| Smith, Eric / Rocky Road |
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| Album: | Rocky Road | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Smith, Eric | Added: | May 2007 | |
| Label: | Mighty Roots | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-05-20 | Pull Date: | 2007-07-22 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jul 22 | Jul 15 | Jul 1 | Jun 10 | Jun 3 | May 27 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 03, 2008: | New World Disorderly Peace Oil War | 4. | Jul 14, 2007: | New World Disorder Rocky Road | |
| 2. | Aug 04, 2007: | New World Disorder Tour The World | 5. | Jun 09, 2007: | New World Disorder Rocky Road | |
| 3. | Jul 21, 2007: | New World Disorder Oil War | 6. | Jun 07, 2007: | A2Z Rocky Road |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-05-21 | ||
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Reviewed by Sadie O., 5/17/07 Classic-sounding roots Reggae, based heavily on Black Uhuru and other classic sounds. Fine sounds, excellent vocals, interesting lyrics (often with that subtle touch of herb-based Rasta ranting). Apparently he does all the vocals (the backing vocals sound female), and I can’t find where he gets the riddims – but it sounds good. No FCCs detected – mostly very religious/sociopolitical lyrics. 5 and 7 are outstanding, many others excellent. 1. 4:26 ***midtempo roots skank (taken from Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner by Black Uhuru) – sweet Rasta lyrics/vocals. 2. 5:32 **rather uptempo roots bubble with buzzing electronics – also familiar riddim. All sorts of biblical and other references, extremely odd bit of preaching at end. 3. 4:19 ***syndrum and “wolf” noises – midtempo roots skank. 4. 4:44 ****standard Rasta preaching at start, then downtempo skank with electric guitar, stand firm lyrics. 5. 3:36 *****sparce electronic riddim, fine vocal delivery and lyrics. 6. 4:10 starts with BBC broadcast about 911. Rather uptempo electronic riddim, rather odd recounting of events. Ends several seconds early. 7. 5:28 *****insanely great electronic riddim, midtempo skank, Zion lyrics. 8. 4:00 **uptempo bubble, Rasta panoply lyrics. 9. 4:18 ***midtempo bubble, pretty vocals, freedom song. 10. 3:53 **midtempo electronic bubble, bit of hiccuppy Jacob Miller style vocals. Love gone bad lyrics. 11. 4:12 ****terrific slightly downtempo skank with electric guitar and triangle, stand firm lyrics. 12. 5:58 ***midtempo bubble with syndrum, Rasta lyrics. 13. 4:38 starts about 4 seconds late. ***midtempo syncopated electronic skank based on “Exodus”, anti-war lyrics. 14. 4:29 ***uptempo electronic riddim, very familiar… pot lyrics reminiscent of Black Uhuru. Yay! Ends several seconds short. 15. 3:56 ***Nyahbinghi drums and guitar flourishes, bit of pan pipes. Quite pretty. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Tour The World | 8. | All These Things Unfold | |||
| 2. | Jah Jah Bless | 9. | Warder Boy | |||
| 3. | Wolf | 10. | Go-On Go-On | |||
| 4. | World Dominance | 11. | Passa Passa | |||
| 5. | Oil War | 12. | Stand Up Strong | |||
| 6. | 911 | 13. | Freedom | |||
| 7. | Rocky Road | 14. | Marijuana | |||
| 15. | Selassie I Rule | |||||