词条 | A Grand Don't Come for Free | ||
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| name = A Grand Don't Come for Free | type = studio | artist = The Streets | cover = The Streets-A Grand Don't Come For Free.jpg | alt = | released = 17 May 2004 | recorded = 2003–04 in Stockwell, London | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative hip hop, electronica | length = {{duration|m=50|s=42}} | label = Locked On, 679 | producer = Mike Skinner | prev_title = All Got Our Runnins | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living | next_year = 2006 | misc = {{Singles | name = A Grand Don't Come for Free | type = studio | single1 = Fit But You Know It | single1date = 26 April 2004 | single2 = Dry Your Eyes | single2date = 19 July 2004 | single3 = Blinded by the Lights | single3date = 27 September 2004 | single4 = Could Well Be In | single4date = 29 November 2004 }} }} A Grand Don't Come for Free is the second studio album from British garage and hip hop act The Streets. It was released on 17 May 2004 and is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[1] It is a rap opera which follows the story of its protagonist's relationship with a girl named Simone, alongside the mysterious loss of £1,000 from his home (the eponymous "grand"). The album can be considered a concept album, since the tracks on the album together in the exact order form a larger scenario overall. PlotIn the story, the protagonist loses £1,000, or a "grand" in slang terms, and strives to recoup the money. In his book The Story of the Streets Skinner explained his decision to create a story that ran through the album:{{Quote|"The reason I decided to write A Grand Don't Come for Free as episodes from a single unfolding narrative was because I'd got so into my songwriting manuals and books by Hollywood screen-writing gurus – not just Robert McKee but Syd Field and John Truby as well – and I wanted to try and put what I'd learnt from them into practice. Every song needs a drama at the centre of it, and once you have the drama, the song writes itself – that's what I firmly believed, and still do believe. I'm not alone in this convicition, either. It's something pretty much all rappers seem to be sure about."{{sfn|Skinner|2012|p=142}}}} In the first track on the album, "It Was Supposed to Be So Easy", Skinner attempts several tasks during a day but they do not go according to plan. When he comes home he cannot find the thousand pounds he has saved and his television is broken. In the process of trying to recover the money he:
Like the Streets' debut album Original Pirate Material the album was recorded in a flat in south London, but this time in Skinner's own flat in Stockwell which he had bought using the money he had received upon signing his publishing deal.{{sfn|Skinner|2012|p=130}} ArtworkThe front cover of the album features Skinner posing in a bus shelter at night, taken by British photographer Ewen Spencer. The bus shelter was located in Birmingham, where Skinner had grown up, but when Skinner revisited the site in 2012 he found that the shelter had been replaced with a more modern one.[2] SinglesThe first single from the album, "Fit But You Know It" reached number four on the UK Singles Charts with the second single, "Dry Your Eyes" entering the UK Charts at number one. The album itself reached number one in the UK Album Charts, number eleven in Australia and number eighty-two in the United States.
Critical reception{{Album ratings| MC = 91/100[3] | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[4] | rev2 = Blender | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}[5] | rev3 = Entertainment Weekly | rev3score = B[6] | rev4 = The Guardian | rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}[7] | rev5 = Los Angeles Times | rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[8] | rev6 = NME | rev6score = 9/10[9] | rev7 = Pitchfork | rev7score = 9.1/10[10] | rev8 = Q | rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}[11] | rev9 = Rolling Stone | rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}[12] | rev10 = The Village Voice | rev10score = B+[13] }} Critical response for the album, like for his previous album, was near universally positive. It currently scores 91/100 on Metacritic,[3] slightly higher than his previous album, which scored 90/100.[14] Many critics have noted Skinner's difference in style compared to other artists. Trouser Press said that "Skinner seems both edgier and more contemplative."{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} The Guardian described that the album "raises the stakes to such an extent that it sounds literally unprecedented: there isn't really any other album like this.", and PopMatters described that Skinner "is now in a class all his own; nobody else is making music like this."[15] Austin Chronicle named the album "The first hip-hop classic of the new millennium." "In a previous decade, A Grand Don't Come for Free would have been a rock opera, and it would have taken itself very seriously," observed Blender. "But Skinner isn't interested in pinball wizards or ancient alien races… [It] demands the same attention as a movie, and that's why some people will hate it while others will find it uniquely riveting."[16] Online music magazine Pitchfork placed A Grand Don't Come for Free at number 129 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[17] Music magazine NME placed the album at number 16 on their list of "top 50 albums of the noughties".[18]Track listing{{tracklist|all_writing = Mike Skinner |title1 = It Was Supposed to Be So Easy |length1 = 3:56 |title2 = Could Well Be In |length2 = 4:24 |title3 = Not Addicted |length3 = 3:40 |title4 = Blinded by the Lights |length4 = 4:45 |title5 = Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way |length5 = 4:36 |title6 = Get Out of My House |note6 = featuring MC C-Mone |length6 = 3:52 |title7 = Fit but You Know It |length7 = 4:14 |title8 = Such a Twat |length8 = 3:48 |title9 = What Is He Thinking? |note9 = featuring Wayney G |length9 = 4:41 |title10 = Dry Your Eyes |length10 = 4:31 |title11 = Empty Cans |length11 = 8:15 }} Charts and certifications{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Charts
