| Bloodsport | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Sneaker Pimps |
| Cover: | Sneaker Pimps Bloodsport.jpg |
| Released: | 22 January 2002 |
| Genre: | Trip hop[1] |
| Length: | 60:38 |
| Prev Title: | Splinter |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Squaring the Circle |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
Bloodsport is the third studio album by English electronic band Sneaker Pimps. It was released on 22 January 2002, through record label Tommy Boy.
Despite a positive fan reception, it received a mediocre response from music critics at the time of its release, and was commercially unsuccessful, failing to chart in the band's home country of the UK.
It would also be the last album recorded before their 20 year hiatus until 2021's release of Squaring The Circle, in which the band reformed and released their long-awaited, double album.
The album opener "Kiro TV" is named after the US television station KIRO-TV. The title of "Loretta Young Silks" refers to the US actress Loretta Young.
Described as trip hop,[1] the album had the label "goth" affixed to it by more than one reviewer.[1] [2]
The album was originally intended to be called Forsythe, but was changed last minute. The recording sessions were mainly in rural France and several Bloodsportera songs which weren't included on the final album were released elsewhere: Miami Counting appears as a B-side for the Loretta Young Silks single, the Sick single and the Japanese edition of Bloodsport contain a track called After Every Party I Die, which was later re-recorded by Chris Corner's side project IAMX and released on the album The Alternative, O-Type was included as a B-side on the 12-inch vinyl single of Bloodsport but was never released in the digital realm and a completely unreleased track called Polaroids was later used on the IAMX album Kiss and Swallow, albeit in a totally revamped and remixed form. A proposed track mentioned on their old forum was teased as Masturbate, but this was never recorded.
Bloodsport was released on 22 January 2002 on CD as well as double red vinyl, through record label Tommy Boy.
It failed to chart in the band's home country of the UK, but reached number 68 in the Austrian top 75 album chart.[2] Lead single "Sick" charted at 100 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
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