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THIRD WORLD
Black, Gold & Green
Release date :
02-27-2006
Label :
I Sound
Tracklist :
01. Nah sweat
02. Lover's in a dangerous time
03. Fade away (feat. Mike et Riké - Sinsemilia)
04. Butterflies and rain
05. Black Gold & Green
06. Revolution in her eyes
07. Runaround
08. Rise up
09. Love in the air (feat. Beres Hammond)
10. Writings on the wall (feat. Wayne Marshall)
11. There's a reward
12. Solid (feat. Blue Fox)
13. Touch the road (feat. Wayne Marshall)
14. Fade away (original version)
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REVIEW
Review written by Sébastien Jobart
on Friday, March 17th 2006 - 19 852 views
With thirty years of experience, Third World has, since its beginnings in the 70s, left quite a few die-hard fans by the wayside. From the duet with Stevie Wonder to the hip hop of "Sense of purpose" (1985), the band has constantly hunted on the fertile ground of a more mainstream reggae, diluted in pop, funk or rn'b. And it has won a wide audience, even picking up 10 Grammy Award nominations, including this year. In other words, we were not really expecting this new album, except to change our minds about Third World. With "Black Gold & Green", the band stays true to what drives it, and its reggae still cheerfully blends rn'b and pop. Quite often, it is too sugary to be substantial, despite catchy melodies: Butterflies & Rain or Revolution in her eyes will not leave a great memory, any more than Nah Sweat, which suffers from vocoder-treated voices.
"Black Gold & Green" is a heterogeneous album that moves without blinking from a weak-kneed rn’b (Runaround) to the semi-dancehall pop of the title track, by way of an acoustic ballad (There's a reward). Not to mention some hazardous choices: Fade Away (with or without Sinsemilia) and Solid sink into bad taste. A few flashes of brilliance do shake up the album, Rise Up for example, but it is above all to the solid Jamaican featurings that one must turn to find a smile again and the cornerstones of the album: Love in the air with Beres Hammond (recorded in his Harmony House studio, famous for its arrangements), and Writing on the walls with Wayne Marshall are all the more appreciated, well served by the quality of Bunny Rugs's singing. A few good tracks that, unfortunately, do not weigh very heavily in the end. |
T'as dû être déçu! J'en ai encore les oreilles qui saignent!
franchement cool passe en boucle dans ma caisse depuis deux jours
la 10 avec wayne marshall vaut a elle seule le prix de l'album
et moi la voix de nah sweat me fait penser adu cooupe decalle jamaicain
J'ai l'album import, sans les sinse, super album bien roots (a part la reprise un peu nase de "solid") du bon Third World ! que du bonheur !
Vivement la tournee francaise !!!
Impatient de voir comment pose les deux sinsé sur ce morceau !!
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