Surrender to the Blender | 
 enlarge | Artist: King Prawn
Label: Spitfire
Category: Music
List Price: £7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 85757
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5036369505325
ASIN: B00004SGHD
Release Date: May 22, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro | | • | Someone To Hate | | • | No Peace | | • | Day In Day Out | | • | London Born | | • | Be Warned | | • | Postman Song | | • | Your Worst Enemy | | • | American Funded Genocide | | • | Amuse The Young And Amaze The Old | | • | Espiritu Du Carnaval | | • | Crackhead | | • | Postman Song (Second Post) | | • | People Taking Over | | • | Freedom Day |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
With today's so-called punks displaying all the characteristics of a full-frontal lobotomy, politico-punkers King Prawn should come as a breath of fresh air. Surrender To The Blender, the London-based quartet's second album is pitched somewhere between the rampant ska-punk of Rancid and the brooding dub atmospherics of the Specials' Ghost Town, but King Prawn's punker-than-thou credentials remain firmly in place. Sure, the themes that the Prawn cover are laudably humanitarian; urban decay ("No Peace"), untrustworthy politicians ("Be Warned") and the perils of global capitalism ("American Funded Genocide")--but sadly, as the titles suggest, theirs is little more than the most elementary grasp of their subjects. When the tunes are as good as the spluttering skank-down of "Day In Day Out", it hardly seems to matter, but it's a sorry truth that Surrender To The Blender is an inconsistent article, blighted by the lumbering oddities like "Crackhead", which borrow from a handful of genres, but grasp the worst of every world. --Louis Pattison
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Pretty Damn Good October 4, 2006
This album is fantastic. It's worth buying for a few tracks but it needs the other to glue it all together. Stand out tracks are Day In Day Out which is very catchy and No Peace. If you're into ska/punk and you're not scared of trying something new get this album!
 really disappointed.... August 15, 2006
not sure what i was expecting to be hoenst, i fell for one of those amazon straplines as i bought a dropkick murphys cd, you know the ones, something like "other people who bought this album also bought........." well this came up. it was cheap so i thought what the hell, found a few reviews on the net and parted with the cash. The album is similar to Dub War's "Pain" but nowhere near as good. its probably best described as a kind of ska/hip hop/rock crossover album but it never really seems to know what it wants to be out of all three, tries to be everythign and ends up as nothing. the lyrics are all cliches and the music is pretty simple and not a showcase for talent. The first track is ok but the rest is pretty average. My recommendation?, buy "pain" instead.
 If you can only get one album, you should already have this. January 7, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this cd is just a snippit, a sample, a blast of sound as the club doors close. King prawn are a predominantly live band, they entertain, and do it well, but this cd is more then entertainment, its a decoration, something that can be recoganised as a rug, a painting, a smell as you could in the room, and hear this on your sterio. You should buy this, its not much money, but it opens you up to a huge range of music and i can confindently say that almost everyone will like it, and open you up to more music to embrase.
Perhaps one of the most underrated bands in the world May 26, 2002
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Considering the UK has such an amazing spread of talented songwriters and musicians, it amazes me the KP lads dont get more critically aclaimed than they are. This album challenges all ska/punk bands and beats them hands down with their innovative song writing and subject matter. This album is full of high points and very few low points, my only gripe is that it should have been longer! 'London Born' and 'Day In, Day Out' are stand out tracks from an excellant bunch of songs.
Enjoyable February 26, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's nice to see that upbeat cheery ska-SoCal stuff isn't just confined to the Yanks. Londoners King Prawn have come up with an album that has given them a moody, trampy combat-wearing cult following that usually hang round the local pub like a bad smell.
I should hate them for that. But I can't, because whilst not a trendy punk fan I totally appreciate the grooviness and infectiousness of this album. Someone To Hate and No Peace are thoroughly enjoyable tunes. Most of the album is cartoonish but fun if a little repetitive. This is one band who are worthy of their cult status.
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