Track Listing

1. Exercise 1
2. Private Road
3. Cylons In Love
4. I Love My Man
5. Invisible Pedestrian
6. Chocolate Wings
7. I Remember Johnny
8. Swollen
9. Welly Top Mary
10. A Ribbon for My Hair
11. Irritating Noises
12. Always
13. Exercise 2

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #147276 in Music
• Released on: 2001-05-09
• Number of discs: 1

From Amazon.com
Though they've been compared to everyone from Air to Radiohead, Nottingham, England's Bent are mostly defined by their determination to sound like everyone. With that goal in mind, they've stuffed Programmed to Love with an array of samples from vocalists and snippets from jazz, rock, hip-hop, and God knows what else. Stylistically they flirt with downtempo, but just as often the music winds up further afield, embracing trip-hop, ambient, and post-club anthems. "Private Road" mixes a chilly female vocal with cracked samples and a swaying rhythm, but later the album falls into sillier, Lemon Jelly-like territory with "I Remember Johnny." It all works, making for a record that stays fresh with repeated listenings. Besides, Bent have received the ultimate 21st-century compliment already, as the vaguely big-beat thump of "Invisible Pedestrian" has shown up in a car commercial. With that sort of cachet, can mainstream success be far behind? If not, so be it, as Love finds room for more imaginative fun while being more accessible than anything in recent memory. --Matthew Cooke

Album Description
Now available in the U.S. from Ministry Of Sound USA. Bent garnered critical praise in almost all of the UK press. Fans of Air, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Dusted and the like are sure to love this album. 11 tracks total. 2002.

Album Details
Simon Mills and Nail Tolliday, the Nottingham, UK Electronica Artists who Go by the Name Bent, Released this Compilation in 2001, Encompasing Previous EP Releases.features Different Cover Art from the USA Version, and Different Tracks.