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Fabulous! So creative and pretty! Really liked the woman vocals!
The first thing I learned about this band was that the singer was the bassist for Public Image, Ltd. and I immediately was thinking "this guy was involved in the creation of one of my absolute least favorite albums, this is gonna be awful." Metal Box is beyond awful, and I'm saying that as someone that loves experimental music. I'm happy to say that this is infinitely better than Metal Box, and anything PiL is capable of making. I could never guess where this album was gonna go next. On one song there was some Dub-inspired stuff, and then in the immediate next one there was some Spanish guitars, and then it went Middle-Eastern. It's like a really weird plane flight around the world where I have to spin a wheel to find out what country I'm gonna land in next. I loved everything about that flight and would get back on in a heartbeat.
Jomen detta var jäkligt härligt! Stundtals märkligt, men typ bara en låt som inte var intressant. Fantastisk fusion av olika stilar!
This is definitely one of those truly unique, one of a kind albums. When I first started listening, I remember thinking it sounded like PiL, but as a dub band instead of post punk. After doing a little research, it made perfect sense once I realized Jah Wobble was a major part of PiL. Rather than treating dub as a purely Jamaican foundation, this album pulls in Middle Eastern, African, Asian, and European influences, while still being dominated by massive dub basslines that give it real physical weight and a hypnotic feel. This is easily one of those albums that’s going on my list of top experimental records I’ve heard.
Right up my silly little alley
Absolute banger. Added to the rotation
I love this fusion of western pop and exotic world music. The blend of electronic and acoustic instrumentation works so well, and while I'm not sure about the male vocalists rather flat delivery, the female vocals more than make up for it. I'm sold!
This was great. Such a wide variety of vibes and sounds -- I couldn't actually tell that most of the tracks were from the same artist as any of the other tracks. There were a few that had the same vocal tenor (reminded me a lot of Midnight Oil's lead singer), but yeah, just a lot of varied sounds here. And I really liked most of them. It was a little scattered in terms of theme and feel, so I'm hesitating a little here, but I just can't give it four stars because I listened to it twice and loved it. Five stars.
Really ended up liking this. Loved the production. Was fun and interesting.
I loved everything about this. The mix up of styles, cultures, instruments and vocalists really kept me interested. Jah was understated and let the music rule. I loved it!
Oh, boy. I can already hear the haters bitching about cultural appropriation and such. You know, I think I'd be more liberal if my, then, constituents weren't such whiny assholes. ANYWAY... I quite enjoyed this - well enough to want to listen to it several times today, at any rate. It really is obscure gems like this that make this challenge worth the effort. Overall, I think this is a solid 4, but I'm giving it a 5 just to piss off some overly sensitive schlub out there. Is it you? Good.
Took me a while to feel it but was loving it by the end.
SO much fun listening to this. Delicious
A nice surprise. Great album with great songs.
'I’ve done so many albums, I love the music. It’s an emanation of yourself in some way, but I don’t have an extreme attachment to it. I find that really tiresome when people worry so much about how they look or what represents them. I’m not too bothered to find something that absolutely represents me, it doesn’t matter.’
I loved this. Different and unique
Okay I know it’s going to piss off the anti-appropriationists because yes this sounds like a dude put a global music album in a blender and added some dope bass and Sinead OConnor in for fun, but it’s really dope bass plus Sinead OConnor!
Groovy album. This is so far outside what I normally listen to. Thank you generator for turning me on to something new and different.
Wonderful
"Everyman's an island And the time is coming in Till you not know yourself That is the ultimate sin"
Each song was very different. Some of them were great, others weren't really my vibe.
liked this more than expected - cool to read he was friends with Sid Vicious - wasn't expecting that based on this music :) sounds like world music? but more interesting to me
This is why I'm doing this list! this was an absolute shocker of an album for me. Some very interesting music and some amazing song saved for the best of playlist. Loved this
very cool
BEST SONGS: - Relight the Flame - Bomba - Rising Above Bedlam - Soledad
Marvelous! Genuinely something new to me, only knew him from PiL
Know JW
Never heard of them before but really liking the album. A mix of styles. A few songs sound like Soup Dragons meet Kate Bush. One sounds like Pet Shop Boys. One has a middle eastern or maybe Indian styled but the words are in Spanish.
Almost as much fun as SHACK being attacked by a wasp.
I had to listen to this album on YouTube as I couldn’t find it elsewhere. That is unfortunate because it will be hard to listen to again and I really loved this album! In has a pretty amazing world music vibe. I pretty much loved the whole album (aside from the annoying ads that interrupted periodically). It is lush, exotic and is really interesting! I don’t think there is a song on here that I didn’t like. Really great!
Rising Above Insanity
Loved it, nice change of pace. Slightly alternative music nice background for working.
Интересный микс стилей, культур и инструментов. Понравилось сочетание народной музыки и современной.
Cooles World Music Album
I absolutely adore the sounds. I should give this a relisten when I'm not working out
Rising Above Bedlam not on Apple Music, so listened to Without Judgement, which was excellent
I really enjoyed this, it had a unique sound that kept me interested. The album flowed well together while also giving every song a distinct sound. I'm a sucker for any fusion music. Favorite Track - Ungodly Kingdom Least Favorite Track - Rising Above Bedlam ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I really enjoyed this one, not going to lie. Can't go wrong with a nice beat, lots of room to breathe, and something else interesting in the mix. Visions of You is a head bopper for sure.
This grew on me over a few listens. The first track is a banger. Love Sinead O’Connor’s voice. Some great musicians. Not sure I would ever come back to this but I do like what he is going for 3.5
This was actually a really nice time, which is some surprise from an artist called 'Jah Wobble'. I think the music itself across the album is really good, and nicely varied. Some of it is vibrant and fun, with a really good beat. Other parts are super chill. The guest singers and backing singers are good. His singing is a bit questionable on some tracks, but actually I'm mostly into it. I have a feeling I would appreciate this even more with more listens, but for now, I'm going... 3.5 rounded up.
I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would based on the description. Definitely a 3.5, so I'll round up because it was unique.
Let me preface this by saying: any album that I listen to while riding the bike is going to get a higher score. With that out of the way, I thought this was an unbelievably odd and eclectic record. Just an absolute blast from top to bottom.
