Album: Second Toughest in the Infants by Underworld (1996)
Genre: House | Style: Electronic | Mood: Energetic
Format: Album

Description: Second Toughest in the Infants is the fourth album by Underworld, and the second in their "MK2" line-up with Darren Emerson. With this album, Underworld expanded on their progressive palette, while developing their signature sound of abrasive beats and anthemic melodies. The unusual name of the album derives from a comment made by member Rick Smith's six-year-old nephew, Simon Prosser, when asked on his progress at infant school, the level of schooling attended by four- to seven-year-old children in the United Kingdom. Second Toughest featured the single "Pearl's Girl". The re-issue featured the band's best known single, "Born Slippy .NUXX".

Artist Background: Underworld are an English electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1980. Hyde and Smith began their musical partnership with the Kraftwerk and reggae-inspired sounds of The Screen Gemz while working together in a diner in the city of Cardiff, where both had been studying. They were then joined by bass player Alfie Thomas (who was also in The Screen Gemz), drummer Bryn Burrows, and keyboardist John Warwicker and formed a proto-e... Part of the Romford, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Electronic movement.

Related Artists: Orbital, Fluke, Leftfield, The Chemical Brothers

Music Scene: Part of the Romford, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Electronic movement.

Tags: House, Electronic, Energetic, 1990s, Album

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Second Toughest in the Infants is the fourth album by Underworld, and the second in their "MK2" line-up with Darren Emerson. With this album, Underworld expanded on their progressive palette, while developing their signature sound of abrasive beats and anthemic melodies. The unusual name of the album derives from a comment made by member Rick Smith's six-year-old nephew, Simon Prosser, when asked on his progress at infant school, the level of schooling attended by four- to seven-year-old children in the United Kingdom. Second Toughest featured the single "Pearl's Girl". The re-issue featured the band's best known single, "Born Slippy .NUXX".

Second Toughest in the Infants

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