Big Mountain - New Day '2003

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[5:29] 01. Big Mountain - New Day
[5:31] 02. Big Mountain - Mama
[4:20] 03. Big Mountain - Tierra Indigena
[4:36] 04. Big Mountain - What Do We Mean To Each Other
[5:33] 05. Big Mountain - The Wind
[5:20] 06. Big Mountain - The House
[3:45] 07. Big Mountain - Straight To My Heart
[4:40] 08. Big Mountain - Vibes Up Strong
[5:11] 09. Big Mountain - Do Right
[4:34] 10. Big Mountain - Baby Stay

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
Total length: 00:48:54
Main artist: Big Mountain
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Rebel Ink
Genre: Wereldmuziek, Reggae
2003 Big Mountain

To listen to the bands seventh album, youd never guess what a rough and rocky
road Big Mountain has traveled since its debut as Shiloh in 1989. Only one
member remains from the original lineup that changed its name to Big Mountain
with the Wake Up album in 1992, and the new bandmembers have plenty of horror
stories about their messy departure from a major label and their struggles to
keep the band together in the years that followed. But now, the group is running
its own label and seems to be back in the swing of things, and if you didnt know
about its difficult history youd never guess it had one based on the sound of
New Day, an album that confirms in its every joyous riff and catchy chorus the
kind of bright-eyed optimism that its title implies. As always, Big Mountain is
working in a consciously pop-oriented reggae mode, with solid production that
walks the fine line between pleasing smoothness and off-putting slickness
without ever tipping over on the wrong side of it -- well, almost never.
Straight to My Heart, which features Warren Hills smooth jazz saxophone, is
maybe just a bit too lush and fruity, but theres a subtle edge to the electronic
rhythms on the Latin-flavored Terra Indigena and the groove that underlies Wind
has a certain funky bite to it as well. Several tracks, notably the swinging
What Do We Mean to Each Other and Straight to My Heart, recall Steel Pulses
heyday in a pleasing way. But the album really hits its peak at the very end,
with the spare one-drop groove of Vibes Up Strong and the similarly rootsy Do
Right. Recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo


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