| Israel Vibration / Reggae Knights |
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| Album: | Reggae Knights | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Israel Vibration | Added: | Aug 2011 | |
| Label: | Vp Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-08-21 | Pull Date: | 2011-10-23 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Oct 2 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 28, 2014: | Happy Hour (Coverin' for PACC) Poor And Humble | 4. | Oct 01, 2011: | New World Disorder Cantankerous | |
| 2. | Oct 29, 2011: | New World Disorder Original Gangster | 5. | Sep 29, 2011: | Summertime Sunshine If You Do Bad | |
| 3. | Oct 23, 2011: | Pumping Iron My Master's Will | 6. | Sep 15, 2011: | Happy Hour If You Do Bad |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2011-08-20 | ||
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Israel Vibration – Reggae Knights Reviewed by Sadie O., 8/20/11 Classic-style Roots Rock Reggae. Mostly quite mellow and sweet (no dubstep here!*), fine players of instruments and backing vocals, honest and unprocessed lead vocals, very sincere stuff. Background vocals reflect Israel Vibration’s classic slow vibrato styling. I like the last four tracks, which are all very different from each other in style. 1. 4:37 **midtempo irie swingy bubble. All about sharing with others. Sweet. 2. 4:27 **a bit uptempo but relaxed bubble, all about ital farming. Restrained but delightful instrumentation. 3. 4:54 ****way groovy midtempo bubble with grunty keyboards – great sound. 4. 4:17 **downtempo swingy groove, hint of spaghetti western in guitar; pretty, mysterious vibe. Parables from Old Testament lyrics. 5. 4:22 ***nyahbinghi – classic sound. If you go way up in the hills in Jamaica, this is what church sounds like. (that’s a good thing, BTW) 6. 4:24 **downtempo, rootsy vocals. Sweet guitar solo. 7. 4:38 **a bit uptempo with a lot of swing – and a bit of country western sound. Very mellow – sounds like some early Jimmy Cliff arrangements. Doesn’t sound a bit like New York City to me, but that’s mostly cause there aren’t any honking taxis… 8. 4:30 ***upbeat skank with a hint of Latin sound. 9. 3:52 *midtempo bubble, a bit too smooth instrumentation for my tastes. 10. 4:18 ***midtempo roots skank, good sound, slice of life lyrics. 11. 4:22 ****uptempo and upbeat – almost rock steady – horn section. I think this is about music industry vultures. 12. 4:25 ****midtempo calypso groove with banjo. Jamaican pride song, which fits with the Junkanoo sound. 13. 4:53 ****cool midtempo skank with almost heavy metal guitar, about being sold up the river. 14. 3:57 ****hip hop – in fact almost dubstep*. Very modern, bangy sound, spoken word delivery. Different! | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | My Master's Will | 8. | Poor And Humble | |||
| 2. | Dig Up The Ground | 9. | Bad Intention | |||
| 3. | Take It Slow | 10. | Old Town | |||
| 4. | If You Do Bad | 11. | Rip And Run Off | |||
| 5. | Haile-I | 12. | Cantankerous | |||
| 6. | Walla Walla | 13. | Slammer | |||
| 7. | New York City | 14. | Original Gangster |