Back With a New Batch

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:47:13
Personnel: King Django (vocals, trombone, harmonica, percussion); Jack Ruby, Jr., Dave Helm (vocals); Agent Jay (guitar, background vocals); David "Hahn Solo" Hahn (guitar); Eric Singer (alto & baritone saxophones); David Hillyard (tenor & soprano saxophones); Sledge (trumpet, background vocals); Jason Glaser (trumpet); Paul T. Ackerman (organ, piano, percussion, background vocals); Victor Ruggiero (piano, organ, vocals, percussion); Victor Rice (acoustic bass); Sheldon Gregg (electric bass); Headdie Ocampo (drums, percussion); Tim Armstrong, Lars Frederiksen, Matt Freeman, Dicky Barrett, Marq "Q" Lyn, Grace Falconer (background vocals). Recorded at Coyote Studios, Brooklyn, New York. Personnel: King Django (vocals, harmonica, trombone, percussion, background vocals); Victor Ruggiero (vocals, piano, organ, percussion, background vocals); Grace Falconer (vocals); Dave Hahn (guitar); David Hillyard (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Eric Singer (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Brian Sledge (trumpet, background vocals); Jason Glaser (trumpet); Paul Ackerman (piano, organ, percussion, background vocals); Dicky Barrett, Marq Lyn, Agent Jay, Lars Frederiksen , Matt Freeman , Tim Armstrong (background vocals). Audio Mixers: King Django; Victor Ruggiero. Recording information: Coyote STudios, Brooklyn, NY. Editors: King Django; Alan Douches. This was, hands down, the best ska album of 1997, the greatest from what may be the finest ska band in New York -- and, therefore, probably these entire United States. The title track grooves on a medium-slow ska figure and what sounds like a really obscure reference to Lee Perry ("a hatchet that I bought from Scratch" is Perry's production of "Small Axe"? Besides, we all know where Django took his nom de ska, don't we?). "Tired of Struggling" is old-fashioned sufferer's reggae, complete with a breathtaking dub-and-DJ version featuring the toasting of Jack Ruby Jr. You also get a fine instrumental tribute to the band's publicist, a weird piece of postmodern doo wop and the bouncy "One Glimmer of Hope." The horn lines are brilliant, the sung melodies are hooky, the grooves are bone-deep. If your butt doesn't hurt by the end of this album, check your pulse. ~ Rick Anderson
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)