Atlas, Natacha / Something Dangerous
| Album: | Something Dangerous | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Atlas, Natacha | Added: | Jul 2003 | |
| Label: | Mantra/Beggers Banquet | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-07-21 | Pull Date: | 2003-09-22 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 24 | Aug 17 | Aug 10 | Aug 3 | Jul 27 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 17, 2004: | the jewish alternative
Like the Last Drop |
4. | Aug 05, 2003: | the jewish alternative
Adam's Lullaby |
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| 2. | Aug 23, 2003: | On The Dark Crimson Bloodpath of Gloom
Le Printemps |
5. | Aug 02, 2003: | Morning Glory
Man's World |
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| 3. | Aug 12, 2003: | the jewish alternative
Le Printemps |
6. | Jul 26, 2003: | Morning Glory
This Realm |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2003-07-16
Reviewed 2003-07-16
NATACHA ATLAS – Something Dangerous
Mantra, 2003
Dangerous? Hardly. Atlas is easily one of world fusion's biggest stars. Since emerging from the band Transglobal Underground in the mid-90s, her lovely voice, sexy image, and genre-crossing music have all translated into a high-profile career. But frankly, there's not much meat on these bones. This album is clearly aimed at crossover audiences, with Atlas' exotic-sex-kitten vocals dumped into commercial mixes that will play well at your standard quasi-alternative college station, but will likely disappoint hardcore world music fans.
Fo's Picks: 4,14
1. 5:57 – pretty vocal w/ pretty strings; sleepy and overlong, but nice.
4. 5:15 – peppy Bollywood-ish vocal duet over growling synths and unchanging beat
6. 4:40 – cover of James Brown's classic ballad, hews closely to the original.
9. 5:52 – dark techno-groove with slow, wailing vocal layers. Sure to turn up in a movie.
12. 3:49 – swirly fusion groove, some flute samples, Arabic-style English vox
13. 4:25 – low, dramatic music, French vocal; drawn-out and atmospheric
14. 8:24 – long and dramatic, builds slowly with some good tension
[ Fo ] - 7/16/03
Mantra, 2003
Dangerous? Hardly. Atlas is easily one of world fusion's biggest stars. Since emerging from the band Transglobal Underground in the mid-90s, her lovely voice, sexy image, and genre-crossing music have all translated into a high-profile career. But frankly, there's not much meat on these bones. This album is clearly aimed at crossover audiences, with Atlas' exotic-sex-kitten vocals dumped into commercial mixes that will play well at your standard quasi-alternative college station, but will likely disappoint hardcore world music fans.
Fo's Picks: 4,14
1. 5:57 – pretty vocal w/ pretty strings; sleepy and overlong, but nice.
4. 5:15 – peppy Bollywood-ish vocal duet over growling synths and unchanging beat
6. 4:40 – cover of James Brown's classic ballad, hews closely to the original.
9. 5:52 – dark techno-groove with slow, wailing vocal layers. Sure to turn up in a movie.
12. 3:49 – swirly fusion groove, some flute samples, Arabic-style English vox
13. 4:25 – low, dramatic music, French vocal; drawn-out and atmospheric
14. 8:24 – long and dramatic, builds slowly with some good tension
[ Fo ] - 7/16/03
Track Listing
| 1. | Adam's Lullaby | 8. | Simple Heart | |||
| 2. | Eye of the Duck | 9. | Daymalhum | |||
| 3. | Something Dangerous | 10. | Who's My Baby | |||
| 4. | Janamaan | 11. | When I Close My Eyes | |||
| 5. | Just Like a Dream | 12. | This Realm | |||
| 6. | Man's World | 13. | Le Printemps | |||
| 7. | Layali | 14. | Like the Last Drop |