Exile on Coldharbour Lane

Exile on Coldharbour Lane is the debut album by Alabama 3, released on 11 November 1997 on One Little Indian and Geffen. The name and cover are references to Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones and Coldharbour Lane a major street in Brixton, South London best known for containing several after-hours clubs and not a few drug dealers. Recording sessions took place from March to June 1997. Exile on Coldharbour Lane did not chart on any album charts in the United States. The song "Sister Rosetta" was featured in the film Barnyard. "Woke Up This Morning" is best known as the opening theme music for the television series, The Sopranos, which used the "Chosen One Mix" of that song. "Woke Up This Morning" was later sampled by Nas on "Got Ur Self A..." from the album Stillmatic.

Reception
Upon its release, Exile on Coldharbour Lane received favorable reviews, including an 8.9 review from Pitchfork Media. A review in Cherwell said there were "many highlights on this bizarre journey of an album", praising 'Ain't Going To Goa' and 'Mao Tse Tung Said' but describing 'Purple Tin' as "awful [...] pure bar room schmaltz".

In a 2008 article in The Guardian, Irvine Welsh said the techno and country and western fusion was "astonishingly bold" and called it an "incendiary debut album".

Personnel
Alabama 3
 * Larry Love (Rob Spragg) – vocals
 * The Very Reverend Dr. D. Wayne Love (First Minister of the First Presleyterian Church of Elvis the Divine (UK)) (Jake Black) – vocals
 * The Mountain of Love (Piers Marsh) – analogue terrorism, harmonica, jaw's harp & vocals
 * Sir Real "Congaman" Love L.S.D. O.P.T. (Simon Edwards) – percussion, acoustic guitar
 * Mississippi Guitar Love – guitar
 * L.B. Dope (Johnny Delafons) – drums
 * The Spirit (Orlando Harrison) – keyboards
 * The Book of Love (Security), I.V. Lenin (Socialism in the Mainline), Lady Love and Little Eye Tie – D. Wayne's Ladies

Technical
 * Produced by The Ministers at Work and Boss Hogg
 * Engineered by John Wilkinson at The Steamroom and The Dairy
 * Mixed by Andy Wallace at The Town House
 * Track 3 contains an element of "Tell Me" performed by Howlin Wolf, a sample from "Standing at the Burying Ground" by Mississippi Fred McDowell and a sample from "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters.
 * Track 8 contains elements from "Honey Hush" performed by Johnny Burnett & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio.
 * Track 11 contains samples from "Oh in That Morning" by The Reverend BC Campbell and "Wrapped Up and Tangled Up" by The Reverend Charlie Jackson.