Slackers, the / Close My Eyes
| Album: | Close My Eyes | Collection: | Deep Storage 200905 | |
| Artist: | Slackers, the | Added: | Apr 2004 | |
| Label: | Hellcat Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-06-28 | Pull Date: | 2004-08-30 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 15 | Jul 25 | Jul 18 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 11, 2004: | press and release
Old Dog |
3. | Jul 14, 2004: | press and release
Old Dog |
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| 2. | Jul 24, 2004: | Morning Glory
Deacon Dub |
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Album Review
Wingit
Reviewed 2004-06-14
Reviewed 2004-06-14
Ska reggae guys from NY with a buncha horns.
They don't just copy reggae, but do americanise it. Many harmonies, a bit of dub. Singer sounds like Elvis Costello without the vibrato.
1) upbeat ska instrumental - trombone, sax,organ solos
*2) fun catchy song w/polka mixed in poor doggie
3) midtempo reggae
*4) harmonies on a message reggae
5) dub Jamaican style political - bread not bombs
6) slow lazy dub, complains of single earner household
7) ska w/old style organ solo, harmonies
8) teer it up w/ plaintive vox
9) pop reggae w/ klezmer appendage
*10) solid, pretty vocals
11) ska w/ sax solo, confused man
**12) horns instrumental, dynamite dub, modulations
They don't just copy reggae, but do americanise it. Many harmonies, a bit of dub. Singer sounds like Elvis Costello without the vibrato.
1) upbeat ska instrumental - trombone, sax,organ solos
*2) fun catchy song w/polka mixed in poor doggie
3) midtempo reggae
*4) harmonies on a message reggae
5) dub Jamaican style political - bread not bombs
6) slow lazy dub, complains of single earner household
7) ska w/old style organ solo, harmonies
8) teer it up w/ plaintive vox
9) pop reggae w/ klezmer appendage
*10) solid, pretty vocals
11) ska w/ sax solo, confused man
**12) horns instrumental, dynamite dub, modulations
Track Listing
| 1. | Shankbon | 7. | Mommy | |||
| 2. | Old Dog | 8. | Don't Wanna Go | |||
| 3. | Axes | 9. | Who Knows | |||
| 4. | Bin Waitin | 10. | Close My Eyes | |||
| 5. | Real War | 11. | I'll Stay Away | |||
| 6. | Lazy Woman | 12. | Deacon Dub |