Pretty baffled by the hate for this. Wobble feels like he's sailing close to greatness here, freely picking elements of rock, worldbeat and reggae to create a recognisable signature sound. It's only really let down by his terrible vocals: he knows to talk rather than sing most of the time, but when he tries the dude can't hold a tune at all.
Listened to this after eating an edible and couldn’t decide if it was extremely underrated or supremely wankerish and ersatz. But it kept my attention and was pretty cool. I’d listen to it more if it were on Apple Music.
It'll probably grow on me...
Honestly, this was really fun. I like how playful it is. The bass lines are on point. The worldliness and mysticism can be a little cringe, but fine if you just lean in.
I liked this album, although it dragged a bit through the middle. It was an interesting listen, but hard to see how this is a must listen. It wasn't a particularly successful or well received album, and by this stage Graceland had been out for five years, so this kind of fusion was hardly innovative. Judged on its own, its pretty good, but can't justify a place on the list
A great album. I love the sense of adventure, exploration and fun captured on this CD. I know that not everything on the album is "authentic", but ... so what? "If it feels good, Do It !"
Budimo realni, nakon prve pjesme ništa nije spektakularno dobro, ali je zato barem totalno drugačije i zanimljivo. Nisam fan ženskog vokala i opet mi je bilo dobro. Nešto što bez liste ne bih nikad čula definitivno.
I honestly didn't mind it. Meeting it is "skin deep" and appropriating but it makes for enjoyable background music for a white middle aged woman
I really liked almost everything about this album, except for the male lead vocalist. Maybe it's some of my British fatigue settling in, but I did not think he was very talented. It said on their page that the their band is led by bassist Jah Wobble, and I'm wondering if that was who was singing as well. I thought the bass playing was great and I appreciated that it took a central role in the compositions. I also liked all of the other vocals; "Bomba" was probably my favorite song, partially for that reason. All in all, this album is just the kind of world fusion that I really like, combining styles from the west, the east, South America, Africa, etc., as well as electronic elements. It was also notably psychedelic. For me, this album sit somewhere between a three and a four, and I would have to listen to it again to give a better final verdict, but I guess I'm going to succumb to my bias for this kind of music and give it a four
I've never heard this album before, though I thought I knew how it would sound. I was a bit wrong, pleasantly. It's more interesting than I expected.
There's a lot of hate for this album in the top reviews but I kind of loved it. Fun, wacky world music, kind of Saada Bonaire coded with the electronic elements, and Sinead O'Connor is on a few songs!
Like it!
Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: Relight the Flame, Bomba, Erzulie A couple of disparate notes for this one: 1. I dislike how broad the genre "World Music" is. There are literally dozens of different names for genres under the umbrella category that is "rock music" and you could argue that Electronica music sports hundreds of micro-genres. So, why the hell is this album labeled simply "World Music" when Songhoy Boys' Music in Exile and Jorge Ben's África Brasil (to name a few) have actual defined genres (afro rock, desert blues, samba funk, etc.) Surely this album can be qualified into a specific or even multiple actual genres. 2. That rant above, aside, I have mixed feelings about this album. It feels like a proto-Thievery Corporation in some places, and positively cringy in other places. Unlike Thievery Corporation, this does not seem to have any electronica elements. It sounds like this is all physical instruments. So, really the only overlap is the "World Music" elements present in both bands, but there is a bunch of... well I can't really say Rising Above Bedlam actually influenced, say, Richest Man in Babylon, but it sometimes feels like it. 3. This is the sort of album that I like seeing on the list. It's not an all-time favorite. It might fade out of my memory quite quickly, but maybe not. Maybe it will have staying-power. But regardless, this is why the List exists. To discover new stuff. New, interesting, "world music"-y music that's weird and out there and maybe a diamond in the rough occasionally. 4. I like the foreign language elements, the arabic/middle eastern styles and themes, the sitar (I'm not sure if it's actually a sitar being played). I like how it gets funky (not like the genre funk, but more psychedelic, brain chemistry altering funky) on some of the tracks. This is one of those albums I wish I could give a half point. It's a solid 3.5. I am going to round up (which I rarely do; points for being off the beaten path).
I really enjoyed this fusion, it feels otherworldly.
This album is a journey, friend. What a whirlwind tour of influences. It's not all smooth sailing, but it's a really fun ride. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions - Visions of You - Relight The Flame - Bomba - Everyman's An Island
Very funky, with some español in there! some spice
feels a bit abrupt, especially at the end, but the mood throughout the whole lp was quite engaging, loved how the personalities switched from time to time, balancing between being post-punk and latina
I have never heard of this album before. I knew of Jah Wobble, and thought he was connected to punk in some way. When I read the wiki page I saw he was in PiL and I enjoyed some of their stuff back in the day. I was interested in listening because I assumed I'd either be getting some punk music or possibly reggae inspired music, but I had no clue. Visions of You started and I loved it. It felt kinda Sinead O'Connor-like and I wasn't shocked to see that it was her vocals on the song. Then came Relight the Flame with Wobble's vocals, and I really got Into the reggae rhythm of that. With each song there was something to enjoy-I loved the various world music sounds that were being used. I know some will talk of cultural appropriation (and the irony of many of the progressive sentiments on the record), and I have no great argument for it other than it's been a thing forever and pretty much all popular music has some form of it going on. This was a pleasant surprise for me, and I'm very glad it's on the list.
Delightfully eclectic, eccentric 90s pop rock.
Never heard of it and really enjoyed it.
It's a bit middle aged white guy discovers world music, but it has enough good songs to overcome that.
A brilliant album. I love Jah Wobble’s infectious love of all music. This really set the tone for music of any genre, any nation being commercial by mixing it all together. Justin Adam’s who went into play with Robert Plant is great and of course Sinead and Natacha’s vocals are sublime.
Really enjoyed that. Total blast from the past. My memory tricked me into thinking it was all about the last song but there were some crackers on there.
Didn't know what to expect with this one, wasn't a fan of Public Image and saw this had a low average rating, but I really enjoyed it! A British take on World Music/reggae to an extent, unique and ambitious.
I had to listen to this on Spotify. Since I won't pay for Spotify, my listening experience was not optimal. Anyway. I liked this, probably more than I should have. Yes, it is a bit pretentious, but it was different and well done. The Sinead O'Connor track was lovely. (RIP, Sinead.) This was a nice listen while getting my work done. Now--get it on other streamers so I don't have to suffer through Spotify again!
