Our Aim Is to Satisfy

Our Aim Is to Satisfy
Studio album by
Red Snapper
Released2000 (2000)
Length56:54
LabelWarp
ProducerRed Snapper, Hugo Nicolson
Red Snapper chronology
Making Bones
(1999) 		Our Aim Is to Satisfy
(2000) 		Red Snapper
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork7.6/10[2]

Our Aim Is to Satisfy is a 2000 studio album by the band Red Snapper.[3][4] It is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[5]

Critical reception

The Guardian called Our Aim Is to Satisfy the band's best album to date, writing that they intersperse "moody, atmospheric instrumentals with funkier, soulful vocal tracks to make a collection that flows smoothly from beginning to end, a soundtrack for urban Britain that suggests a more revved-up Massive Attack."[6]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Keeping Pigs Together"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Richard Thair
5:24
2."Some Kind of Kink"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Joseph Ellington
  • David Essex
  • Richard Thair
5:26
3."Shellback"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Karime Kendra
  • Richard Thair
5:44
4."Don't Go Nowhere"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Richard Thair
  • Jake Williams
4:50
5."The Rake"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Joseph Ellington
  • Richard Thair
5:14
6."The Rough and the Quick"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Karime Kendra
  • Richard Thair
  • Jake Williams
5:06
7."Bussing"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Richard Thair
5:24
8."I Stole Your Car"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Joseph Ellington
  • Richard Thair
5:14
9."Alaska Street"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Richard Thair
5:01
10."Belladonna"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Richard Thair
4:27
11."They're Hanging Me Tonight"
  • Alistair "Ali" Friend
  • David Ayer
  • Richard Thair
6:07

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • David Ayers – guitar, keyboards
  • Ali Friend – electric bass, double bass
  • Richard Thair – drums, decks
  • MC Det – vocals
  • Karime Kendra – vocals
  • Jake Williams – keyboards
  • Darren Morris – keyboards
  • Mike Kearsy – trombone

Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 78

References

  1. ^ Bush, John. "Our Aim Is to Satisfy Red Snapper – Red Snapper". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  2. ^ Richard-San, Mark (17 October 2000). "Red Snapper: Our Aim is to Satisfy Red Snapper Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Red Snapper | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "RED SNAPPER SATISFY THEMSELVES". NME. August 17, 2000.
  5. ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  6. ^ "Essex appeal". The Guardian. October 1, 2000.
  7. ^ "Red Snapper". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 November 2017.