Track Listing

1. Play - Kate Nash, Jay Malhotra
2. Foundations - Kate Nash, Paul Epworth, Steve Fitzmaurice, Daniel Morrison
3. Mouthwash - Kate Nash, Jay Malhotra, Elliott Andrews, Paul Epworth, Mark Rankin, Anna Tjan, Steve Fitzmaurice, Daniel Morrison, Oli Wright
4. Dickhead - Kate Nash, Paul Epworth, Mark Rankin, Anna Tjan, Fiona Brice, Steve Fitzmaurice, Daniel Morrison, Oli Wright
5. Birds - Kate Nash, Jay Malhotra, Paul Epworth, Mark Rankin, Anna Tjan, Steve Fitzmaurice, Daniel Morrison, Oli Wright
6. We Get On - Kate Nash, Jay Malhotra, Elliott Andrews, Paul Epworth, Mark Rankin, Anna Tjan, Steve Fitzmaurice, Daniel Morrison, Oli Wright
7. Mariella - Kate Nash, Jay Malhotra, Paul Epworth, Mark Rankin, Anna Tjan, Steve Fitzmaurice, Daniel Morrison, Oli Wright
8. Shit Song (interlude) / Shit Song - Kate Nash
9. Pumpkin Soup - Kate Nash, Leo Taylor, Paul Epworth, Mark Rankin, Anna Tjan, Steve Fitzmaurice, Daniel Morrison, Oli Wright
10. Skeleton Song - Kate Nash, Jay Malhotra, Elliott Andrews, Mei-Ling Wong, Paul Epworth, Mark Rankin, Anna Tjan, Steve Fitzmaurice, Daniel Morrison, Oli Wright
11. Nicest Thing - Kate Nash, Jay Malhotra, Mei-Ling Wong, Paul Epworth, Mark Rankin, Anna Tjan, Steve Fitzmaurice, Daniel Morrison, Oli Wright
12. Merry Happy / Little Red - Kate Nash

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3547 in Music
• Released on: 2007-08-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 56 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Kate Nash is the perfect pop starlet. She sounds enough like one existing star to make her an already snug fit for your tastes (if it needs spelling out for you--L.I.L.Y.A.L.L.E.N--there’s no getting away from the thematic and elocutionary parallels, no matter how much the lady doth protest). She’s ordinary-ish. She’s you, your girlfriend, that girl over there you adore/admire, only clearly cuter and packed with a sharper tongue. She sings of nothing much, but sings it with juicy vim and bright expressions through a deliciously theatrical voice-box, a hangover from her stage school background that faltered, leading her to channel her wit and personality into writing songs. A sprinkling of anarchy too--something for the parents to disapprove of? Well, she’s got a filthy mouth and a frankly blasé grasp of the Queen’s English. It’s a shame really that she’s not quite made the perfect pop debut to match, but Made of Bricks is a damn fine first run, when it gets it right. The jerky prelude to the album proper, "Play" reminds briefly of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bis, segueing into the Lily Allen plays Carter USM playfulness of "Foundations". "Dickhead" is a silly, smoky blues ditty, the massive, gyrating "Pumpkin Song" is Sugababes with their hair pulled behind the bike sheds, key-hammering highlight "Mariella" reminds of expressive vaudeville New Yorkers the Dresden Dolls and "We Get On" could be a Grease outtake, though nothing the innocent Olivia Newton John would ever wrap her lips around. Like Lily Allen then, but not that much. --James Berry

CD Description
'Made Of Bricks' is the debut album from Harrow songstress Kate Nash. Pop music with indie sensibilities and an experimental edge permeate much of this album, and it is topped offwith Nash's distinctive estuary vocal stylings. Includes the single 'Foundations'.

Customer Reviews

Don't be put off by the bad reviews
I eventually brought this album despite nearly being put off by the negative reviews.

It was delivered yesterday and its amazing.

I'm 34 so way over the albums 'target' audience and love it!

It may be 'aimed' at teenagers but to overlook it because of that would be a grave mistake.

I brought this and Lily Allens album at the same time and they have huge differences,I must say I prefer this one of the two.

The best track is 'the nicest thing'- a ballad of unrequited love that is so easy to relate to, it sounds very 'Kate Bush' (instrumentally not lyrically/vocally) particularly near the end, reminds me very much of 'Love and Anger' and is very haunting....'mouthwash,'birds' and 'mariella' are the other high points.

This is a great album full of a variety of emotions, it fun, quirky, comic in many places, sassy but underneath all that it has a lot of undertones to resentment, disappointment and apathy.

Only wish I'd got it sooner rather than deliberating.

Could have been braver!
I've been listening to this girls stuff for a while now and have, at times been blown away by her work. This album is good - but it could have been GREAT. Take the song "Birds" for example, if you are lucky enough to unearth the live version on the "caroline's a victim" single, you'll hear a heartstoppingly beautiful and tender song of clumsy young love. This album's version of "birds" is horribly overproduced and loses everything that the song is about in the process.
That sums up a lot of this album, however there are some songs here that showcase Nash's quirky style a treat, Mariella, Foundations and Nicest Thing being the best.

Don't listen to the Nash bashers below. This album rocks
I used to be a 'Nash Basher'... someone who accused Kate Nash of copying Lily Allen, and i was determined to dislike her for it. After i had listened to a few of her tracks however, on youtube, i decided to get the album and ashamedly i quite like it. Its totally different to anything i've listened to all year, the sharp, dry wit that laces 'foundations' is, thankfully, not lost on the rest of the album, making it really fun and different to listen to, and definatly one of my favourite albums of the year. Buy it!