I really enjoyed this, and would like to hear more of his stuff. The only one I remembered was Visions of You. It was chill and interesting, and I loved the bass rhythms and percussion. I don't normally weigh in to contradict accusations of cultural appropriation, because I don't feel qualified, but in this case, I do wonder whether the people upvoting those reviews are aware that in 70s, 80s and 90s Britain (especially in London and the Midlands) it wasn't unusual to have musicians and singers from all backgrounds and cultures vibing and working together. For me, this was more of a London-based collaboration than a white guy having gone to India?? Especially since singer Natacha Atlas co-wrote half the songs.
Quite a banger. Shirts in and out of genres smoothly, always powered by Latin drums.
I always give extra points to albums with a lot of variety and good instrumentation, and this has both of those things in spades. It's a tad long, a tad boring, and the album cover is atrocious, but it's still a great album. 4.0/5.0: Great
Spanish musical influences were cool
That album had every single genre in it, i had no idea where it was going to go next. Really kept me hooked with some of the awesome world music and just general good vibes that came from it. Had a couple songs that were very out of place, but then would just go back to jamming. Pretty solid 4. Bonus points for having some sweet songs come on afterwards on Spotify
Very surprised by this! Had never heard of Jah Wobble before and the result is really quite interesting. I don't know it it'll reward very many repeat listens but there's some killer bass on this.
Kom skemmtilega á óvart! Öðruvísi og flott sánd
Ég bjóst ekki við að ég myndi gefa þessa einkunn. Var ég í furðulega góðu skapi þegar ég hlustaði? Neinei, þetta kom bara svona skemmtilega á óvart.
World Music. I liked it a lot, but I can imagine that not veryone would agree.
J’avais de l’appréhension considérant les commentaires, mais j’ai vraiment aimé. Le chanteur me faisait vraiment penser à un autre chanteur des années 70, mais incapable de mettre le doigt dessus
Good vibes. 3.5 rounded up. Love the international feel of the songs, where the language would be Spanish but the sound would be middle eastern. Also a Tom Waits vibe to certain songs.
This is an interesting album, combining sounds from various parts of the world. I like how everything feels like it actually goes together, but just never was before. Maybe that's not totally accurate but there are a lot of elements here which sound awesome played together.
Had never heard of this one. Really grew on me
Really good and something I'd never listened to before depsite knowing of and hearing PIL way back when. Great start to the 1001 program.
Cool vibes stuff will return to.
4/5
A good album, I liked Visions of You and Ungodly Kingdom the most
7/10
A fun listen.
Wasn't anticipating much from this, even before I knew it was world music. But really liked it. Love the Spanish feel and the female vocals. Really interesting.
This was a really cool album. It has a crazy mix of instruments and styles, but it never felt all over the place. More like it kept finding different ways to sound interesting from one song to the next. The guitar solo on “Visions of You” was great, and the bass line had that trip hop feel that gave it a lot of groove. “Relight the Flame” was cool too, especially with that Spanish guitar mixed with the reggae feel. The sitar sound in “Everyman’s an Island” was great and added even more to the whole genre mashup thing the album has going on. Really strong 4 for me. Favorite song: "Relight The Flame"
7/10… world music / balearic-arabic 👂
I enjoyed my time but can't say it was very memorable
Ну неплохая тема, расслабляет, под определённое настроение
That was a fun adventure! I don't know how to categorize the music but in a good way.
I'd probably really like Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart if it had less Jah Wobble
Had no idea of this band (formed by Jah Wobble, bassist for PiL) but it was surprisingly good.
Surprisingly diverse and joyful. A fun listen with a number of influences present. It felt genuine rather than just an imitation, so it gets a lot of points for that.
Stupid name aside, this is a cool listen. At times it like an improv variety show where the band are asking for genres and styles and produce something a bit weird and a lot interesting.
Interesting music. Never heard of it before today. And I am impressed. Deserved place on this list....
Aaaawwwww! I could listen to Visions of You on repeat. Love it so much. Had forgotten all about Jah Wobble but was very happy to be reminded. Excellent nostalgia moment.
Prikemna elektronika mm
Not bad. Not the sort of thing I would normally listen to but I definitely enjoyed it.
This is pretty cool and relaxed. I was expecting something completely different when I read the name but I enjoyed what happened.
Woah this was a cool album. There were some really interesting sounds on here! Relight the Flame felt kind of ska, and Erzulie was a lot more traditional. Really varied and cool. 4.5/5 stars.
very interesting
Surprisingly good.
This is a great eclectic mix of world music, poetry and punk with great bass beats m mixed in.
I’m not sure what I just listened to. I kinda liked it though.
Ein bisschen Ethno, interessante Instrumentierung, schöne Bassverläufe
Quite nice! Very international. Mix of British, with gypsy, flamenco, Latin style.
Slow grower - i enjoyed the latin american elements being integrated into the music
I actually saw Jah Wobble perform last week. Part of his set including a collaboration with a band formed by his wife sons combining electronic music with traditional Chinese instruments. Now in his 60s, Wobble has become something of a local celebrity in the family-oriented London Borough of Merton. He hosts a weekly jam session, open to anyone regarding of experience, but specifically aimed at lonely older men, a group that often struggles with mental health. Given this social consciousness and rabid interest in world music, Wobble seems like a genuinely good guy. This stands in contrast to his image though. To see and hear him, you might expect that he's the kind of person you might find at the pub, ready to smash a pint glass if his team loses. The pre-sober Wobble wasn't far off from this to be fair. The stories of his drunken days with Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious seem to built into his general demeanor. This is the same person who once set fire to his squat-mates' furniture to keep warm. The same guy who joined Rotten's very dark and experimental Public Image Ltd. How did he arrive at Invaders of the Heart and jam sessions in the back of Wimbledon Library? By collaborating with everyone under the sun, apparently. Wobble has worked with the likes of Brian Eno, The Edge, Bjork, Primal Scream, Baaba Maal and many others. Somewhere along the way, he applied his bass playing and dub techniques to world music. Long introduction aside, "Rising Above the Bedlam" does seem to drift in between Wobble's two worlds. It's easy to cringe at the idea of a white British punk kid playing world music, like the sad echoes of colonialism's past. But he generally does it the right way by recruiting the right people, like the amazing Natasha Atlas. It's not a perfect album. The dubs are sometimes gimmicky and the cheap keyboards are a needless distraction on a few tracks. But overall, it's a surprisingly good collection of songs. It doesn't make much sense but it's best not to think about that. You could cynically call this the soundtrack of a working class Brit on holiday. But this isn't an all-inclusive, drinking by the pool and clubbing at night affair. Wobble goes out into the world to meet people and has an amazing time doing it.
