Return Of Gringo!

Reggae | Dec 2011

Reviews

Sadie O.
Reviewed 2011-12-20
Prince Fatty Meets the Mutant Hi-Fi in Return of Gringo!
Reviewed by Sadie O., 12/20/12
Spaghetti Western Surf-Ska/Reggae/Dub from the UK. Mondo gnarly! Prince Fatty is a rock steady band, Mutant HIfi is producer Nick Coplowe. Features actual Spaghetti Western whistler Alessandro Alessandroni!
All (basically) instrumentals. All fan-freakin-tastic.
1. 3:43 ***gunshots, drum roll, then uptempo surf guitar, then twangy Spaghetti Western Ska. Gosh!
2. 3:38 ***whistling, relaxed but uptempo rock steady groove, and pretty chimes. Surf guitar and trumpet with mutes – great set of sounds.
3. 3:12 ***crickets and downtempo reggae with surf guitar, and harmonica.
4. 3:07 ***spoken word movie bits, uptempo reggae skank, horses, whammy bar…
5. 2:53 ****groovy bouncy uptempo ska with crazy whammy bar guitar, scratcher. Lovely!
6. 2:49 ***midtempo ska with full horn section, latin tinge.
7. 2:50 ***uptempo ska with stuttering keyboards as well as guitar.
8. 3:20 ***spoken word movie bit, midtempo ska with lounge exotica (I know this is a classical tune – can’t put my finger on it…)
9. 2:30 ***classic Spaghetti Western whistling, very uptempo ska with old school ska vocalization.
10. 2:55 ***spoken word dialog, then midtempo ska with relaxed horns, backing chorus.
11. 3:33 ***uptempo ska, effect-laden guitar, keyboards. Nice cornets, too.
12. 2:21 ***bit of spoken word, then Hava Nagila, just the way Dick Dale did it, but with a hyperspeed ska backbeat. Ends with goofy spoken word, about 13 seconds early.

Recent airplay

Transistor Cowboy
New World DisorderFeb 25, 2012
Moscow Mule
The U.I.E.Feb 24, 2012
Blondes Have More Guns
Happy HourFeb 20, 2012
Black Powder
New World DisorderFeb 18, 2012
Wear The Black Hat (If The Black Hat Fits)
Way Back To Town
New World DisorderFeb 11, 2012

Charting

2012-01-01 — 2012-03-04 Reggae/World
Week EndingAirplays
Feb 26 3
Feb 19 2
Feb 12 1
Jan 29 1
Jan 22 1
Jan 15 4

Track listing

1. Transistor Cowboy
2. Black Powder
3. Plague Of Locusts
4. Wear The Black Hat (If The Black Hat Fits)
5. Way Back To Town
6. Across The Border
7. Up The Creek
8. Moscow Mule
9. Son Of A Thousand Fathers
10. The Good, The Vlad And The Ugly
11. Blondes Have More Guns
12. Hava Nagila