Friday, May 20, 2022

Bloc Party - Atonement (2007)

Bloc Party's second album 'A Weekend In The City' was produced by Garret "Jacknife" Lee, and was released in February 2007, reaching the number 2 spot on the UK Albums Chart, despite the fact that it had been leaked on the internet the previous November. This album also marked the start of their chart success in America, with their single 'I Still Remember' being their highest charting American release, peaking at number 24 on the Modern Rock Chart. The band's first gig following the release of 'A Weekend In The City' was in Reading on 5 February 2007, being broadcast live on BBC 6 Music, and this was the first of many high-profile gigs that they played during 2007, including headlining on the In New Music We Trust stage at the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in Preston, performing on the UK leg of Live Earth on 7 July 2007 at Wembley Stadium, and appearing at T In The Park, Oxegen 07, Glastonbury, and the Reading and Leeds Festivals. A short tour of Australia and New Zealand followed in August, and they rounded off their year by performing a set on 27 October at London's The Roundhouse with the Exmoor Singers, a London-based choir, as part of the BBC Electric Proms. Despite this busy live schedule, they managed to record enough new material to provide exclusive b-sides for all of the singles taken from 'A Weekend In The City', which were collected together on a fan-made CD called 'Another Weekend In The City', but for this second volume of Bloc Party rarities, all taken from 2007, I've also added in a cover of Nelly Furtado's 'Say It Right' that they recorded for Jo Whiley's radio show in the April. 



Track listing

01 England (b-side of 'The Prayer' 2007)
02 Version 2.0 (b-side of 'The Prayer' 2007)
03 We Were Lovers (b-side of 'The Prayer' 2007)
04 Atonement (b-side of 'I Still Remember' 2007)
05 Cain Said To Abel (b-side of 'I Still Remember' 2007)
06 Selfish Son (b-side of 'I Still Remember' 2007)
07 Say It Right (radio session for Jo Whiley 2007)
08 Rhodedendrons (b-side of 'Hunting For Witches' 2007)
09 Secrets (b-side of 'Hunting For Witches (Live)' 2007)
10 Cavaliers And Roundheads (b-side of 'Hunting For Witches (Live)' 2007)
11 Vision Of Heaven (promotional track for 'A Weekend In The City' on PureVolume 2007)

1 comment:

  1. Thanks ! I'm familiar with the 'Another Weekend In The City' bootleg, but haven't heard the 'Say It Right' cover

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