As I wrote yesterday, it's nice to hear new music (for me). What a pleasant surprise this is.
Good grooves with various world music influences
Pretty interesting post punk with "world music" fusion. I really don't like that term world music, and I think what complaints you could levee against it's blanket-encompassing nature of every non-white style, you might be able to throw at this album to some extent.
Better than PiL
That was a dubby good time. Im glad i finally heard this.
Cool album!
just a really smooth fun album that combines reggae influences with psychedelic synths and sort of that 90s breakbeat electronic influence - pretty impressive endeavor that was enjoyable to listen to.
This album is like post punk mixed with those new-age groups you'd hear on the Pure Moods commercial in the middle of the night in the 90s. It's at once a bit ahead of its time and also SO of its time. A lot of it is kind of appropriative, but at least the singer has Egyptian heritage, so it's not completely out of pocket (maybe?). It doesn't surprise me that Peter Tosh disciple Sinead O'Connor ended up on this record. Nor did it surprise me to find out other people involved with this project were connected to PiL and Bauhaus/Love and Rockets. Look, is it kind of cheesy? Sure. But it's also quite fun. I'm a sucker for Spanish guitar, soaring electric guitar riffs, cool bass lines, and artists who sing in multiple languages. It's part of why I'm a big Shakira fan. In terms of impact and worthiness of being on this list, I don't know. I've never heard of this group or this album, and I'm betting most people outside the UK haven't (and likely many inside as well). But was it an enjoyable listen? Hells yeah. Judge me all you want. 4/5
Quite surprised by this record. Liked it.
Praise Jah. The lanky bass genius takes us on a lush dub journey which holds true to the title. Favourite tracks: Visions of You, Bomba, Evurline, Soledad, Wonderful World
Better than I was expecting
Really enjoyed this, quite different! Dodgy vocals on a couple of tracks but really enjoyable on the whole. Favourite tracks: Bomba & Erzulie. Would listen again. 4/5
Very cool experimental. British, spanish, french, arabic mix all in one
Love Jah.sincevi heard becoming god.
Had no idea what this would be like and was pleasantly surprised.
I thought I’d like this going in, and I was not wrong. You’re never quite sure what you’re gonna get with Jah Rule, but this is one of the good ones. Nearly a 5.
Was looking forward to this one, and I'm glad to say it didn't disappoint - superbly crafted rock that's just the right side of dub, with an unexpected but totally welcome South Asian vibe running through it. I'll definitely be adding this to my play again pile :)
8/10
Proof positive that you can bend and combine genres without having it be purposeless noise. You know…bedlam. Maybe not a great recipe for commercial success, but it does make for an enjoyable listen.
This was really fun. I didn't particularly care for the male lead vocalist, but I think I'd get used to him. Really enjoyed the album.
Probably only a 3 star album but as someone who plays bass i gave it an extra star for the bass lines
spacy, bouncy, splendid
Leuke muziek! Vrolijke deuntjes en relaxte zang. Voelt een beetje Spaans aan, maar ook weer heel poppie. Ik vind het verfrissend! ****
racist
Oh man I love Destroyer!
These Invaders don't just rise, they soar above bedlam with an eclectic sound that moves through genres with surprising dexterity—ambitious, sonically varied, and groovy as all get out.
Que variaditoo super loco me encantó
Really wish this was on Apple Music cause I really liked this. Very vibey would like to listen to this in the summer sitting on the beach in the sun (instead of in the Midwest inside sheltering from the snow and frigid cold). Brought a little joy to my life. This was so much better than public image. Really nice.
Enjoyed the variety of music notes and styles. Wide variety and not mundane.
I enjoyed it while I was listening to it, and then promptly forgot most of it. It did have a rather enjoyable calming experience though, as I remember, which is an odd thing to say about one quarter of the group who brought you Metal Box.
Odd, in a good way! Massive variety of styles and genres, some of them completely unexpected (no spoilers!). An artist I knew a little through his work with others, although not as a lead/solo artist - I'll sort that once the list is done. The guest vocalist on track 1 is a particularly pleasant surprise - especially given how big a star they were at that time.
7/10. May have to relisten some time as I lost some focus - but it was creative. Added Visions of You to the playlist.
Dunno why there is so much hate on this album in the review, so far I really am enjoying the funky beats. Maybe even a 4/5?
Really good, really different, really unique.
I had totally forgotten about the song Visions of You with Sinead. Was nice to hear it again so many years later.
Rating: 8.5/10 Great album overall. An eclectic combination of world music that is consistently interesting and catchy. The different genres mesh so well together that it never feels forced, this album is pretty experimental and succeeds in creating something memorable the vast majority of the time. Jah Wobble is not a good singer and some of the songs are a bit too long but I was surprised with how enjoyable this was. Favorite songs: Visions of You, Relight the Flame, Bomba, Erzulie, Everyman's an Island, Sweet Divinity, Wonderful World. Worst song: Ungodly Kingdom.
didnt care til the last song Wonderful World ‘you gotta have trust to keep the demons away’
I had no idea what to expect here, and thought it was awesome. Sounded otherworldly.
Kind of otherworldly and pretty interesting to listen to.
I super like this one! I wonder why I’ve never heard of it. Oh, because it was released 6 days after Nirvana’s Nevermind. I vaguely feel like I’ve heard Visions of You before. This shit had to be super popular with the hipster college kids in 1991 when they were dismissing grunge. I’ll be spinning this one again.
Groovy
Not on spotify, but it does have Rising Above Bedlam radio with Jah plus an awesome lineup of my 80s idols like Kate Bush, Talk Talk, Echo & the Bunnymen. Had to Jah on the YouTube, and mostly enjoyed it. I understand a lot of criticism from the kids, but hope they can realize that 70s & 80s were a world without internet. Cultural appropriation wasn't a thing when we weren't inundated with vlogs & tiktoks about how to be "correct" and "accepting". It was thanks to albums by artists like Jah, Peter Gabriel, Ryan Cooder et al that different ethnic music and artists were introduced into what is now the mainstream. Couldna done it without them. 👏👏👏
really good album, another one for the rotation
Funky beats, probably ahead of it's time for 1991. Awesome spanish lyrics.
