Karg
Blade's debut LP is ambitious, long, funny, hard and everything inbetween. A visionary as usual. it was a brave self believing MC that would ask the fans for funding to record the album. And now what are artists doing 20+ years later? the same thing with sites like Kickstarter etc.The LP showed all sides of Blade's personality with his sense of humour coming through when probably most people had thought he was just a angry MC. Fav tracks are No Compromise and Dark And Sinister with the equally legendary MC Mell'o'And no my name isn't in the back i was too young to send off a cheque, my big bro's in it though...:(

Error parents
Very nice review of Blade's character..Im a pal of his and have supported him at his request about half a dozen times.