| Alborosie / 2 Times Revolution |
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| Album: | 2 Times Revolution | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Alborosie | Added: | Aug 2011 | |
| Label: | Greensleeves Records Ltd. | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-08-07 | Pull Date: | 2011-10-09 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 | Aug 14 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 05, 2022: | New World Disorder (rebroadcast from Jun 2, 2012) International Drama (Featuring Giuseppe Tarantino) | 4. | Jun 02, 2012: | New World Disorder International Drama (Featuring Giuseppe Tarantino) | |
| 2. | Aug 17, 2015: | Everything A to Z week 07: woodstock Camilla | 5. | Feb 25, 2012: | New World Disorder Camilla | |
| 3. | Jun 16, 2012: | New World Disorder La Revolucion | 6. | Dec 31, 2011: | New World Disorder International Drama (Featuring Giuseppe Tarantino) |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2011-08-06 | ||
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Alborosie – 2 Times Revolution Reviewed by Sadie O., 8/6/11 Roots rock reggae and Alborosie’s inimitable gruff sing-jay vocals. Personal note – VP released the one of the worst tracks (track 2) as the first single from the CD, and left me in morbid fear that Alborosie had actually put out a crap record – so I didn’t listen to it for a while. Worked up my courage finally – and lo, it was good. Whew! I don’t think I have the strength to face the concept of a bad Alborosie record. No FCCs detected. I like 4, 7, 11 and esp. 8, but most tracks are killer. 1. 3:28 ***spoken diatribe intro, midtempo skank, very roots rock reggae stylee. Sampled bits of his hit “Kingston Town”. 2. 3:23 harp intro and vocoder – too commercial! I don’t know why they use that crap on perfectly good vocals… 3. 3:40 ***nice midtempo bubbly bubble – riddim sounds like classic Wailers, but Alborosie sounds like no one else. 4. 3:45 ****cute happy chirpy little intro, salute to revolutionairies in Spanish and patois. A touch of Manu Negra in the chorus. 5. 3:33 ***roots rock bubble with syndrum, 6. 3:44 *sweet roots bubble, happy love song. Etana’s guest vocals are sort of a very light modern R&B. 7. 4:30 ****fraught piano and soap opera talk in Italian. Midtempo roots bubble with bits of opera, guest rap in the style of Linton Kwesi Johnson. Interesting. Different. Huh! 8. 3:29 *****cool downtempo minor key dancehall. Apparently a kid’s chorus singing praises of sensimilla, nice touch. Heh! Awesome. 9. 3:11 **bouncy upbeat midtempo skank, bleak take on current events… which are bleak. So there you go. 10. 3:43 **downtempo bubble with significant female chorus (really a Wailers/I-Threes sound), Christian armagedeon song. Great playing on this one. 11. 3:46 ****terrific modern dancehall riddim. Downtempo and nutty. What fun! 12. 3:49 ***twangy guitar intro, midtempo bubble, very classic sound, almost Lover’s Rock. Sweet! Reminds me of early Toots & Maytals. 13. 3:35 ***bouncy bubble with admonition from an expert. 14. 4:16 extremely commercial R&B production. I can’t stand the guest vocals – ugh! 15. 3:52 **hybrid calypso and nyahbinghi, downbeat and pleasant. A bit generic in the female vocals, but the lyrics are sincere as heck. | ||
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