Decent, not earth shaking. Not to be a hater but dont love the (British sounding) singer's voice. arrangements are pretty engaging and i probably liked Bomba the best. Dl whether i really needed to hear this but it was unique.
Yo I liked this mostly. The only songs I really enjoyed is Every Man is an Island, and Soledad, but I liked the sound throughout. So many fusions of different cultures and genres, my ears were pleased listening to this.
Big swings that are successful throughout
Think I quite liked it, even though raising that statement can be tricky for an eccentric-sounding album
Really cooool
Kinda cool :)
wasn't really sure what to expect but enjoyed this
Really enjoyed the album. Catchy tunes, great vibes, "Relight the Light", "Bomba" and "Erzulie" were my favs.
Never heard of this guy but this was interesting
this is certainly eclectic. awesome tunes and goes in different directions. Love it
I didn't expect to enjoy this album as much as I did!
Popurrí de músicas del mundo. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
Really liked the first half of this surprisingly, will listen to more of his stuff for sure, 3.5
Enjoyed, unique music
I've never listened top this, but dig his bass in P.I.L. sofar...i love it
Love the atmosphere created here. Spacey yet vibrant with super diverse instrumentation. This album has such a powerful identity, where style is substance and it comes together to become an enriching quality. Faves: Wonderful World, Vision of You, Relight the Flame
It's a good world music album with very diverse influences. I liked the second half of it a bit more, it was more interesting.
This is surprisingly cool. Although maybe that's just because I finally switched to Tidal. If any listeners are still on Spotify, might be worth making the switch to any other service that has lossless. Favorite tracks were "Visions of You", "Bomba", "Erzulie"
A bump up from the rest
Bonkers and really enjoyable :)
Had a great time with this 😂
I liked what Public Image did; this album is completely different but also very enjoyable. Jah Wobble is a very good bass player. Too bad they don't list the other musicians on the album. I read that the female vocalist on Visions of You is Sinead O'Connor. The other female vocalist (on Erzulie and several other songs) is amazing. The Arabian beats work beautifully with her vocals.
Really like the "Visions of You" track
Je pense que beaucoup d'entre vous ont écouté cet album sans même savoir que Jah Wobble était depuis 2006 le détenteur du record de la personnalité la moins célèbre du monde. Un huissier s'est en effet basé sur le fait que personne n'ait jamais entendu parler de Jah Wobble pour homologuer ledit record. Ce dernier a pourtant bien failli lui être retiré en 2018 après qu'un internaute a découvert que son compte Instagram comptait trois abonnés. Une enquête a finalement prouvé qu'il s'agissait de bots (le groupe de chaudières TLC pour être précis).
Derrière cet infini nom d'artsite se cache en fait tout simplement Kingsley Coman, tout fraîchement revenu de sa médiocre coupe du monde au Qatar. Un album coup de poing à mettre entre toutes les mains.
Liked the ones with Spanish and Latin(?), very eclectic.
That was strangely familiar and so much fun.
Such a recognisable voice on him, liked the Public Image Limited stuff
SHACK getting attacked by 3 wasps for 2 hours in album form
Popurrí de músicas del mundo. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
The worldliness of the album was nice to hear. I listened to the last song a few times and I don't get it. The appeal of it escaped me a bit. I always felt that Sinead O'Connor got a bum rap back in the 90s, and her performance on this album is great. It'd be nice to hear her in more stuff like this, maybe more atmospheric. Imagine her in one of Fripp's soundscapes... But you know Wobble is a forgiving and gracious artist. He had to deal with John Lydon for a few albums in Public Image, didn't he? So yeah, I dug this. May have to seek out some more.
Started badly, turned good.
I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I was going to. It's going to require some more listens, but I'll definitely be back!
4/19/2022 Today's Album: "Rising Above Bedlam" by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - This album was a really fantastic surprise. It seems to be a collection of music from around the world and each song has a ton of really bright and interesting instrumentation amongst it. I really love the opening track Visions of You. It sounds so sweet and has this really nice chilled out guitar line and bongo groove, not to mention the incredibly catchy chorus. The male vocalist throughout the album really toes the line between a performance that feels kind of off and creepy and one that sounds clear and confident. I really like the instrumental break in the song Ungodly Kingdom. It has that great island vibe and incorporates a ton of pacific instrumentation to back up that idea. Some of the tracks don't pull me in as quickly as others, like the track Rising above Bedlam, but most of them have really engaging sonic ideas right off the bat. I like the song Erzulie for it's chilled out eastern vocal performance and I like how melodic the bass guitar is in it too. It's a really great Latin dance track with a lot of different levels of energy throughout. Everyman's an island takes a sort of psychedelic approach, with this groovy meditative bassline and some really strung out electric guitar. I like just how groovy it is and how much they are switching up the sound even just measure to measure. It reminds me of a lot of King Gizzard's microtonal music, but with a bit of a softer edge. The opening drum beat of Soledad is so welcoming and brings you into a sort of Arabian dream. The, what I think are Latin, vocals would usually turn me away from the track, but not knowing the lyrics feels okay because the vocal performance is just so hypnotic and eastern sounding. The bass line and drum beat keep the song so sturdy throughout as the guitar and auxiliary percussion solo on top. The solo sections of this album really feel reserved and like they only are doing what they must to add to the experience of the track and I really appreciate the subtlety of it. Sweet Divinity is a very strange track to me because it sounds extremely unique. There's these weird sections of trumpet and trombones sort of just going ham on this dueling fanfare and it breaks up the verses in a very engaging way. It feels like a song that I wouldn't like under usual circumstanced, but the sheer skill of these musicians keeps me engaged in this sort of creepy and uncomfortable tune. The closer Wonderful World is a great way to pick up from the weird spot we were left in with Sweet Divinity and I really like the instrumentation and vocal performance here. It's a bouncy and playful track with a really chorus and some nice chorus vocals backing things up. They play with the reverb subtly in some of the vocal sections in a really pleasing, yet experimental way and I just really like whatever effect is on the guitars because they sound so tropical and bubbly. It ends things off in the same really cheery optimistic vibe introduced in the first track Visions of You and it's a great way to end. As a whole package, this is a really great album if you like stuff that sounds like it's from outside of the good ol' USA. There's fun microtonal sounding stuff, a lot of eastern and Latin influence, and all of the cultures on display also showcases a huge variety of talent. I think there are some tracks that are a little worse than the majority and the vocals can be a little off putting at first, but if you can just put this on in the background while you're doing something and vibe along to the grooves, I think it'd be a nice time for almost anyone. Score: 8.5/10 Best world music I've heard yet Highlights: Visions of You, Bomba, Ungodly Kingdom, Erzulie, Everyman's an Island, Soledad, Sweet Divinity, Wonderful World
Only had time for one listen today. I liked it. Nice mixture of cultures and styles.
