Schubert Dip

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Baltimore Sun	(favorable)^[3]
Calgary Herald	C^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[6]
Los Angeles Times	^[7]
NME	9/10^[8]
Q	^[9]
The Village Voice	C+^[10]

Alex Henderson of AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five, feeling that overall it was not as good as the standout single "Unbelievable": "The only song that comes close to packing the punch of 'Unbelievable' is the intoxicating 'Long Summer Days'. For the most part, Schubert Dip is a prime example of an album that is simply decent when it should have been excellent."^[2]

Track listing

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All songs written and composed by James Atkin, Derry Brownson, Mark Decloedt, Ian Dench & Zac Foley, except where noted.

"Children" – 5:15
"Long Summer Days" – 4:00
"When You're Mine" (Dench) – 3:22
"Travelling Not Running" (Dench) – 4:20
"I Believe" – 3:43
"Unbelievable" – 3:29
"Girl of an Age" – 3:56
"Admit It" (Dench) – 3:28
"Lies" (Dench) – 4:27 (4:19 on reissue)
"Longtime" – 4:25 (original length was 8:10, as it included "EMF" as a hidden track)
"EMF" (Live at the Bilson) – 3:54 (hidden track on the original, later listed separately on reissue)

Note

The track "Lies" on the first pressings of Schubert Dip originally began with a sample of the voice of John Lennon's assassin, Mark David Chapman, reciting the first two lines of the lyrics to Lennon's "Watching the Wheels". Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, objected to this sample and as a result all subsequent pressings of the album have omitted the sample of Chapman's voice.
The Hungarian speech at the beginning of the track "Travelling Not Running": "Az nem lehet, hogy az ellenzéknek is ártani lehet, ezt majd a végső eredmény eldönti..." ("It is impossible to harm the oppositionist, the final result will decide it...") was spoken by János Berecz, a Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party politician at the end of the Iron Curtain era.

Sample credits

"Unbelievable" includes samples of US comedian Andrew Dice Clay throughout the track.
The song "Girl of an Age" contains a sample of the character Ernie from Sesame Street speaking to his friend Bert.
The song "Longtime" contains a sample of a reading of The Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot.

Personnel

EMF

James Atkin – vocals, guitars
Derry Brownson – keyboards, samples
Mark Decloedt – drums
Ian Dench – keyboards and guitars
Zac Foley – bass

Additional personnel

DJ Milf – turntables, scratching
Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals on "Children", "I Believe", "Girl of an Age" & "Lies"
Sindy Finn & Laurane McIntosh – backing vocals on "Travelling Not Running"
Mastering by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC

Charts

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Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Schubert Dip*
Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[11]	44
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[12]	32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[13]	83
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14]	20
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[15]	8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[16]	21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[17]	16
UK Albums (Official Charts Company)^[18]	3
US Billboard 200^[19]	12

Year-end charts

Annual chart performance for *Schubert Dip*
Chart (1991)	Position
US Billboard 200^[20]	57

Certifications

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Certifications for *Schubert Dip*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[21]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[22]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[23]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.