Certifications{{Certification Table Top}}{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Streets|title=A Grand Don't Come for Free|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2004|certyear=2005|autocat=yes|salesamount=1,180,000|salesref=[19]}}{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}{{col-end}}References1. ^{{cite book |last=Dimery |first=Robert |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |publisher=Octopus Publishing Group, London |year=2009 |page=920 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PIyEkArSW0EC |isbn=9781844036240 |accessdate= 2012-09-23}} 2. ^{{cite news |first=Gordon |last=Smart |title=Dry Your Eyes, Mike |newspaper=The Sun |publisher=News International |location=London, England |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/4198148/Mike-Skinner-gutted-The-Streets-bus-stop-is-replaced.html |date=16 March 2012 |accessdate=22 September 2014|subscription=yes}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/a-grand-dont-come-for-free/the-streets |title=Reviews for A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets |website=Metacritic |accessdate=4 February 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-grand-dont-come-for-free-mw0000331050 |title=A Grand Don't Come for Free – The Streets |website=AllMusic |accessdate=4 February 2014 |last=Bush |first=John}} 5. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2076 |title=The Streets: A Grand Don't Come for Free |work=Blender |issue=26 |date=May 2004 |accessdate=23 September 2016 |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |page=130 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504144139/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2076 |archivedate=4 May 2006}} 6. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2004/05/21/grand-dont-come-free |title=A Grand Don't Come for Free |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=21 May 2004 |accessdate=4 February 2014 |last=Sinclair |first=Tom}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/may/07/popandrock.shopping3 |title=A Grand Don't Come for Free, The Streets |work=The Guardian |date=7 May 2004 |accessdate=4 February 2014 |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |authorlink=Alexis Petridis}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/may/23/entertainment/ca-rack23 |title=A striking kind of storytelling |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 May 2004 |accessdate=5 December 2015 |last=Kuipers |first=Dean}} 9. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-streets/7407 |title=The Streets: A Grand Don't Come For Free |work=NME |date= |accessdate=15 September 2015 |last=Snodgrass |first=James |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604211445/http://www.nme.com/reviews/11634.htm |archivedate=4 June 2004 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy-all }} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7533-a-grand-dont-come-for-free/ |title=The Streets: A Grand Don't Come for Free |work=Pitchfork |date=17 May 2004 |accessdate=4 February 2014 |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott}} 11. ^{{cite journal |title=The Streets: A Grand Don't Come for Free |work=Q |date=April 2004 |issue=213 |page=92}} 12. ^{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thestreets/albums/album/5994993/review/6054040/a_grand_dont_come_for_free |title=The Streets: A Grand Don't Come For Free |work=Rolling Stone |date=17 May 2004 |accessdate=15 September 2015 |last=Blashill |first=Pat |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708073135/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thestreets/albums/album/5994993/review/6054040/a_grand_dont_come_for_free |archivedate=8 July 2009}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv604-04.php |title=Consumer Guide: Squirt You |work=The Village Voice |date=6 July 2004 |accessdate=15 September 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/streets/originalpiratematerial|title=Original Pirate Material reviews Metacritic|website=Metacritic CBS Interactive|accessdate=6 February 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100214063339/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/streets/originalpiratematerial| archivedate= 14 February 2010 | deadurl= no}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/streets-granddont2.shtml|work=Popmatters|author=Adrien Begrand|title=The Streets: A Grand Don't come For Free Popmatters Music Review|date=14 May 2004|accessdate=10 March 2010}} 16. ^Lynskey, Dorian: "Game Boy", Blender, May 2004, p.130 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/3/|work=Pitchfork|author=Pitchfork staff|title=The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151|date=28 September 2009|accessdate=1 October 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091016045427/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/3/| archivedate= 16 October 2009 | deadurl= no}} 18. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2009/nov/19/nme-top-albums-decade-noughties-strokes|title=NME's top 50 albums of the noughties revealed|work=The Guardian|date=19 November 2009|author=Simon Rogers|location=London}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-top-40-biggest-rap-albums-of-the-millennium-revealed__22808/|title=The UK's Official biggest rap albums of the Millennium|last=White|first=Jack|date=4 May 2018|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=4 May 2018}} Bibliography
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