Everything is Borrowed - The Streets

After the self-hating squall that was 2006's The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living, Mike Skinner returns with an album that's calmer.

Only one song (Heaven for the Weather) has the jack-the-lad swagger fans will remember from the garage MC's early hits, such as Don't Mug Yourself.

Instead we find balmy gospel organs (the title track), rippling waltzes (On the Edge of a Coin) and even a folky lullaby (Strongest Person I Know). His raps used to focus microscopically on the mundane; here he zooms out to grapple with the universal: belief in God, climate change.

Compared with Skinner's previous three albums, Everything Is Borrowed is more philosophical, mature. But it's also a bit less fun.


Track Listing

1. Everything Is Borrowed



2. Heaven For The Weather



3. I Love You More (Than You Like Me)



4. Just Thought Of Something
5. On The Flip Of A Coin



6. The Sherry End



7. Alleged Legends



8. What Are Chances Of That Like?
9. When That Day Will Be
10. Further Away
11. Strongest Person I Know



12. The Escapist