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This one hell of a compilation! Here is a mix of well known and up-and-comin, ska movers with a good proportion being good ol’ British bands... which means we can go see them live more often! yay!
Big D & The Kids Table kick it off nicely with a sweet upbeat number and then Buck-O-Nine steps it up a gear with what my brother calls ’modern’ ska, a mix of ska and punk rock... followed by The Toasters who mellow us out again... this is how this comp. goes, taking you back n’ forth between the upbeat & mellow that the whole SKA genre offers the SKA kids of today.
The Planet Smashers lift your spirits with ’Raise Your Glass’ (see what I did there ;-) with their upbeat cheeky anthem. And, although there are a lot of ’modern’ ska bands featured, it holds true to it’s Reggae roots with Chris Murrays’ ’Dangerous Hearts’, King Django and Westbound Train.
The two stand out tracks for me have to be from The JB Conspiracy with ’This Machine’, it stands out from all angles, with an interesting sounding vocalist, a great melody and consistancy and ’Action’ by The Johnstones which is fast, hard hitting ska punk with a slight ’young ones’ feel to it! (Maybe they should get Vivian to co-star in their video!)
There are some less than great tracks on here, but in general it makes for great listening, at the same time showcasing some of what the UK is offering on the Ska scene at the moment.
Tracklist:
1. BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE "Noise Complaint"
2. BUCK-O-NINE "I’m Not Dead"
3. TOASTERS "Night Train To Moscow"
4. DEALS GONE BAD "Messin’ Around"
5. PIETASTERS "Don’t Wanna"
6. MUSTARD PLUG "Puddle Of Blood"
7. THE FLATLINERS "Open Hearts And Bloody Grins"
8. BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY "I’m Terrorfied!!!"
9. MU330 "Please Don’t Run"
10. FISHBONE "Skank ’n Go Nutz"
11. GO JIMMY GO "Don’t Stop Everything (Dancehall Version)"
12. CHRIS MURRAY "Dangerous Hearts"
13. PLANET SMASHERS "Raise Your Glass"
14. SUBB "I’ve Got It All Wrong"
15. STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO "A Better Place, A Better Time (Live)"
16. AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY "Silence Is Golden But Duct Tape Is Silver"
17. WESTBOUND TRAIN "Please Forgive Me"
18. KING DJANGO "Hard, Hard Thing"
19. CATCH 22 "The Spark"
20. VOODOO GLOW SKULLS "DD Don’t Like Ska"
21. THE PORKERS "Too Big For Your Boots"
22. THE JOHNSTONES "Action"
23. TIP THE VAN "Circles"
