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Format

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  XLLP637Long Player  £30.00

Label

XL

Various Artists

Pay Close Attention

XL Recordings will release Pay Close Attention, a label history-spanning compilation album, on 25th August 2014. The album documents and celebrates the key releases and moments from the 25 year history of the London-based, independent record label.

In the Pay Close Attention sleeve notes, XL owner Richard Russell writes:

“XL Recordings is a collaborative endeavour, and many people have contributed to its evolution. In the song ‘Out Of Space’, Liam Howlett of The Prodigy provided a blueprint when he sampled Kool Keith of Ultramagnetic MC’s rapping these words: “Pay Close Attention”. And whilst XL has never had any outside ownership, Gil Scott-Heron advised me not to even consider XL an “independent”, because everything is connected.

Part 1 of this compilation are the roots of XL; underground music, made for DJs. These roots are still growing. Part 2 features some of the singular talents who have taken the label further than we ever envisioned. There is no unifying genre; hopefully the thread of originality is evident though.

The rave music XL first became known for was known as “hardcore”; that spirit continues.
To show our appreciation for your support, thank you DJs.
And thank you also to the retailers, writers, and, of course, ravers. “

Tracklist

• Disc 1
  
  1. SL2 - DJs Take Control
  2. The Prodigy - Out Of Space
  3. Awesome 3 - Don’t Go (Kicks Like A Mule Mix)
  4. Liquid - Sweet Harmony
  5. Jonny L - Piper
  6. Roy Davis Jr. featuring Peven Everett - Gabriel (Live Garage Version)
  7. Dem 2 - Destiny
  8. Nu-Birth - Anytime
  9. Basement Jaxx - Jump N’Shout
  10. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
  11. Wiley - Igloo
  12. Various Production - Hater
  13. Giggs - Talkin The Hardest
  14. SBTRKT - Wildfire (featuring Little Dragon)
  15. Jamie xx - All Under One Roof Raving
  
  Disc 2
  
  1. The Prodigy - Firestarter
  2. Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away
  3. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
  4. Devendra Banhart - I Feel Just Like A Child
  5. Ratatat - Seventeen Years
  6. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
  7. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
  8. Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me
  9. Radiohead - Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
  10. Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers
  11. The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea
  12. Jai Paul - BTSTU (demo)
  13. Bobby Womack - Please Forgive My Heart
  14. The xx - Angels
  15. Sampha - Too Much
  16. Vampire Weekend - Step
  17. King Krule - Easy Easy
  18. Adele - Rolling In The Deep