Strip-mine

This article is about a music album named Strip-mine. For the mining technique, see Surface mining. For the Transformers character, see Stripmine (Transformers).

Strip-mine
Studio album by James
Released	September 1988
Recorded	Rockfield Studios, Monmouth (early 1987)
Length	35:32
Label	Blanco y Negro/Sire
Producer	Hugh Jones
James chronology
Stutter (1986)Stutter1986 Strip-mine (1988) Gold Mother (1990)Gold Mother1990

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Martin C. Strong	(6/10)
NME	(9/10)
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Strip-mine was the second album from English band James, released in September 1988. The album was produced by Hugh Jones, except "Riders" and "Refrain" which were produced by Steve Power and Steve Lovell. After the recording sessions in 1987, the release of the album was delayed a number of times by the record label, but it was eventually remixed early the following year at London's Battery Studios before finally getting a release in September 1988.

Track listing

All tracks written by Booth/James.

1. "What For" – 4:32
2. "Charlie Dance" – 2:24
3. "Fairground" – 3:36
4. "Are You Ready" – 2:26
5. "Medieval" – 3:48
6. "Not There" – 3:33
7. "Ya Ho" – 4:20
8. "Riders" – 3:11
9. "Vulture" – 4:04
10. "Stripmining" – 3:04
11. "Refrain" – 1:53

Release details

• UK 12" Vinyl - Blanco y Negro/Sire (JIMLP 2)
• UK Cassette - Blanco y Negro/Sire (JIMC 2)
• UK CD - Blanco y Negro/Sire (JIMCD 2)

Personnel

James

• Tim Booth
• Larry Gott
• Jim Glennie
• Gavan Whelan

Additional musicians

• Richard Evans – keyboards
• The Kick Horns – brass
• Clive Mellor – maracas

External links

• Official James Website
• Strip-mine at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)