Perry, Lee "Scratch" / Revelation
| Album: | Revelation | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Perry, Lee "Scratch" | Added: | Aug 2010 | |
| Label: | Megawave Corporation | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2010-08-29 | Pull Date: | 2010-10-31 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 31 | Oct 24 | Oct 17 | Oct 10 | Oct 3 | Sep 26 | Sep 19 | Sep 12 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 12, 2014: | the springfield law review
Books Of Moses |
4. | Jan 01, 2011: | New World Disorder
Freaky Michael |
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| 2. | Apr 29, 2011: | Nick&Noah vs Real&Chance
Scary Politicians |
5. | Nov 20, 2010: | New World Disorder
Let There Be Light |
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| 3. | Apr 23, 2011: | Music Casserole
Scary Politicians |
6. | Oct 30, 2010: | New World Disorder
Holy Angels |
Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2010-08-26
Reviewed 2010-08-26
Lee Scratch Perry – Revelation
Reviewed by Sadie O., 8/26/10
The dub and madness that only Scratch can do. Great riddims, voyages inside the singular brain of Scratch – and guest appearances by Keef and Clinton. We’ve heard these things from Scratch before, so I suppose this is no real revelation – so what? The riddims are great and the vocals are insane. Yay!
No FCCs on this one – whew! I like 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 best – but all are great.
1. 5:39 ***electronic thunder, then slow slinky skank with laid-back female backing vocals, demented preaching.
2. 4:48 ***announcement from Scratch, then rather uptempo jaunty riddim. Scratch tells us WE are mentally ill? Hooray!
3. 4:45 ****super groovy uptempo rockin’ ska with electronic lizards and schizophrenic party invitations. Plus! The FBI won’t be there!
4. 4:40 ***squeebles, then lovely downtempo roots groove with lots of happy sounds. Only the very BEST angels are invited.
5. 4:45 *****deeply frightening vocal intro, buzzes and jolly vocals – George Clinton adds his own madness.
6. 4:45 ***Scratch converses with a psychotic German robot, but then there’s swingy relaxed dancing and deranged preaching, so it’s all good. Stops dead and grunts a few times here and there.
7. 5:13 ****Scratch tells Moses where to go. Very groovy, swingy, bluesy downtempo stepping razor riddim (lots due to guest Keef Richards.) Ends 16 secs. early with low whooshing sounds….
8. 4:59 ***wind chimes for 18 secs, slowly taking shape into nice bouncy midtempo riddim. Scratch expresses his issues with money and California.
9. 4:33 ***hello! Downtempo bouncy groove starts about 20 seconds in, with random sounds and maybe a bit of scratching. Points for rhyming Psalm with Shazam.
10. 4:23 ***ducks? Ah. Boo Evil. OK. Suddenly, totally cool midtempo riddim, female backing vocals. Stops with several seconds of very faint ducks midway through.
11. 3:58 ****freaky. Downtempo, relaxed, but nuts. What’s with Michael’s nose? OH! THAT Michael! (slapping forehead)
12. 4:20 ***very nice bluesy, slightly uptempo gallop.
13. 4:26 ***blooples, cool downtempo wiggle, grunty and groovy and totally happy-making. (FCC warning –faint orgasmic sounds)
Reviewed by Sadie O., 8/26/10
The dub and madness that only Scratch can do. Great riddims, voyages inside the singular brain of Scratch – and guest appearances by Keef and Clinton. We’ve heard these things from Scratch before, so I suppose this is no real revelation – so what? The riddims are great and the vocals are insane. Yay!
No FCCs on this one – whew! I like 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 best – but all are great.
1. 5:39 ***electronic thunder, then slow slinky skank with laid-back female backing vocals, demented preaching.
2. 4:48 ***announcement from Scratch, then rather uptempo jaunty riddim. Scratch tells us WE are mentally ill? Hooray!
3. 4:45 ****super groovy uptempo rockin’ ska with electronic lizards and schizophrenic party invitations. Plus! The FBI won’t be there!
4. 4:40 ***squeebles, then lovely downtempo roots groove with lots of happy sounds. Only the very BEST angels are invited.
5. 4:45 *****deeply frightening vocal intro, buzzes and jolly vocals – George Clinton adds his own madness.
6. 4:45 ***Scratch converses with a psychotic German robot, but then there’s swingy relaxed dancing and deranged preaching, so it’s all good. Stops dead and grunts a few times here and there.
7. 5:13 ****Scratch tells Moses where to go. Very groovy, swingy, bluesy downtempo stepping razor riddim (lots due to guest Keef Richards.) Ends 16 secs. early with low whooshing sounds….
8. 4:59 ***wind chimes for 18 secs, slowly taking shape into nice bouncy midtempo riddim. Scratch expresses his issues with money and California.
9. 4:33 ***hello! Downtempo bouncy groove starts about 20 seconds in, with random sounds and maybe a bit of scratching. Points for rhyming Psalm with Shazam.
10. 4:23 ***ducks? Ah. Boo Evil. OK. Suddenly, totally cool midtempo riddim, female backing vocals. Stops with several seconds of very faint ducks midway through.
11. 3:58 ****freaky. Downtempo, relaxed, but nuts. What’s with Michael’s nose? OH! THAT Michael! (slapping forehead)
12. 4:20 ***very nice bluesy, slightly uptempo gallop.
13. 4:26 ***blooples, cool downtempo wiggle, grunty and groovy and totally happy-making. (FCC warning –faint orgasmic sounds)
Track Listing
| 1. | Revelation Revolution And Evolution | 8. | Money Come And Money Go | |||
| 2. | Used To Drive A Tractor In Negrille | 9. | Psalm | |||
| 3. | Fire Power | 10. | Run For Cover | |||
| 4. | Holy Angels | 11. | Freaky Michael | |||
| 5. | Scary Politicians | 12. | Weatherman | |||
| 6. | Let There Be Light | 13. | An Eye For An Eye | |||
| 7. | Books Of Moses | . |