Plan B / Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose
| Album: | Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Plan B | Added: | Sep 2019 | |
| Label: | Atlantic Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2019-09-21 | Pull Date: | 2019-11-23 |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 10 | Oct 27 | Oct 20 | Oct 13 | Oct 6 | Sep 29 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 24, 2021: | Hanging in the bone yard
Queue Jumping |
4. | Nov 30, 2019: | Music Casserole
Mercy, Pushin' |
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| 2. | Apr 24, 2021: | Rebroadcast: Hanging in the Boneyard
Wait So Long |
5. | Nov 09, 2019: | Hanigng in the bone yard
Queue Jumping |
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| 3. | Apr 01, 2021: | Hanging in the bone yard
Queue Jumping |
6. | Nov 03, 2019: | Hanging in the Boneyard
Sepia |
Album Review
Mr. Bones
Reviewed 2019-09-18
Reviewed 2019-09-18
Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose – Plan B aka Ben Drew
In his 4th release Plan B morphs yet again. Starting out as a hard core east London rapper in Who Needs Actions’ , to suave soul man in The Defamation of’, he now delves into a hard driving synth-pop sound (with a bit of reggae & calypso for good measure). Like Bill Callahan’s Shepard’, this disk is a reflection on life changes. For the former it is entering middle age, while for Drew it is that of hitting 30 and becoming a father. The disk is definitely edgy but not outrageously so and even when it gets a bit too far for my ear I still appreciate the creative arrangements which feature exquisite interplay between piano and synths. Oh, and there are also his gut wrenching falsetto vocals.
RIYL: Fine Young Cannibals
FCC: 2, 9 & 10
*1 Grateful – spacey, emotional thank you to his family with echo & some vocoder effects (medium, 3:37)
**2 Stranger - nice piano, synth & violin interplay & great plaintive vocals (FCC, 3:38)
*3 Heartbeat - edgy pop that builds to powerful crescendo (fast, 3:49)
**4 Queue Jumping – love song with great juxtaposition of his falsetto against soaring synths & backing vocals (medium, 3:22)
**5 Wait So Long - Calypso/reggae with delicate guitar dancing over the vocals (fast, 3:38)
*6 Pushin’ - alternates between mellow talk-sing & heavy electronics (fast/slow 3:57)
7 Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose – slow start morphs to fast & chaotic (4:13)
8 It's a War - Reggae meets synth-pop in this lament over divide between rich & poor (medium, 3:01)
9 Guess Again - gritty story about police & right wing politicians with sirens & distortion (FCC, 3:30)
10 Flesh & Bone - fairly noisy story about his absent father (FCC, 3:55)
*11 Pursuit of Happiness - driving beat interspersed with slow & quiet interludes (fast, 3:54)
12 Mercy - driving EDM interspersed with soft orchestration (4:27)
13 Deeper - chaotic pastiche (medium, 4:01)
*14 Sepia - slow & beautiful start building to medium pace with nice piano/synth interplay (medium, 4:27)
* Mr. Bones especially likes these
In his 4th release Plan B morphs yet again. Starting out as a hard core east London rapper in Who Needs Actions’ , to suave soul man in The Defamation of’, he now delves into a hard driving synth-pop sound (with a bit of reggae & calypso for good measure). Like Bill Callahan’s Shepard’, this disk is a reflection on life changes. For the former it is entering middle age, while for Drew it is that of hitting 30 and becoming a father. The disk is definitely edgy but not outrageously so and even when it gets a bit too far for my ear I still appreciate the creative arrangements which feature exquisite interplay between piano and synths. Oh, and there are also his gut wrenching falsetto vocals.
RIYL: Fine Young Cannibals
FCC: 2, 9 & 10
*1 Grateful – spacey, emotional thank you to his family with echo & some vocoder effects (medium, 3:37)
**2 Stranger - nice piano, synth & violin interplay & great plaintive vocals (FCC, 3:38)
*3 Heartbeat - edgy pop that builds to powerful crescendo (fast, 3:49)
**4 Queue Jumping – love song with great juxtaposition of his falsetto against soaring synths & backing vocals (medium, 3:22)
**5 Wait So Long - Calypso/reggae with delicate guitar dancing over the vocals (fast, 3:38)
*6 Pushin’ - alternates between mellow talk-sing & heavy electronics (fast/slow 3:57)
7 Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose – slow start morphs to fast & chaotic (4:13)
8 It's a War - Reggae meets synth-pop in this lament over divide between rich & poor (medium, 3:01)
9 Guess Again - gritty story about police & right wing politicians with sirens & distortion (FCC, 3:30)
10 Flesh & Bone - fairly noisy story about his absent father (FCC, 3:55)
*11 Pursuit of Happiness - driving beat interspersed with slow & quiet interludes (fast, 3:54)
12 Mercy - driving EDM interspersed with soft orchestration (4:27)
13 Deeper - chaotic pastiche (medium, 4:01)
*14 Sepia - slow & beautiful start building to medium pace with nice piano/synth interplay (medium, 4:27)
* Mr. Bones especially likes these
Track Listing
| 1. | Grateful | 8. | It's A War | |||
| 2. | Stranger | 9. | Guess Again | |||
| 3. | Heartbeat | 10. | Flesh & Bone | |||
| 4. | Queue Jumping | 11. | Pursuit Of Happiness | |||
| 5. | Wait So Long | 12. | Mercy | |||
| 6. | Pushin' | 13. | Deeper | |||
| 7. | Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose | 14. | Sepia |