Eleventeen is the debut album by UK alternative rock band Daisy Chainsaw, released in 1992.[3] It was their only album with Katie Jane Garside as lead vocalist. It peaked the UK Albums Chart at No. 62.[4] Three songs from the album were released as singles. 'Love Your Money' was the biggest hit, reaching No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart,[5] while follow-up 'Pink Flower' was a UK No. 65.[6] In 2014 Buzzsaw Records announced a double CD special edition of Eleventeen, which is available on daisychainsaw.net.[7]

Eleventeen
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 1992
Genre
Length40:45
LabelOne Little Indian
ProducerKen Thomas, Katie Jane Garside[2]
Daisy Chainsaw chronology
Eleventeen
(1992)
For They Know Not What They Do
(1994)
Singles from Eleventeen
  1. "Love Your Money"
    Released: 1991
  2. "Pink Flower / Room Eleven"
    Released: 1992
  3. "Hope Your Dreams Come True"
    Released: 1992

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]

The Washington Post wrote that the band "follows Garside's Yoko Ono-ish vocal contortionism and Crispin Gray's squalling guitar to the outer edges of the song form."[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Feel Insane"2:41
2."You Be My Friend"
  • Gray
2:52
3."Dog with Sharper Teeth"
  • Gray
3:06
4."Hope Your Dreams Come True"
  • Gray
4:46
5."Natural Man"
  • Gray
2:46
6."Love Your Money"
  • Gray
2:41
7."Lovely Ugly Brutal World"2:40
8."Use Me Use You"
  • Gray
3:29
9."The Future Free"
  • Gray
1:52
10."Pink Flower"
  • Gray
4:09
11."Waiting for the Wolves"
  • Gray
5:34
12."Everything Is Weird"
  • Gray
4:18
Special Edition Bonus Tracks - Disc One (2014)
No.TitleLength
13."Child Star"3:02
14."Use Me Use You (Version)"1:39
Special Edition Bonus Tracks - Disc Two (2014)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get Real Pleasure"
  • Gray
3:53
2."Sick of Sex"
  • Gray
2:12
3."All the Kids Agree"
  • Gray
2:23
4."Room Eleven"
  • Gray
  • Richard Adams
  • Garside
  • Vince Johnson
7:16
5."Hope Your Dreams Come True (EP Version)"
  • Gray
4:19
6."Propeller Punch" 1:23
7."Queue for Transatlantic Alien" 2:43
8."You Be My Friend (Alternate)"
  • Gray
2:59
9."Violence from Love" 3:55
10."The Future Free (Alternate Mix)"
  • Gray
1:59
11."Natural Man (Version)"
  • Gray
2:35
12."I Feel Insane (Alternate Mix)"
  • Gray
2:33
13."My Confusion" 2:54
14."Waiting for the Wolves (Alternate Mix)"
  • Gray
5:33

References

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  1. ^ a b AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Daisy Chainsaw: Eleventeen [ad]". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. December 1992. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. ^ Price, Simon (19 September 1992). "The Botanic Verses". Melody Maker. Vol. 68, no. 38. p. 34.
  4. ^ Roberts, David. British Hit Singles & Albums. p. 138.
  5. ^ Roberts, David. British Hit Singles & Albums. p. 138.
  6. ^ Roberts, David. British Hit Singles & Albums. p. 138.
  7. ^ "Special Edition of Daisy Chainsaw's Eleventeen Available To Order". Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  8. ^ Jenkins, Mark (30 October 1992). "Rattling Chainsaw Songs into Sawdust". The Washington Post. p. N16.