Atlas, Natacha / Something Dangerous
Album: Something Dangerous   Collection:World
Artist:Atlas, Natacha   Added:Jul 2003
Label:Mantra/Beggers Banquet  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-07-21 Pull Date: 2003-09-22 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Aug 24 Aug 17 Aug 10 Aug 3 Jul 27
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Recent Airplay
1. Feb 17, 2004: the jewish alternative
Like the Last Drop
4. Aug 05, 2003: the jewish alternative
Adam's Lullaby
2. Aug 23, 2003: On The Dark Crimson Bloodpath of Gloom
Le Printemps
5. Aug 02, 2003: Morning Glory
Man's World
3. Aug 12, 2003: the jewish alternative
Le Printemps
6. Jul 26, 2003: Morning Glory
This Realm

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2003-07-16
NATACHA ATLAS – Something Dangerous
Mantra, 2003

Dangerous? Hardly. Atlas is easily one of world fusion's biggest stars. Since emerging from the band Transglobal Underground in the mid-90s, her lovely voice, sexy image, and genre-crossing music have all translated into a high-profile career. But frankly, there's not much meat on these bones. This album is clearly aimed at crossover audiences, with Atlas' exotic-sex-kitten vocals dumped into commercial mixes that will play well at your standard quasi-alternative college station, but will likely disappoint hardcore world music fans.

Fo's Picks: 4,14

1. 5:57 – pretty vocal w/ pretty strings; sleepy and overlong, but nice.
4. 5:15 – peppy Bollywood-ish vocal duet over growling synths and unchanging beat
6. 4:40 – cover of James Brown's classic ballad, hews closely to the original.
9. 5:52 – dark techno-groove with slow, wailing vocal layers. Sure to turn up in a movie.
12. 3:49 – swirly fusion groove, some flute samples, Arabic-style English vox
13. 4:25 – low, dramatic music, French vocal; drawn-out and atmospheric
14. 8:24 – long and dramatic, builds slowly with some good tension

[ Fo ] - 7/16/03

Track Listing
1. Adam's Lullaby   8. Simple Heart
2. Eye of the Duck   9. Daymalhum
3. Something Dangerous   10. Who's My Baby
4. Janamaan   11. When I Close My Eyes
5. Just Like a Dream   12. This Realm
6. Man's World   13. Le Printemps
7. Layali   14. Like the Last Drop