http://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Lord Pongslinger 2004-12-26T21:49:26Z http://everything2.com:80/user/Lord+Pongslinger/writeups/This+Is+the+Day...+This+Is+the+Hour...+This+Is+This%2521Lord Pongslingerhttp://everything2.com:80/user/Lord Pongslinger2004-12-26T21:49:26Z2004-12-26T21:49:26Z <a href="/title/Pop+Will+Eat+Itself">Pop Will Eat Itself</a>'s third album, released on <a href="/title/May+1%252C+1989">May 1, 1989</a> by <a href="/title/RCA">RCA</a>. It achieved a <a href="/title/midweek+position">midweek position</a> of #41 in UK <a href="/title/music+charts">music charts</a>. Singles featured on the album included <a href="/title/Def.Con.One">Def.Con.One</a>, <a href="/title/Can+U+Dig+It%253F">Can U Dig It?</a> and <a href="/title/Wise+Up%2521+Sucker">Wise Up! Sucker</a>. <br><br> Ladies and gentlemen, we are no longer in <a href="/title/grebo">grebo</a> country. The sample infused rock'n'roll sound has survived its way onto this album, but it's met with <a href="/title/LL+Cool+J">LL Cool J</a> and <a href="/title/Public+Enemy">Public Enemy</a> influenced hip-hoppery. Don't go thinking the lads from the <a href="/title/Black+Country">Black Country</a> have lost touch, though - there's plenty here for the perennial fan. The songs on this album are mostly a step up from earlier album <a href="/title/Box+Frenzy">Box Frenzy</a>'s <a href="/title/Beaver+Patrol">Beaver Patrol</a>, but <a href="/title/This+Is+the+Day">This Is the Day</a> is not without its sillier moments. <br><br> The lyrical content of the songs is varied. <a href="/title/Comic+books">Comic books</a>, <a href="/title/alcoholism">alcoholism</a>, <a href="/title/unrequited+love">unrequited love</a>, heroin use, <a href="/title/James+Brown">James Brown</a>, and even the band's own personal interests provide subjects. One common thread throughout is an abundance of off-handed filmic and literary references coupled with very&hellip;