Very good, will play more Wobble in the future
Interesting, and seemed quite familiar despite it being my first time hearing any of it, I guess due to the 'eastern' influences that I hear on the radio where I am.
Somehow I never checked out Jah Wobble's work back in the nineties, so I was unfamiliar with this album. It serves up an interesting melange of different musical styles. Not everything works, and some of the electronic elements sound a bit dated, but overall I enjoyed listening to it.
I knew this album as my dad was a fan - and love the opening track 'Visions of You' - it's amazing and you think you are on the verge of greatness, but sadly doesn't rise to such peaks again, still a great album
Wereldmuziek in de letterlijke vorm van het woord. Vanuit alle hoeken heeft dit album invloeden. Eentje om nog eens op te leggen in de zomermaanden, onder het zonnetje
This was really nice. Felt like I was sitting on a beanbag, a bit buzzed.
4/5 Solid music, different from what i would normally listen to, and probably ain't gonna hunt it out again later, but did not mind listening to it, at all. However, got at bit samey over time.
This is weird and wild for sure. Worth an occasional, maybe even party lounge listen? Eno collab
Brilliant ! I wasn’t expecting it to be so good. Some excellent Zumba tracks. I shall probably play it again while I’m cooking and have a dance along! I was reserving 4* for classics but this was an unexpected ****
Ik ga hier meer van luisteren. Jammer soms van de stem van Jah.
Scrapes a 7 from me. Cool except the English lyrics are corny and when the guy sings his voice is almost unbearable
The main guys voice was really not good but the music was incredibly cool. Erzulie was fun, some of the others got long. 7.5 for me
Nett, Welt
Complete shift from what he was doing with PIL, but still a great album. A melting pot of different musical cultures, but surprisingly unified. Closer to a 3.7
This was a fantastic mix mash of styles…..unusual but familiar at the same time. Enjoyed it!
I had never heard of Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart or Rising Above Bedlam before this challenge, so today’s listen was a complete surprise. It was also a bit of a challenge to track down, as it wasn’t available on Apple Music, which always makes these lesser-known albums a bit more interesting to explore. Straight away, “Visions of You” stood out as a beautiful song and an early highlight. The album itself is a very easy listen, but there’s also a huge amount going on beneath the surface. It constantly throws different sounds, rhythms and voices at you, which keeps grabbing your attention and makes you stop and properly listen. Tracks like “Visions of You”, “Rising Above Bedlam” and “Ungodly Kingdom” were particularly strong. What really struck me was how many genres and influences are blended together here. There are elements of world music, electronic, dub, ambient and rock all mixed into something that feels very unique. It’s highly experimental, yet never feels inaccessible. In some ways it feels almost ahead of its time, multicultural, genre-blending and ambitious in a way that feels very modern. This feels like exactly the sort of album that would be a Mercury Prize nominee, unusual, clever and artistically bold. It’s not always easy to categorise, but that’s part of what makes it so interesting. Favourite tracks: “Visions of You” and “Ungodly Kingdom” are both excellent Least favourite tracks: Every track was worth listening to, and each brought something different from the one before Album artwork: Cool album cover, there’s lots going on visually
First of all, I couldn’t find this one on Apple Music. I had to go to YouTube and YouTube is a crappy platform to enjoy music on. So, I was already annoyed before even listening to this. The music was funky and I like the blending of all the cultures represented. It’s just that Jah Wobble can not sing. This album would be so much better if Mister Wobble just played his bass and let Sinead O’Conner sing all the vocals.
Enjoying. Immediate take is they have to be good people if Sinead OConnor is performing with them. But also why are these vocalists not credited?? Maybe a function of spotify? Her song, the first on the album, is great. Natacha Atlas v good. I like that I don’t know what to expect with each song but there’s still a clear line with the instrumentals somehow? Maybe. It’s different and I needed that during a bit of a lul. But also is this appropriative af? Everyone’s an island is killing me. I need to read about these people. Update: Of fucking course this is a white man in a fedora. Who was squatting as the Sex Pistols formed nearby And was accused of setting a drummer on fire? Amongst other drunken nonsense and “brawls” before sobriety and working for the London Underground. Also I’m sorry how the fuck is “world music” a genre? That is insane. I didn’t realize this was such an accepted term for just… music that isn’t Western and white?
Listenable, but not memorable
Had never heard or heard of JEIotH. I liked it ok, I might go back to the Sinead O'Connor teack
This was fun. Not great, not serious, but fun.
Fun listen… I would like to listen to again
Im not quite sure what I listened to, but I didnt hate it.
It’s interesting and the bass playing is killer here. I’m just not sure I took much else away from it.
Not too bad...dragged a bit but ok.
Not my thing, not something I can say I enjoyed, BUT... I at least respect the variety. This is a huge mix of different things - world fusion, dub, trip hop, and all in a sort of 80's/90's pop dressing. I don't like it - as I said, it's not my thing - but at least this is different. I got into this challenge to get exposed to new things. This was definitely a win in that regard. Song one is a pretty of the times pop tune, then song 2 goes almost into Church's Under The Milky Way territory with a world music fusion spin, then when you get to Everyman's An Island (song 7) and if someone was to say "Massive Attack cite this as an influence" I'd totally believe it (almost certainly not true, but the vibe is there). So while from a personal enjoyment perspective this is a 2 star, from a list objective perspective it's a 4 star.
Hard to believe this is the dude from Public Image Limited. Some bits are very 90’s new age coffee shop where on occasion, a bald dude gives you acid and you dream about the rain forest. Other moments in this album are very not that. Overall, I think I like this more than most reviews here do, but it’s not making my top 100 or anything.
I thought this was going to be some shitty dub album, but then I remembered that Jah Wobble is the white bassist from PiL, a band that bores me to tears. That being said, this album is great when they're doing Spanish and Middle Eastern music and not so good when Jah Wobble is singing. Great bass player though...
