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| genre = [[Alternative music|Alternative]]
| genre = [[Alternative music|Alternative]]
| length = 67:03
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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&pg=PA194</ref>
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| producer = [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]], André Shapps, [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]]
| producer = [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]], André Shapps, [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]]
| prev_title = [[The Lost Treasure of Big Audio Dynamite I & II]]
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'''''Higher Power''''' is the seventh album by [[Big Audio Dynamite]] (renamed Big Audio), released in 1994.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-audio-dynamite-mn0000763237/biography</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=qVYAEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT1319</ref> "Looking for a Song" was released as a single; it peaked at No. 24 on ''Billboard'''s [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA90</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=_pbECYPYlZcC&pg=PA31</ref>
'''''Higher Power''''' is the seventh album by [[Big Audio Dynamite]] (renamed Big Audio), released in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-audio-dynamite-mn0000763237/biography|title=Big Audio Dynamite Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVYAEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT1319|title=Contemporary World Musicians|first=Clifford|last=Thompson|date=7 October 2020|publisher=Routledge|via=Google Books}}</ref> "Looking for a Song" was released as a single; it peaked at No. 24 on ''Billboard'''s [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA90|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=15 July 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_pbECYPYlZcC&pg=PA31|title=Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|date=15 July 2008|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|via=Google Books}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
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|rev1score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref name="Ruhlmann">Ruhlmann, William. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207859|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''Higher Power'']. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved 10 April 2010.</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref name="Ruhlmann">Ruhlmann, William. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207859|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''Higher Power'']. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved 10 April 2010.</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
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|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA2600|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=27 May 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
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''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote that "''Higher Power'' finds Jones and company operating at a decidedly lower level ... The hip dance-music sounds are there, but the tunes most certainly aren't."<ref>{{cite web |title=Big Audio Dynamite |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/big-audio-dynamite/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' thought that the album "continues Jones' bid for currency by experimenting with the sounds of London's dance clubs ... The result is neither good rave nor good rock."<ref>https://ew.com/article/1994/11/18/music-review-higher-power/</ref>
''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote that "''Higher Power'' finds Jones and company operating at a decidedly lower level ... The hip dance-music sounds are there, but the tunes most certainly aren't."<ref>{{cite web |title=Big Audio Dynamite |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/big-audio-dynamite/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' thought that the album "continues Jones' bid for currency by experimenting with the sounds of London's dance clubs ... The result is neither good rave nor good rock."<ref name="auto"/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 17:36, 15 July 2022

Higher Power
Studio album by
Big Audio
Released1994
GenreAlternative
Length67:03
LabelColumbia[1]
ProducerMick Jones, André Shapps, Arthur Baker
Big Audio chronology
The Lost Treasure of Big Audio Dynamite I & II
(1993) 		Higher Power
(1994) 		F-Punk
(1995)
Singles from Higher Power
  1. "Looking for a Song"
    Released: 1994

Higher Power is the seventh album by Big Audio Dynamite (renamed Big Audio), released in 1994.[2][3] "Looking for a Song" was released as a single; it peaked at No. 24 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.[4][5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Entertainment WeeklyC–[8]

Trouser Press wrote that "Higher Power finds Jones and company operating at a decidedly lower level ... The hip dance-music sounds are there, but the tunes most certainly aren't."[9] Entertainment Weekly thought that the album "continues Jones' bid for currency by experimenting with the sounds of London's dance clubs ... The result is neither good rave nor good rock."[8]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Got to Wake Up"Jones4:51
2."Harrow Road"Graham Fisher, Kenneth Hare, Jones, Stonadge5:26
3."Looking for a Song"Jones, Sergio Portaluri, David Sion, Fulvio Zefret3:47
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Some People"Hawkins, Jones4:55
5."Slender Loris"Jones6:10
6."Modern Stoneage Blues"Jones, Stonadge3:45
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Melancholy Maybe"Jones, Stonadge5:43
8."Over the Rise"Jones4:57
9."Why Is It?"Jones, Stonadge5:00
10."Moon"Jones6:27
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Lucan"Hawkins, Jones, Stonadge5:49
12."Light Up My Life"Jones4:35
13."Hope"Jones, Stonadge5:38

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Dave (15 July 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Big Audio Dynamite Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Thompson, Clifford (7 October 2020). "Contemporary World Musicians". Routledge – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Buckley, Peter (15 July 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (15 July 2008). "Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Review: Higher Power. AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b "Music Review: 'Higher Power'". EW.com.
  9. ^ "Big Audio Dynamite". Trouser Press. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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