| John Brown's Body / Amplify |
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| Album: | Amplify | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | John Brown's Body | Added: | 12/2008 | |
| Label: | Easy Star Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-12-07 | Pull Date: | 2009-02-08 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 8 Feb | 1 Feb | 25 Jan | 18 Jan | 4 Jan | 28 Dec | 21 Dec | 14 Dec |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 07, 2009: | New World Disorder Give Yourself Over | 4. | Jan 18, 2009: | The Twilight Zone Make Your Move | |
| 2. | Jan 31, 2009: | New World Disorder Zion Triad | 5. | Jan 17, 2009: | New World Disorder Zion Triad | |
| 3. | Jan 24, 2009: | New World Disorder The Gold | 6. | Jan 15, 2009: | Happy Hour Ghost Notes |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2008-12-08 | ||
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John Brown’s Body – Amplify Reviewed by Sadie O., 12/5/08 “Progressive Reggae”, possibly an oxymoronic concept… I may have been the wrong person to review this, because I kept getting “Yes moments” when I listened, and I get hives when I get “Yes moments”… In spite of this, it’s a very good record, certainly fine musicianship and lots of interesting sounds and rhythms. No FCCs detected. I like 8 best, everything with 3*s is good stuff. 1. **dramatic intro, then very uptempo syncopated skank, vocals have a bit of dancehall. 2. ***tuning instruments intro, then downtempo skank, strong one-drop. 3. ***big horns and melodrama, midtempo bubble with rather cinematic sounding backing vocals. Modulates in fairly unusual ways. 4. ***very slow roots skank, righteousness lyrics, trumpet solo. Includes a dub with Rasta outsider visionary toast (from St. Croix’ Midnite). 5. ***uptempo bouncy boppy wiggle, stadium-rock lyrics. 6. **dubified intro, complex uptempo riddim. Has a bit of Steel Pulse feel. Some “hip hop” vocals. 7. *downtempo with 16th notes, nice vocal rhythm at start, gets a bit trippy-spacey. Ends with a bit of nyahbinghi. 8. ****spacey noises, then downtempo beat and scratching, bouncy midtempo dancehall with rhythmic vocals. 9. **very slow, lots of “prog”, a bit of vocal processing, but pleasant enough. 10. **starts with kora solo, then uptempo, rather urgent sounding skank, love song. Big strings. Sounds like a George Martin production. 11. ***similar riddim, but big horns, somewhat complicated syncopation. Some interesting interplay of vocals. 12. ***somewhat downtempo nyahbinghi riddim, vocal harmonies. Hymn-like, very pretty. Ends a few seconds early. | ||
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