Classified as 'World Music. Wouldn't it be nice if the world was actually as upbeat as this album?
Really surprised to discover that this was as late as 1991 as it feels firmly rooted in an 80s sound, particularly the drum machines. Interesting enough overall to have made it a worthwhile listen, probably not enough to make me come back to it though.
Had to listen on YouTube. No fun. But if this were on Apple Music I would listen again.
I would enjoy this so much more if Jah Wobble didn't sing. His voice gets on my nerves lol
Things got a little weird about halfway through. Fun variety though.
It’s alright as a background beat. Not much else
Perfectly listenable and solid playing.
Man ethnic pop music just is such a weird kind of genre. If you just listen to the music it’s decent but then you get songs sung in different languages which is okay but seems disingenuous. I just don’t see why a guy just can’t sing in their own language and make a mark.
Not as cultural appropriation-y as other reviewers would have you believe. It’s a pretty pleasant listen, all things considered.
Starts off strong with the Sinead collab. After that, some funky stuff happens. Then some "meh" stuff happens. Better than I expected, but my expectations were fairly low.
This sounds like it was created by the white guy with dreadlocks from the second Inbetweeners movie (the one Will rants at). That being said, there's some really nice, groovy sounds here but the lyrics made me cringe more than once.
The absolute jumpscare I felt when I saw this pop up. What do you mean Jah Wobble made a downtempo record? I think this has an interesting sound but his vocals are like a worse version of Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3, who I quite enjoy...Jah, not so much. Sorry man. I think you had it best when you were playing for PiL. And that was a looong time before this one.
2026.05.15
I liked the bass grooves on this album and the songs were kind of a fun adventure. cool to hear it once. would not listen again.
first time listening to this. I'm glad to have the opportunity to listen to some of Jah Wobble's work under his name. been wanting to check out his stuff since hearing his bass playing & sonic influence on the first two Public Image Ltd. albums. clear through line here to his dub and reggae inspirations. while some of the tracks suffer from some dated production, those bass lines still come through loud and clear. I liked the variety of language and rhythms across the album. "Visions of You" and "Bomba" were standouts for me.
Okay.
A bit goofy, one listen through was enough for me.
Initially I thought this will be cool and then it sort of.... Plateaued.
Reknow bassist solo efforts WITH guests …surprisingly was cohesive and an interesting listen
What a weirdly eclectic album but a very good listening experience.
64/100. Jah Wobble and The Invaders of the Heart create a style that feels rooted in dub, but constantly expands outward into different textures and rhythms. The album has a hypnotic and almost enchanting quality to it. The grooves are deep and repetitive in a way that draws you in rather than becoming stale, giving the music a strong atmospheric pull. What makes it stand out most is its sense of exploration. The fusion of global influences keeps the sound unpredictable and colorful, making each track feel like part of a larger musical journey.
Okay, there was some stuff here. Fun.
I suppose "world" really is the correct genre classification for this bad boy, because it obviously came from the world(or, a world). The cultural appropriation is tacky, even for the early 1990s. Overall, it had its moments, but never really grabs your full attention. Favorite Track: "Visions Of You".
I want to rate this higher because I really like it, but it just doesn't feel 'important' enough, more of an interesting curio along the way.
I appreciate its place on this list, even if it wasn’t really my cup of tea. Listening it on YouTube with adverts randomly appearing did not help…
There’s a bit of criticism I’ve seen of this about cultural appropriation. I’m not sure that’s the case as surely taking on influences from other cultures and blending it with more ‘traditional’ western styles has the potential to push things forward and create a more interesting soundscape. ‘Rising above bedlam’ takes influences from a range of other cultural sources but doesn’t really make the most of them here unfortunately. Wheras the influences may have benefitted from being more forward, they take too much of a back seat and don’t add sufficiently to it as a result. I’d have preferred for more dub influences to shine through as although the bass is cranked up in a few of the songs, some of the other techniques used by ‘Lee ‘scratch Perry’, ‘Mad Professor’ et al could have been used to create more of that drifting hypnotic sound that would have made this more interesting.
306/1089 Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart 'Rising Above Bedlam' 1991 I like some of Jah Wobble's work, and I can see what he's trying to do here, but really, it just doesn't work for me. Experimental world music influences are one thing, but trying to fit them all on one album is a step too far. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 306 Already owned : 69 Purchased : 15 To buy : 4 Nope : 218
Very funky, very 90s, enjoyed about 50% of it
I really felt ??????? listening to this - I like world music and should have expected it with this album cover but if you look up this man he is the most white british guy I’ve ever seen in my life. nonetheless I do enjoy the 90s “maybe the internet will bring world peace” globalism vibes at times.
Judging by the reviews, I was expecting something awful. Sounds like a white dude trying to learn different cultures while integrating it with the sounds and textures he already knows. Absolutely fine.
weird
C’était plutôt pas mal et un peu original, ce qui est étonnamment inhabituel pour cette liste. Cela dit, ça fait un peu pot pourri de plusieurs culture, de façon un peu superficielle et si le premier titre est vraiment très bon, le reste est moins captivant.
Very 90s. One very spinal tap song. Not in a bad way.
Laid-back, fun. I dig it 3.5
Tällä levyllä oli aivan hyvät rytmit. Bassottelu ja rummuttelu oli groovaavia. Biiseistä ei noussut mikään muiden yläpuolelle. Mieleen jäi Sinead O’Connorin laulut. Tunnistin heti hänen omaperäisen kuulaan laulunsa.
First impression gets me somewhere at the intersection of Love and Rockets, Big Audio Dynamite, and basically anything on the Pure Moods of. Give me more of this sort of thing, honestly. Something hard to define but ostensibly listenable. It's got that eastern exoticism fascination, which rings a bit uncomfortable now but gives this a more interesting flavor than just having a nasal brit singing across 10 songs. I'd want to listen more attentively but I think this hovers around a 3.5* with Erzulie at the top
Curious
I enjoyed this. A very suprising record from Johnny Rotten's former bandmate. The highs were high, the rest felt a bit samey but its a good overall experience.
Oh, look, another early 90s UK album! This one is maybe a bit better than some of the other ones we've heard (to me). Don't like his singing, but he's a decent bassist. The "world music" elements are a mixed bag - probably seemed pretty hip, 35 years ago; a bit clunky, now. But props for adding Sinead O'Connor and (especially) Natacha Atlas. And the Spanish and Arabic elements I think do more good than harm. So, maybe enough positives to just barely give this one a 3, rather than a 2. Without the two women (vocalists), though, it'd be a 2.
