Morrison, David / One Day At A Time
Album: One Day At A Time   Collection:Reggae
Artist:Morrison, David   Added:Oct 2007
Label:Ernie B's Reggae  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2007-10-28 Pull Date: 2007-12-30 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Dec 23 Dec 16 Dec 9 Dec 2 Nov 25 Nov 18 Nov 11
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 30, 2007: New World Disorder
Wicked Development
4. Dec 06, 2007: Sunshine ... on a Rainy Afternoon
Lil' Green
2. Dec 16, 2007: New World Disorder
Made For Me (Dub)
5. Nov 25, 2007: New World Disorder
Madalaina
3. Dec 09, 2007: New World Disorder
Wicked Development
6. Nov 21, 2007: Erin is Disorderly
Wicked Development

Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2007-10-29
David Morrison – One Day at a Time
Reviewed by Sadie O., 10/22/07
Straight up Roots Rock Reggae with gorgeous vocal harmonies. David Morrison has been a member of the renowned vocal trio the Abyssinians for several years, and he clearly knows all about vocal harmonies – he does all the vocals himself, and he does have a fantastic voice. The band are from Santa Cruz.
No FCCs detected. I like 3, 6, 8, and the dubs and versions at the end.
1. 0:25 pretty singing with nyahbinghi hand drum backing.
2. 4:28 *hand drum intro, builds to uptempo bubble. Very roots rock Reggae, Rasta lyrics.
3. 4:14 ***midtempo roots bubble with horn section. Terrific harmonies, great words.
4. 3:48 **bouncy skank – cover of Little Green Apples. Oddly, he takes writing credit!
5. 0:22 pretty singing and nyahbinghi hand drumming – hymn with slightly alarming lyrics.
6. 3:56 ***midtempo bubble with more terrific harmonies.
7. 4:02 **low-key intro, then bouncy midtempo bubble with rather strange combination of happy sounding music and tragic lyrics.
8. 4:05 ***downtempo skank, pretty cover of the Sam Cooke classic. Fittingly, it has the ring of a hymn.
9. 1:11 electronic R&Bish riddim, odd song telling a girl to go away…
10. 3:28 **Latin-flavored downtempo riddim. Rather odd, probably extemporaneous lyrics.
11. 3:53 **slightly downtempo feel-good skank, another Sam Cooke cover.
12. 0:35 static for a second or two, then singing with piano chords.
13. 3:36 *midtempo bubble with flute, love song.
14. 4:20 ***dub of track 3.
15. 3:54 **downtempo dub of track 11 (album listing has tracks 15 and 16 reversed)
16. 3:57 ***mostly instrumental version of track 7, so you get all the good feeling of the music and none of the sadness of the lyrics. Yay! The trombone really shines.
17. 4:33 **instrumental version of track 2 with prominent hand drum.
18. 0:49 *classic hymn, Nyahbinghi version. You can see the smoke…

Track Listing
1. Feel Good (Hall Blessing)   10. Madalaina
2. Jah Run Things   11. Made For Me
3. Wicked Development   12. African Princess (Interlude)
4. Lil' Green   13. End Of Time
5. We Shall Rise (Hall Blessing)   14. Wicked Development (Dub)
6. Love Come & Go   15. War & Crime (Instrumental)
7. War & Crime   16. Made For Me (Dub)
8. Change A Come   17. Jah Run Things (Version)
9. Baby Girl (Interlude)   18. Fyah Was Hot (Hall Blessing)