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Track Listings
| 1. Back To Daylight feat Ashley Slater |
| 2. I'm In Love feat Lindy Layton & Rodney |
| 3. Everyday Stranger feat Ashley Slater & T.K. Lawrence |
| 4. Revitalise feat T.K. Lawrence |
| 5. Ganja feat Rodney P |
| 6. She Moves feat T.K. Lawrence |
| 7. Peace of Mind feat Red Star Lion & Rodney P |
| 8. Keep The Fire Burning feat Justin Robertson |
| 9. Six Months feat Gregory Isaacs & Rodney P |
| 10. Song For Summer feat Ashley Slater |
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On their fourth album they've kept the quality control high and retained their magpie approach to song writing. It's fitting that an album named after one of the most underrated drink mixes in the alcoholic world is such a likeable combination of genres that mesh so well.
From the very start Billie Jean beats are tempered with a distinctively rich vocal from freak Power crooner Ashley Slater on the terrific Back To Daylight. The song's a welcome introduction to an album of genres working together sees funk layered with moody electro synths.
Beats International singer Lindy Layton soon tops Slater's soul with seduction on I'm In Love. Nimble bass, ska horns and a savvy set of rhymes from Rodney P complete a great package on this album standout track.
On Everyday Stranger the sun comes out with Slater back to sing a big Gnarls Barkley-influenced number replete with plaintive piano, string stabs and Brooklyn MC TK Lawrence's quickfire spitting.
The spectre of Ricky Martin can be ignored on She Moves, for even if the title recalls the latino heartthrob, the song itself is great salsa poolside fair.
Reggae hero Gregory Isaacs links up with Rodney P on Six Months to provide a beautiful vocal, while the happy, driving ska horns and 4/4 beat of Keep The Fire Burning are mixed with a Spandau Ballet-derived vocal from Lionrock frontman Justin Robertson.
The effect is akin to receiving jam in the post - a pleasant, if slightly unusual experience.
It's an album of sterling work from Dub Pistols and particularly recommended to those interested in the connections between reggae and rap and the past and present of urban music. --Lou Thomas
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dub Pistols are back!,
This review is from: Rum & Coke (Audio CD)
These boys have been carving a notch into the big beat and boom-dub bedpost since 1996 and have rarely made a bad record during this time. Their problem is they have also not made an exceptional one either. Instead they have made 3 half-decent albums and several singles including one with Terry Hall in 2003 called "Problem Is" that failed to dent the Top 60 in the UK. This sprightly set of good-time summer anthems may just remedy this state of affairs.The opener "Back To Daylight" starts this Lynval Golding-endorsed album in much the same vein as most of this accessible array of horn and bass riddims, but it's the trombone-laced skank of "Revitalize" and the breathy Lindy Layton vocals on "I'm In Love" that really sets the seal. If these two songs are not booming out of every festival sound system by the end of our hot summer (hey come on, the whole thing has made me optimistic for good weather) then there is no justice. Rodney P, TK and Justin Robertson are all on hand to propel the vibe but the real coup here is on "Six Months". None other than the Cool Ruler Gregory Isaacs lends his velvety tonsils to a skippity roots reggae roll. Very nice,there is plenty here to make you pull down your top, rev up the engine and chassis hop your way around the inner city parks nodding like a smug chump at how cool you think you are - which is fairly cool if you have this on the CD selector in your Peugeot.... Paul Pledger
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
disappointing fourth album,
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This review is from: Rum & Coke (Audio CD)
The Dub Pistols albums have been increasing in brilliance with each release,'Speakers and tweeters' was a band totally confident in their music. Here however there are signs that they strain to move their music forward, some unwelcome diversions into styles that dont fit the Dub Pistols sound - 'She moves' being a prime example, adding a latino sound to the standard big beat doesn't result in a particularly gripping song for me.'Peace of mind' has a great coupling of Red star lion and Rodney P alongside chunky soulful grooves, but suffers a little because its the seventh track and by then Rodney P has already done rap duties on two weak heard-it-all-before-but-better tracks ('I'm in love' and 'Ganjer') so is in danger of outstaying his welcome. So great on 'Speakers and tweeters' but here he doesn't feel right for the songs (or the songs don't feel right for him - nor the Dub Pistols). Ashley Slater as a guest vocalist is just plain wrong, as is the girlie vocals of Lindy Layton when placed alongside the standard rap / beats (does a song called 'Im in love' really sound like the name of a Dub Pistols track?) Basically the problem this album has is that it either doesn't sound as fresh as previous offerings, or it goes off into hideous or dull territories. As a longtime fan this is quite disappointing and I would hope they get it back together for any new albums, more stuff like this and I dont think I'll bother checking them out. If they had more tracks like 'Peace of mind' then I would rate this a lot higher, as it is theres little here to make this as essential as the likes of 'Six million ways to live' and 'Speakers...'
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dub Pistols Rum & Coke,
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This review is from: Rum & Coke (Audio CD)
Rum & Coke by Dub Pistols is one of the best CD's I've bought in a long time. If you don't know the Dub Pistols, first off get this album and second get yourself to a live gig and prepare to be uplifted. This was the music that started my summer of 2011 and I'm still loving it now. A fusion of ska, brass, dance and a good dose of rockin feel-good big beats, put it on in the morning, have a dance and then get on with the day.
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