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Name = Give Blood |

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Type = [[Album]] |

| name Artist = [[BrakesGive (band)|Brakes]] |Blood

| Covertype = Brakes giveblood.jpg |studio

| artist Released = [[2005-07-04]]Brakes (band)|Brakes]]

| Name cover = Give Blood |(Brakes album).jpg

Recorded = January 22–30, 2005 at Metropolis |

| alt Genre = [[Indie rock]] |

| released = {{start date|2005|7|4|df=y}}

Length = 28:57 |

| recorded Recorded = =22–30 January 22–30, 2005 at Metropolis |

Label = [[Rough Trade]] |

| venue =

Producer = Iain Gore, Brakes |

| Reviewsstudio =

| genre = [[Indie rock]]

*''[[NME]]'': 8/10

| Length length = 28:57 |

*''[[The Observer]]'': {{rating-5|5}} [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,12102,1507260,00.html link]

| Label label = [[Rough Trade]] Records|Rough Trade]]

*[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]: 7.5/10 [http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/brakes/give-blood.shtml link]

| Producer producer = Iain Gore, Brakes |

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| prev_title =

Last album = |

| prev_year =

This album = ''Give Blood''<br/>(2005) |

| Next album next_title = ''[[The Beatific Visions]]''<br>([[2006]]) |

| next_year = 2006

}}

'''''Give Blood''''' is the debut album from the [[Brighton]]-based band, [[Brakes (band)|Brakes]]. The album was recorded onto 2" tape and mixed onto 1/4" tape in January 2005. Brakes and their 22-year old producer, Iain Gore, also removed all computer screens from the studio for the week and all the tracks were recorded live, with the duets being recorded around one mike. The only overdubs were lap steel on "Jackson" by bassist Marc Beatty, piano by drummer Alex White and guitar by Tom White on "I Can't Stand To Stand Beside You".

{{Album ratings

The album also features Matt Eaton of [[Actress Hands]] on "The Most Fun", Leila Moss of [[The Duke Spirit]] on "Jackson" and Rose, Becki and Julia of [[The Pipettes]] on "Sometimes Always".

| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/give-blood-mw0000397120|title=Give Blood – Brakes &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic}}</ref>

| rev3 = ''[[The Observer]]''

| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=Observer>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/omm/10bestcds/story/0,12102,1507260,00.html|title=This month's top 10: Brakes – OMM – The Observer|website=The Guardian}}</ref>

| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''

| rev4Score = {{Rating|7.5|10}}<ref name=Pitch>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1173-give-blood/|title=Brakes: Give Blood|website=Pitchfork}}</ref>

| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]

| rev2Score = (A-)<ref name=RC>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Brakes|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Brakes|website=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>

| noprose = yes}}

'''''Give Blood''''' is the debut album from the [[Brighton]]-based band, [[Brakes (band)|Brakes]]. The album was recorded onto 2" tape and mixed onto 1/4" tape in January 2005. Brakes and their 22-year -old producer, Iain Gore, also removed all computer screens from the studio for the week and all the tracks were recorded live, with the duets being recorded around one mike. The only overdubs were lap steel on "Jackson" by bassist Marc Beatty, piano by drummer Alex White and guitar by Tom White on "I Can't Stand To Stand Beside You".

The album was voted best of 2005 by the presitgious indie music shop Rough Trade.

The album also features Matt Eaton of [[Actress Hands]] on "The Most Fun", LeilaLiela Moss of [[The Duke Spirit]] on "Jackson" and Rose, Becki and Julia of [[The Pipettes]] on "Sometimes Always".

The album was voted best of 2005 by the presitgiousprestigious indie music shop Rough Trade.

==Track listing==

*All songs by Brakes except where noted.

#"[[Ring Aa Ding Ding]]"

#"NY Pie"

#"The Most Fun"

#"Heard About Your Band"

#"What's Inin It Forfor Me?" (Hamilton/Farmer/Eaton/Gray, arr. by Brakes)

#"You'll Always Have a Place to Stay"

#"Cheney"

#"I Can't Stand Toto Stand Beside You"

#"[[Pick Up the Phone (Brakes song)|Pick Up the Phone]]"

#"You're So Pretty"

#"[[Jackson (song)|Jackson]]" ([[Jerry Leiber]] & [[Billy Edd- Wheeler]])

#"[[All Night Disco Party]]"

#"Hi How Are You"

#"Comma Comma Comma Full Stop"

#"Sometimes Always" ([[William Reid (musician)|William Reid]])

#"Fell Inin Love Withwith Aa Girl"

==Personnel==

===Brakes===

* [[Eamon Hamilton]] -– vocals, guitar

* Marc Beatty -– bass guitar, lapsteel

* [[Thomas White -(musician)|Thomas White]] – electric guitar, percussion

* [[Alex White -(musician)|Alex White]] – drums, piano

===Other musicians===

* Matt Eaton -– backing vocals on "The Most Fun"

* Liela Moss -– backingduet vocals on "Jackson"

* [[TheRose PipettesElinor Dougall]], [[Rebecca Stephens (singer)|Rebecca Stephens]], Julia Clarke-Lowes – backingduet vocals on "Sometimes Always"

===Technical===

* Iain Gore, Brakes -– producer, mixing

* Tim Young -– mastering

* Matt Paul, Fergus McHugh, Carlos Olmos -– assistant engineering

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