TIL Jah Wobble did things after he left PiL (who, incidentally, are coming to Manchester Music Hall for reasons unclear to me). Pretty good.
This certainly fits within the fabric of stuff I like, but it didn’t grip me. Not bad. Not great.
Relight The Flame is my favorite track on the album. I like the album it’s very exotic.
I enjoyed this a whole lot more than I thought I would. I thought I'd hate it, but I'd listen again.
yay! more reggae. . .oh, nevermind.
2.5/3. Kinda intersting but drags on for way too long.
Another one I had listen to on YouTube which kills the experience a bit! All in all OK but nothing special.
Miälenkiintonen paketti, eri fiiliksellä ehkä jopa nelse, mutta tyydytään kolseen
Tämä oli ihan mukavaa kuunneltavaa, monenlaista menoa ja hyvä meininki. Ei tätä kuitenkaan uudestaan tarvitse kuunnella, joten mennään kolmosella.
Unfortunately this wasn’t available to listen to
Unexpected! Loved half of it but his singin is a very acquired taste
Coolt! Men inte riktigt tillräckligt svängigt för högre betyg.
C'était un peu trop ethnique pour moi mais sans savoir dire quelle ethnie ?? Y'a des accents de reggae et des fois ça part en Samba de Janeiro, rien que pour ça je mets un point de plus que ce que je mets habituellement pour ce genre, y'avait quand même de la variété
Sympa mais sans plus
Foutraque
I enjoyed the sound variety and reggae vibes - he sounds like Johnny Marr and is right around when he was fronting The The, so... this album reeks of its time, so early 90s but not acid jazz (think Jamiroquai, Brand New Heavies) which still sounds fabulous, but this isn't sthg I'd go back to really
There will be bass. There will be breakdowns. There will be special guest singers. Like a group of kids playing in a sandbox. 2.5:starsl
oh weird im kinda into this lol appreciate the departure from english rock
this was weeeeird kinda silly kinda fun i liked the mix of language
Interesting, guest vocals were nice. 3.4/5
Visions of you
Fun album
It's got some great bits.
Started out strong with a song featuring Sinead O'Connor. This album was all over the place. Switching things up with different ethnic styles was cool. The music got a little strange sometimes... Interesting album, I don't quite know what to make of it.
It was pretty fun but didn't strike me as particularly amazing or noteworthy.
ein bisschen crazy, ethnisch nordafrika aber auch spanien?, religiös aber ganz interessant aber leider hintergrundmusik und ein bisschen einseitig
irgendwie vibes
Starts out interesting, but the different songs seem to become less and less distinct as the album progresses. Still, it's a nice addition to the 1001 albums list for the distinctly different musical voice it presents when compared to most pop music. Would I rather listen to this or a Warren Zevon album (ANY Warren Zevon album!)? Well, at least 99 times out of 100, my answer is going to be Zevon (completely left off all iterations of the 1001 albums list, but now in the Rock and Roll HOF, thank you very much!), of course. But this album provides a decent-and-not-completely-painful-to-listen-to alternative and shows what's possible within the broad framework of popular music.
If nothing else, it was unique
pretty interesting and effortful music but something about an album that gleefully pulls from every direction of World Music it can, while spearheaded by a white punk guy who calls himself Jah Wobble, doesnt pass the vibe check. basslines r good. hard to have strong feelings about!
Kind of like Enigma. Moody, ethereal, chanty. Worldly, sounds like native American, and south American chants and some middle Eastern instrumentation. Very eclectic. some songs would be better if he didn't sing.
not bad
Was very wary when I saw that this guy was in Public Image Ltd. but this is better than anything PiL ever put out. I was a bit higher on it in the beginning but the best songs are a bit front loaded. It's fine and it gets a mid score.
Album Review 067 Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heat (1992) Rating 3/5 This is an album I’ve never heard before, despite knowing and enjoying some of Jah Wobble’s other work, both solo and with PiL. Rising Above Bedlam isn’t on my usual streaming service though so that’s may be why. Rising Above Bedlam is seen as an important step in the evolution and development of “world techno” (e.g. fusing dub, bass-heavy slow house, and ethnic Middle Eastern, Spanish, and North African melodies). There’s some good stuff on here but, listening in context with the other big indie-dance albums around that time, it doesn’t stand up to the likes of Screamadelica or Blue Lines. this may be an unfair comparison and one badly influenced by not being able to listen to the full album without adverts (thanks YouTube) and I probably need to give it another listen to fully appreciate what’s here.
Rising Above Bedlam is quite the album--different with world music from truly around the world. With Afrobeat and the Middle Eastern sounds, I thought for sure this Jah Wobble was Black and from Africa. I feel ripped off because Jah Wobble is an Englishman and was part of Public Image Ltd. This album's release in 1991 is off the tail end of the world music influencing the West trend, after Paul Simon's Graceland in 1986, possibly the most well known western world music album. I'd even say that Rising Above Bedlam uses more world music than Graceland, and now knowing that a white man created this album, I have soured. Well, whatever. The album was good and I enjoyed the various languages used. I don't know if it belonged here, but it flowed and grabbed my attention. What more can I ask for!
I couldn't really tell you why this album is on this project. But fortunately for me, I tend to enjoy world and new age-leaning music, so I didn't hate this. The use of Sinéad O'Connor's vocals was a very nice touch, too, that I felt really set the mood. This really is a pretty unique album, sonically, so I guess I'll go ahead and round my 2.5 up to a 3!
Interesting, like the world music sounds, a little chaotic for me
Muy vanguardista, world, bajo sobresaliente...
This is an album for bass. Very 90s sound, hasn't really aged well but the bass playing is engaging, and opening song a winner.
Nice moments but a bit of a mess
It's kind of cool that this guy came from Public Image and left that band to do this. I feel like this is less cultural appropriation and more of a genuine attempt at making music true to the roots of the cultures he is representing here. That's a good thing I suppose. It's not really something I would listen to again but I did enjoy it one time through. Nothing else to say about it, really. It is exactly what you would expect it to be. 2.75/5
What if Massive Attack had a sitar? Well now you know
Decent album but not something I could see myself coming back to
***agood, versatile, easy listening album