The band's 2009 album returns in February 2027 with new mastering, revised sequencing and two limited-edition vinyl pressings.
Cornershop have announced a new vinyl reissue of their fifth studio album, Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast, arriving on 26 February 2027 through their own Ample Play Records label. Originally released in 2009, the record has been remastered at Third Man Mastering in Detroit, with new lacquers cut by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios.
The reissue will be available in two limited-edition pressings, each restricted to 500 copies. A numbered DINKED edition comes on 'St Clement's Transparent Lemon' vinyl, complete with an exclusive sticker sheet and cocktail recipe inserts, while a second pressing will be available on 'Waltham Abbey Transparent Orange' vinyl. Both editions will feature new gatefold packaging, marking the first time the double album has been presented in this format. The original 2009 vinyl release was housed in a poster bag inside a plastic sleeve, without a conventional cardboard cover. The forthcoming edition also introduces changes to the running order and a track title compared with the original pressing.
Released seven years after 2002's Handcream For A Generation, Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast found the British group continuing to draw from an unusually broad range of musical influences, incorporating psychedelic rock, funk, soul and elements of Indian music. The album includes the anti-war opening track 'The Roll Off Characteristics (Of History In The Making)', the politically charged 'The Phantom Wog', which references the Southall riots, and a cover of Bob Dylan's 'The Mighty Quinn'. Elsewhere, 'Who Fingered Rock'n'Roll' addresses changes within the music industry, while the sprawling closing track 'The Turned On Truth (The Truth Is Turned On)' runs for approximately 16 minutes.
The announcement is accompanied by a video for 'Soul School', one of the album's twelve tracks. The reissue offers another opportunity to revisit a record that arrived more than a decade after Cornershop's breakthrough success with 'Brimful of Asha', which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart following Fatboy Slim's 1998 remix.
Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast will be released on 26 February 2027 via Ample Play Records, with both limited-edition vinyl versions available to pre-order. Pre-order Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast here.
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