Becoming a Cliché

Becoming a Cliché
Studio album by Adrian Sherwood
Released	9 October 2006 (2006-10-09)
Recorded	On-U Sound Studios, London, UK
Genre	Electro, dub
Length	66:55
Label	Real World, Virgin
Producer	Adrian Sherwood
Adrian Sherwood chronology
Never Trust a Hippy (2003) Becoming a Cliché (2006) Dub Setter (2009)

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Becoming a Cliché is the second solo album by British producer Adrian Sherwood. It was released on 9 October 2006 on Real World and Virgin Records.

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Q	United Kingdom	Albums of the Year	2006	90

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Animal Magic"	Adrian Maxwell Lee "Scratch" Perry	4:21
2.	"Two Versions of the Future"	Maxwell	3:57
3.	"A Piece of the Earth"	Earl Lowe	5:26
4.	"Monastery of Sound"	Maxwell	4:53
5.	"Dennis Bovine Part 1 (Tribute to Blackbeard)"	Maxwell Dennis Bovell	4:55
6.	"J'Ai Changé"	Maxwell Samia Farah	5:36
7.	"You Wonder Why"	Maxwell Leigh Kenny	5:21
8.	"The House of Games"	Maxwell	4:40
9.	"Nu Rizla"	Maxwell	4:29
10.	"St. Peter's Gate"	Maxwell Kenny	5:33
11.	"Home Sweet Home"	Maxwell Angel Salvador	4:34
12.	"Forgive Yourself"	Maxwell	3:41
13.	"All Hands on Desk"	Maxwell Nick Coplowe	3:59
14.	"Stop the Bloodshed"	Maxwell Raiz	5:30

Limited edition bonus CD (Dub Cliché)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Monkey See, Monkey Dub"	Maxwell	4:02
2.	"Dubshed"	Maxwell Dennis Alcapone	4:44
3.	"Zoo Time"	Maxwell Kishi Yamamoto	4:31
4.	"Clichéd Dub Slave"	Maxwell Bovell	3:52
5.	"The Noise From Brazil"	Maxwell Farah	4:41
6.	"Stepping Crowd"	Maxwell Carlton Ogilvie	5:06
7.	"Sans Toupee"	Maxwell	3:58
8.	"Silly Billy" (Activator remix)	Maxwell Ogilvie Simon Bogle	4:41
9.	"Moving House"	Maxwell	5:15
10.	"J'Ai Dubé"	Maxwell	3:58
11.	"Dennis Bovine Part 2"	Maxwell Bovell	3:59
12.	"Silly Old Dub"	Maxwell Ogilvie	4:29

Personnel

Musicians

• Richard Doswell – saxophone
• Dave Fullwood – trumpet
• Jazzwad – drum programming, piano (6, 7)
• Chris Petter – trombone
• Nick Plytas – Clavinet, organ
• Filip Tavares – violin

Additional musicians

• Dennis Bovell – vocals (5)
• Congo Natty – drum programming (3), co-producer (3)
• Doctor Pablo – melodica (12)
• Samia Farah – backing vocals, vocals (6), melodica (6)
• Emily Sherwood Hyman – spoken word (1)
• Eric Johnson – trombone (9)
• Little Roy – vocals (3)
• Peter Lockett – percussion (2, 9, 13)
• LSK – vocals (7, 10)

Additional musicians (cont.)

• Steven "Lenky" Marsden – drum programming (12)
• Skip McDonald – guitar (1, 4, 6–8, 11)
• Natijah – backing vocals (3)
• Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie – drum programming (3), bass guitar (10), piano (14)
• Lee "Scratch" Perry – vocals (1)
• Raiz – vocals (14)
• Prithpal Rajput – percussion (5, 12)
• Bim Sherman – vocals (9)
• Denise Sherwood – backing vocals
• Mark Stewart – vocals (11)

Technical personnel

• Nick Coplowe – engineering, backing vocals, guitar (12, 13), piano (8)
• Adrian Sherwood – producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	2006	Real World, Virgin	CD	CD RW 141
Japan	2006	Beat	CD	BRC-162LTD

External links

• Becoming a Cliché at Discogs (list of releases)