| Jamallad / Global Citizen |
|---|
| Album: | Global Citizen | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Jamallad | Added: | 04/2008 | |
| Label: | United Globe Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
|---|
| Add Date: | 2008-04-27 | Pull Date: | 2008-06-29 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 29 Jun | 1 Jun | 25 May | 18 May | 11 May | 4 May |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 24, 2008: | New World Disorder Abidjan La Belle | 4. | May 17, 2008: | New World Disorder It's All Inside | |
| 2. | May 31, 2008: | New World Disorder War No More | 5. | May 10, 2008: | New World Disorder Abidjan La Belle | |
| 3. | May 24, 2008: | Disorder Lost, Disorder Found Abidjan La Belle | 6. | May 10, 2008: | The Twilight Zone It's All Inside |
| Album Review |
|---|
| Sadie O. Reviewed 2008-04-28 | ||
|
Jamallad – Global Citizen Reviewed by Sadie O., 4/23/08 Pretty Reggae/African/pop combination with lyrics about globalism and world peace. Singer originally from Ivory Coast, got a degree in music in the US, moved to Hawaii where a fall left him partially paralyzed. He was told the operation he needed would leave him unable to sing again, and the fact that he recovered (he has a distinctive, unpolished sounding voice) probably lends to the celebratory spirit of the record. It’s miles better than most Reggae coming out of Hawaii these days. NB: tracks often end a few seconds shy. No FCCs detected. 2, 9 and 10 are my faves. 1. **drum intro, somewhat uptempo Highlife, sweet and happy, sung in multiple languages. 2. ****lilting Reggae with hints of African instrumentation, female chorus, lyrics in French. 3. *downbeat and relaxed pop (not really Reggae), lyrics in English and French, forgettable music but really nice vocals. 4. **pretty midtempo bubble, interesting instrumentation but maybe too much female chorus, lyrics in English. 5. **subdued midtempo pop, with rather quiet vocals, lyrics in English. 6. ***midtempo semi-acoustic pop with hints of West African sounds. Bits of spoken word by a young boy. Vocals again in several languages – vocals really make this track. 7. ***female spoken word intro, then bouncy midtempo bubble, lyrics in English. Music and lead vocals both strong, but my jury is out on the female backing vocals, again. 8. **midtempo (sort of 80’s feel) hard rock, lyrics in English. 9. ****really nice slightly uptempo bubble, anti-war lyrics. Definitely worth the price of admission. 10. ****uptempo skank with hints of Africa, strong playing, lyrics in English. Nice bit of philosophy and lovely singing in West African towards end. Good stuff. 11. **upbeat pop skank, fine vocals in multiple languages. | ||
| Track Listing |
|---|
| 1. | In The Now | 6. | Global Citizen | |||
| 2. | Abidjan La Belle | 7. | Jamallad | |||
| 3. | Give Love A Chance | 8. | Like Children | |||
| 4. | Happiness | 9. | War No More | |||
| 5. | Never Enough | 10. | It's All Inside | |||
| 11. | Ode To The Land | |||||