Jamallad / Global Citizen
Album: | Global Citizen | Collection: | Reggae | |
Artist: | Jamallad | Added: | Apr 2008 | |
Label: | United Globe Music |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2008-04-27 | Pull Date: | 2008-06-29 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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Week Ending: | Jun 29 | Jun 1 | May 25 | May 18 | May 11 | May 4 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jun 24, 2008: | New World Disorder
Abidjan La Belle |
4. | May 17, 2008: | New World Disorder
It's All Inside |
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2. | May 31, 2008: | New World Disorder
War No More |
5. | May 10, 2008: | New World Disorder
Abidjan La Belle |
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3. | May 24, 2008: | Disorder Lost, Disorder Found
Abidjan La Belle |
6. | May 10, 2008: | The Twilight Zone
It's All Inside |
Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2008-04-28
Reviewed 2008-04-28
Jamallad – Global Citizen
Reviewed by Sadie O., 4/23/08
Pretty Reggae/African/pop combination with lyrics about globalism and world peace. Singer originally from Ivory Coast, got a degree in music in the US, moved to Hawaii where a fall left him partially paralyzed. He was told the operation he needed would leave him unable to sing again, and the fact that he recovered (he has a distinctive, unpolished sounding voice) probably lends to the celebratory spirit of the record. It’s miles better than most Reggae coming out of Hawaii these days.
NB: tracks often end a few seconds shy.
No FCCs detected. 2, 9 and 10 are my faves.
1. **drum intro, somewhat uptempo Highlife, sweet and happy, sung in multiple languages.
2. ****lilting Reggae with hints of African instrumentation, female chorus, lyrics in French.
3. *downbeat and relaxed pop (not really Reggae), lyrics in English and French, forgettable music but really nice vocals.
4. **pretty midtempo bubble, interesting instrumentation but maybe too much female chorus, lyrics in English.
5. **subdued midtempo pop, with rather quiet vocals, lyrics in English.
6. ***midtempo semi-acoustic pop with hints of West African sounds. Bits of spoken word by a young boy. Vocals again in several languages – vocals really make this track.
7. ***female spoken word intro, then bouncy midtempo bubble, lyrics in English. Music and lead vocals both strong, but my jury is out on the female backing vocals, again.
8. **midtempo (sort of 80’s feel) hard rock, lyrics in English.
9. ****really nice slightly uptempo bubble, anti-war lyrics. Definitely worth the price of admission.
10. ****uptempo skank with hints of Africa, strong playing, lyrics in English. Nice bit of philosophy and lovely singing in West African towards end. Good stuff.
11. **upbeat pop skank, fine vocals in multiple languages.
Reviewed by Sadie O., 4/23/08
Pretty Reggae/African/pop combination with lyrics about globalism and world peace. Singer originally from Ivory Coast, got a degree in music in the US, moved to Hawaii where a fall left him partially paralyzed. He was told the operation he needed would leave him unable to sing again, and the fact that he recovered (he has a distinctive, unpolished sounding voice) probably lends to the celebratory spirit of the record. It’s miles better than most Reggae coming out of Hawaii these days.
NB: tracks often end a few seconds shy.
No FCCs detected. 2, 9 and 10 are my faves.
1. **drum intro, somewhat uptempo Highlife, sweet and happy, sung in multiple languages.
2. ****lilting Reggae with hints of African instrumentation, female chorus, lyrics in French.
3. *downbeat and relaxed pop (not really Reggae), lyrics in English and French, forgettable music but really nice vocals.
4. **pretty midtempo bubble, interesting instrumentation but maybe too much female chorus, lyrics in English.
5. **subdued midtempo pop, with rather quiet vocals, lyrics in English.
6. ***midtempo semi-acoustic pop with hints of West African sounds. Bits of spoken word by a young boy. Vocals again in several languages – vocals really make this track.
7. ***female spoken word intro, then bouncy midtempo bubble, lyrics in English. Music and lead vocals both strong, but my jury is out on the female backing vocals, again.
8. **midtempo (sort of 80’s feel) hard rock, lyrics in English.
9. ****really nice slightly uptempo bubble, anti-war lyrics. Definitely worth the price of admission.
10. ****uptempo skank with hints of Africa, strong playing, lyrics in English. Nice bit of philosophy and lovely singing in West African towards end. Good stuff.
11. **upbeat pop skank, fine vocals in multiple languages.
Track Listing
1. | In The Now | 6. | Global Citizen | |||
2. | Abidjan La Belle | 7. | Jamallad | |||
3. | Give Love A Chance | 8. | Like Children | |||
4. | Happiness | 9. | War No More | |||
5. | Never Enough | 10. | It's All Inside | |||
11. | Ode To The Land |