LP - Black Vinyl Repress (2023).
Fittingly, for the release of White Bread, Black Beer, which was a beautiful expression of the creative energy Gartside had sustained over two decades at that point, Scritti Politti returned to Rough Trade for the first time since the mid-1980s.
Humbly described by Green on release as "an album of me playing around in the back room... just me alone at home", White Bread, Black Beer was universally acclaimed. Described as "a return to the top" by The Guardian, "the best record of this restlessly self-critical career" by Uncut and "a sophisticated, gloriously gentle thing" by Pitchfork, the record was duly nominated for the 2006 Mercury Prize (and was only pipped by Arctic Monkeys' debut).
After being out of print for several years (and in some places never previously available) both albums will return to the record racks this autumn...
Tracklist:
A1. The Boom Boom Bap
A2. No Fine Lines
A3. Snow In Sun
A4. Cooking
A5. Throw
A6. Dr. Abernathy
A7. After Six
B1. Petrococadollar
B2. E Eleventh Nuts
B3. Window Wide Open
B4. Road To No Regret
B5. Locked
B6. Mrs. Hughes
B7. Robin Hood