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Title Artist Label Format Date |
Album review
Roots And Branches Horace Andy Ariwa CD 27-03-1997 |
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Rating :
from 5 (excellent) to 1 (poor) |
| Vocals : 5 | Backing : 5 | Production : 5 | Sound quality : 4 | Sleeve : 4 |
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"Roots And Branches" is the second album Horace Andy has recorded for London
based Ariwa Sounds label. His first cooperation with the founder of this
label, Neil Fraser a.k.a. the Mad Professor, resulted in an album called
"Live is for living". Without doubt this new album outmatches the first one.
This conceptual CD moves from hardcore roots, "Repatration is a must", "Holy
mount zion", "Chant down Babylon", to smooth "Pillow talk", "Sugar my coffee",
and of course "Betcha by golly wow", the all-time Stylistics' classic which
has been covered several times by many great artists. The same can be said
about "Papa was a rolling stone" (originally done by the Temptations). This
track delves into dub territory without dropping out the vocal. The title
track itself is a unification call reminding all that we are all branches of
the tree. Worth mentioning is the fact that real drum and bass are used in
most of the tracks. Musicians include Mafia & Fluxy and hornsman Dean Fraser.
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