Community Music is a 2000 studio album by Asian Dub Foundation. It peaked at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] It features vocal contributions from Benjamin Zephaniah, Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Assata Shakur.[2]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| NME | 10/10[4] |
| Pitchfork | 8.7/10[5] |
| Q |  [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| Select | 4/5[8] |
Chris Grimshaw of AllMusic commented that "Community Music should be in every thinking person's collection, directly between the Clash and Public Enemy."[3] Nick Mirov of Pitchfork wrote, "Community Music is incredibly ambitious, and amazingly, it delivers everything it promises and then some."[5]
NME listed it as the 39th best album of 2000.[9]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Real Great Britain" | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Memory War" | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Officer XX" | 3:20 |
| 4. | "New Way, New Life" | 5:01 |
| 5. | "Riddim I Like" (Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, Benjamin Zephaniah) | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Collective Mode" | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Crash" | 5:24 |
| 8. | "Colour Line" | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Taa Deem" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) | 4:46 |
| 10. | "The Judgement" | 4:14 |
| 11. | "Truth Hides" | 8:21 |
| 12. | "Rebel Warrior" (Das, Pandit, Savale) | 6:23 |
| 13. | "Committed to Life" (Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, P. Andrade, A. Shakur) | 4:44 |
| 14. | "Scaling New Heights" | 8:26 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Collective Mode (featuring Leeroy from Saïan Supa Crew)" | 3:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Sawt L'hekma (featuring Clotaire K)" | 3:58 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Community Music" | 3:59 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Asian Dub Foundation
- Deedar – vocals, programming
- Chandrasonic – vocals, guitar, programming
- Dr. Das – vocals, bass guitar, programming
- Pandit G – vocals, sampler, turntables
- Sun-J – synthesizer, effects
Additional musicians
- Jim Hunt – saxophone (1, 4)
- Nichol Thomson – trombone (1, 4)
- Duncan Mackay – trumpet (1, 4)
- Paul Chivers – percussion (3)
- Catalisa – vocals (4, 11)
- Johnny Kalsi – percussion (4, 7, 10)
- Benjamin Zephaniah – vocals (5)
- Helen MacDonald – vocals (6)
- Louis Beckett – keyboards (6)
- Ambalavaner Sivanandan – vocals (8)
- Sangeeta Sharma – vocals (8)
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – vocals (9)
- Louis Beckett – guitar (10)
- Assata Shakur – vocals (13)
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| French Albums (SNEP)[10] | 34 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] | 8 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[1] | 20 |
References
- ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Bidaye, Prasad (1 May 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: The Community of Sound". Exclaim!. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b Grimshaw, Chris. "Community Music – Asian Dub Foundation". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Morton, Roger (14 March 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music". NME. Archived from the original on 3 June 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ a b Mirov, Nick (20 March 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: Community Music". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Scott, Danny (April 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: Community Music". Q (163). Archived from the original on 21 November 2000. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Sisario, Ben (2004). "Asian Dub Foundation". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Harrison, Ian (April 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: Community Music". Select (118): 91.
- ^ "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 2000". NME. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
External links
- Community Music at Discogs (list of releases)