Sound Mirrors is the fifth studio album by Coldcut

Coldcut

Coldcut are an English dance music duo, comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More. Their signature style is electronic dance music, featuring cut up samples of hip hop, breaks, jazz, spoken word and various other types of music, as well as video and multimedia.-1980s:In 1986, computer programmer Matt...

. It was released in January 2006. Four singles were released from the album including the Top 75

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 hit "True Skool" with Roots Manuva

Roots Manuva

Rodney Hylton Smith , better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.-Biography:...

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CD

1. "Man in a Garage" (feat. John Matthias
   John Matthias
   John Matthias is an American poet. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1941 and attended the Ohio State University and Stanford University. At Stanford he studied under the poet and critic Yvor Winters, but did not conform to Winters' stringent anti-modernist position...
   
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2. "True Skool" (feat. Roots Manuva
   Roots Manuva
   Rodney Hylton Smith , better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.-Biography:...
   
   )
3. "Just for the Kick" (feat. Annette Peacock
   Annette Peacock
   - Biography :Annette Peacock began composing at the age of four. Her mother was a violist in the San Diego and Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestras....
   
   )
4. "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" (feat. Robert Owens
   Robert Owens (musician)
   Robert Owens is an American contemporary R&B and house-music vocalist best known for his work with the Chicago house group Fingers Inc. in the mid-1980s...
   
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5. "Mr Nichols" (feat. Saul Williams
   Saul Williams
   Saul Stacey Williams is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop and for his leading role in the 1998 independent film Slam.-Biography:...
   
   )
6. "A Whistle and a Prayer" (feat. Fog
   Fog (band)
   Fog is a band fronted by Andrew Broder, which includes members Mark Erickson and Tim Glenn. For most of their existence, material released by Fog had been produced largely by Broder alone, combining both traditionally performed instruments and turntable-derived samples, until the switch to a...
   
   )
7. "Everything is Under Control" (feat. Mike Ladd
   Mike Ladd
   Mike Ladd is a hip-hop MC and producer. As an MC, he practices spoken-word and is known for his poetic lyrics. As a producer, he is known as the owner of the Likemadd label.-Biography:...
   
    & Jon Spencer)
8. "Boogieman" (feat. Amiri Baraka
   Amiri Baraka
   Amiri Baraka , formerly known as LeRoi Jones, is an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism...
   
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9. "Aid Dealer" (feat. Soweto Kinch
   Soweto Kinch
   Soweto Kinch is a British jazz alto saxophonist and rapper.Born in London, England to a Barbadian father, who is a playwright, and British-Jamaican mother, who is an actress, Kinch began playing saxophone at the age of nine after learning clarinet at Allfarthing Primary School, Wandsworth, SW London...
   
   )
10. "This Island Earth" (feat. Mpho Skeef)
11. "Colours the Soul" (feat. Dom Spitzer)
12. "Sound Mirrors"
13. "The State We're In" (feat. Lu Grady) (Japanese bonus track)
14. "Just for the Kick (Version 1)" (Japanese bonus track)

Vinyl

The double vinyl LP has a slightly different tracklisting as it opens with the then forthcoming singles "True Skool" and "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" with all other tracks appearing in the same order as the CD. While such changes are sometimes made to vinyl versions to ensure sides are of a similar length, this is not the case as the only two tracks that would have been on different sides (i.e. "Just for the Kick" should be on side one and "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" should be on side two) are almost identical in length (both just over five minutes long).

Side one

1. "True Skool" (feat. Roots Manuva)
2. "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" (feat. Robert Owens)
3. "Man in a Garage" (feat. John Matthias)

Side two

1. "Just for the Kick" (feat. Annette Peacock)
2. "Mr Nichols" (feat. Saul Williams)
3. "A Whistle and a Prayer" (feat. Fog)

Side three

1. "Everything is Under Control" (feat. Mike Ladd & Jon Spencer)
2. "Boogieman" (feat. Amiri Baraka)
3. "Aid Dealer" (feat. Soweto Kinch)

Side four

1. "This Island Earth" (feat. Mpho Skeef)
2. "Colours the Soul" (feat. Dom Spitzer)
3. "Sound Mirrors"

Singles

Single	Release date	UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
"Everything is Under Control"	14.11.2005	93
"Man in a Garage"	09.01.2006	95
"True Skool"	17.04.2006	61
"Walk a Mile in My Shoes"	14.08.2006	103

Commercial use

The song "Mr Nichols" has been used as background music for one of the bumps on Adult Swim

Adult Swim

Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...

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External links

• Hari Kunzru Collaboration between Hari Kunzru and Coldcut on the BBC radio play "Sound Mirrors" in 2004