Name: It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah
Brand: Black Grape

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MOVLP3625

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r29603902]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

180 Gram Vinyl

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-01-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Little Amber Fish

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0600753989388

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Black Grape

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Black Grape was formed in 1993 by vocalist/bandleader Shaun Ryder and dancer Bez of Happy Mondays. They added Kermit and Ged Lynch from Ruthless Rap Assassins, as well as guitarist Paul Wagstaff from Paris Angels. The sound was brought together by producer Danny Saber from Los Angeles. Black Grape's music fused the drugged-out baggy attitude of the Happy Mondays with a denser, brighter electronic and hip hop production style. Their debut album was described as "the party Prince was describing in the song '1999'."

UMC, short for Universal Music Catalogue, is a prominent label under the UK branch of Universal Music. Established around 2016, UMC has been dedicated to preserving and promoting an extensive collection of music from various genres and eras. With its rich catalogue, UMC offers music enthusiasts a diverse range of timeless classics and hidden gems.

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Whether you're seeking iconic hits or discovering lesser-known treasures, UMC (now known as Universal Music Recordings) ensures that the power of music remains accessible to all who appreciate its magic.

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Black Grape's debut, It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah, is a surreal, funky, profane, and perversely joyous album, overflowing with casual eclecticism and giddy humour. Working with a band that is looser and grittier than the Mondays, Shaun Ryder sounds reinvigorated, creating bizarre rhymes that tie together junk culture, drug lingo, literary references, and utter nonsense. Ryder's lyrics have always been freewheelingly impenetrable, but this is now working with Kermit, a rapper that is the equal of his skills.

Even better, the music has deep grooves and catchy pop hooks that come straight out of left field. From the blaring harmonica of the triumphant "Reverend Black Grape" and the trippy sitars of "In the Name of the Father" to the seedy, rolling "Shake Your Money" and the stinging guitars of "Tramazi Parti", It's Great is filled with music that goes in unconventional directions without ever sounding forced. 

Not only is It's Great When You're Straight a triumphant return for Ryder and his sidekick Bez, it is the first album they have ever recorded that justifies all of the hype.

It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah

Music GB

Discover It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah by Black Grape. Surreal, funky, and profane album with deep grooves and catchy pop hooks. Available in CD and LP formats from UMC.