Black Country, New RoadFor The First Time

Label:

Ninja Tune – ZEN269X

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Limited Edition , White

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Experimental

Tracklist

A1 Instrumental
A2 Athens,
A3 Science Fair
B1 Sunglasses
B2 Track X
B3 Opus

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Ninja Tune
  • Copyright ©Ninja Tune
  • Lacquer Cut AtElectric Mastering
  • Mastered AtElectric Mastering
  • Pressed ByMPO

Credits

  • ArtworkBart Price
  • Lacquer Cut ByGuy Davie
  • Performer [Black Country, New Road Are]Tyler Hyde
  • Photography By@tonywang7*
  • Producer [Assisted By], Engineer [Assisted By], Mixed By [Assisted By]Joshua Rumble
  • Producer, Engineer, Mixed ByAndy Savours

Notes

140 gram, white vinyl w/ inverted colour artwork, paper inner sleeve, and lyric booklet.
Comes with a sticker featuring a code.

℗ & © Ninja Tune 2021 Made In EU Ninjatune.net

Hype sticker says
The debut album
Limited edition white vinyl
& negative effect sleeve
Plus lyric booklet
Includes Sunglasses, Athens, & Science Fair

Cover: Photo from Unsplash by @asafyrov
Lyric book: Photo from Unsplash by
@asafyrov
@reagannicole44
@timmossholder
@tonywang7
@kxvn_lx
@frankokay

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned (hype sticker)): 5054429144314
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A hand-etched, except the MPO section (variant 1)): ZENLP269A1 Guy’s ELECTRIC MPO® 20188337 ALL THE TIRED HORSES IN THE SUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B hand-etched, except the MPO section (variant 1)): ZENLP269B1 MPO20187617 HOW’M I SUPPOSED TO GET ANY RIDIN’ DONE?
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A hand-etched, except the MPO section (variant 2)): ZENLP269A1 Guy’s ELECTRIC ALL THE TIRED HORSES IN THE SUN MPO® 21 201467
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B hand-etched, except the MPO section (variant 2)): ZENLP269 B1 MPO® 21 201634 HOW’M I SUPPOSED TO GET ANY RIDIN’ DONE?
  • Label Code: LC-12885

Other Versions (5 of 16)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
For The First Time (LP, Album) Ninja Tune ZEN269 Europe 2021
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For The First Time (Cassette, Album) Ninja Tune ZENCAS269 UK 2021
New Submission
For The First Time (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Test Pressing, White Label) Ninja Tune ZEN269TP UK & Ireland 2021
New Submission
For The First Time / What A Time To Be Alive (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Clear, CD, Compilation) Ninja Tune ZEN269RT, ZENCD269RTP UK 2021
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For The First Time (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Marbled Brown, Signed) Ninja Tune ZEN269RS UK & Ireland 2021

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Reviews

  • LordRockingham's avatar
    LordRockingham
    Revisited this and again I'm disappointed by the mastering. Bass is boomy and it sure isn't on the high rez files. Seems more compressed also. Lower rez copy of the master used to cut the vinyl I suspect.
    • jreich012's avatar
      jreich012
      Little to no noise on my copy. A few noticeable pops, but few enough to count on one hand. The most glaring issue, though, is how indecisive this record seems to be about what channel it wants to play through. Seems to switch from mono to stereo at random points, worst of all on the latter half of side B. Sucks for an LP pressed for such a broad soundstage, but eh, what can ya do? Looks good in my collection I suppose...
      • joel.kleijngeld's avatar
        Lots of pops on the record, not the best one unfortunately
        • nnutth0wze's avatar
          nnutth0wze
          Edited 3 years ago
          The A side sounds pretty nice. Some pops and clicks here and there, but that's to be expected. The B side, however, sounds horrible. Riddled with pops and clicks and tons of surface noise, especially the first few minutes.

          It's a shame, because the dynamics on this record are pretty damn awesome.

          I gave it 2 stars, because the amount of surface noise on side B renders it pretty much unplayable.
          • Lucky_Strike's avatar
            Lucky_Strike
            Mine sounds pretty fine, must be an issue with some copies only
            • wearesocialanimals's avatar
              Edited 3 years ago
              a ton of noise on this. cleaned multiple times and still sounds like crap, esp nearing the beginning of Sunglasses and the end of Opus

              when it gets real loud though, that's when the noise disappears. play it to your heart's content.
              • echo.bravo's avatar
                echo.bravo
                i'm glad i own it for collecting's sake but i never spin this one because it actually sounds terrible. not sure if it's just the white vinyl or what but yeah there's an unacceptable amount of noise towards the end of opus
                • MiloSmells's avatar
                  MiloSmells
                  I’m very confused why people say this record sounds bad, at least one of the copies I own sounds amazing and had little to no surface noise at all. Maybe that’s just my copy so stay safe y’all
                  • mr.obot's avatar
                    mr.obot
                    Mine has also no surface noise at all. The quality of the vinyl mastering is actually good but not impressive....
                    The music itself ist really great!!!
                    • iridescent-frog's avatar
                      iridescent-frog
                      My copy sounds perfectly fine. Actually the clarity is amazing and the colour of the wax is phenomenal. Love the lyric booklet that comes with it. Defined one of the best albums of the year.

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