Passionoia

Passionoia is the third and final studio album by British rock band Black Box Recorder, released on 3 May 2003 through One Little Indian.

Passionoia
A woman resting on a sun lounger next to a pool
Studio album by
Black Box Recorder
Released3 May 2003
GenreIndie Pop, synth-pop, spoken word
Length37:51
LabelOne Little Indian
ProducerBlack Box Recorder, Pete Hofmann
Black Box Recorder chronology
The Worst of Black Box Recorder
(2001)		 Passionoia
(2003)

Background

The album was produced by the band members and Pete Hofmann, who also performed engineer and mixing roles. Tim Weller contributed drums to "British Racing Garden", "I Ran All the Way Home" and "Girls Guide for the Modern Diva".[1]

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Blender[4]
The Guardian[5]
Neumu3/10[6]
No Ripchord6/10[7]
Pitchfork8.1/10[8]
Playlouder3/5[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Stylus Magazine7.6/10[11]
Uncut4/5[12]

Passionoia was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on ten reviews.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Luke Haines and John Moore.[1]

  1. "The School Song" – 3:41
  2. "GSOH Q.E.D." – 3:46
  3. "British Racing Green" – 4:34
  4. "Being Number One" – 3:26
  5. "The New Diana" – 2:49
  6. "These Are the Things" – 3:58
  7. "Andrew Ridgeley" – 3:47
  8. "When Britain Refused to Sing" – 3:14
  9. "Girls Guide for the Modern Diva" – 4:09
  10. "I Ran All the Way Home" – 4:27

Personnel

Personnel per booklet and sleeve.[1][13]

See also
  • Das Capital – Haines' next release after Black Box Recorder
  • Sing, Memory – Nixey's next release after Black Box Recorder

References
  1. Black Box Recorder (2003). Passionoia (booklet). One Little Indian. TPLP376CD.
  2. "Critic Reviews for Passionoia". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. Kellman, Andy. "Passionoia - Black Box Recorder". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. Harrison, Andrew. "Black Box Recorder Passionoia". Blender. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. Petridis, Alexis (28 February 2003). "CD: Black Box Recorder, Passionoia". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. Gozdecki, Steve. "Black Box Recorder Passionoia (One Little Indian)". Neumu. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  7. Thorpe, Greg (10 May 2003). "Black Box Recorder: Passionoia - Music Review". No Ripcord. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  8. Idov, Michael (18 March 2003). "Black Box Recorder: Passionoia Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  9. Jeres (4 March 2003). "Passionoia: Black Box Recorder". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 8 February 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  10. Sheffield, Rob (16 October 2003). "Black Box Recorder: Passionoia". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 16 November 2003. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  11. Murphy, Killian (9 June 2003). "Black Box Recorder: Passionoia". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 June 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  12. "Cool Hand Luke". Uncut. 1 March 2003. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  13. Black Box Recorder (2003). Passionoia (sleeve). One Little Indian. TPLP376CD.
  • Passionoia at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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