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'''''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> The band supported the album with a North American tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bream |first1=Jon |title=ROCK the HALLS |work=Star Tribune |date=30 Nov 1994 |page=1E}}</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> The band supported the album with a North American tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bream |first1=Jon |title=ROCK the HALLS |work=Star Tribune |date=30 Nov 1994 |page=1E}}</ref> |
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==Production== |
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Many of its songs are about English middle class life.<ref name=CT/> [[Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)|Mick Jones]] was inspired by [[Bob Marley]] to include uplifting messages in ''Higher Power'''s songs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rutkoski |first1=Rex |title=JONES MIXES HIS DYNAMITE WELL |work=USA Today |date=January 27, 1995}}</ref> |
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==Critical reception== |
==Critical reception== |
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Released | 1994 | |||
Genre | Alternative | |||
Length | 67:03 | |||
Label | Columbia[1] | |||
Producer | Mick Jones, André Shapps, Arthur Baker | |||
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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] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[6]
Production
Many of its songs are about English middle class life.[7] Mick Jones was inspired by Bob Marley to include uplifting messages in Higher Power's songs.[8]
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
Calgary Herald | C–[10] |
Chicago Tribune | [7] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [11] |
Entertainment Weekly | C–[12] |
Knoxville News Sentinel | [13] |
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."[14] 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."[12]
The Knoxville News Sentinel called it "an alternative album at the core that absorbs a fun array of funk, pop and hip-hop influences for a distinctive and accessible blend."[13] The Calgary Herald determined that "it just bops along with riffs that are pleasant enough but lack any edge, any passion."[10]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Got to Wake Up" | Jones | 4:51 |
2. | "Harrow Road" | Graham Fisher, Kenneth Hare, Jones, Stonadge | 5:26 |
3. | "Looking for a Song" | Jones, Sergio Portaluri, David Sion, Fulvio Zefret | 3:47 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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4. | "Some People" | Hawkins, Jones | 4:55 |
5. | "Slender Loris" | Jones | 6:10 |
6. | "Modern Stoneage Blues" | Jones, Stonadge | 3:45 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "Melancholy Maybe" | Jones, Stonadge | 5:43 |
8. | "Over the Rise" | Jones | 4:57 |
9. | "Why Is It?" | Jones, Stonadge | 5:00 |
10. | "Moon" | Jones | 6:27 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Lucan" | Hawkins, Jones, Stonadge | 5:49 |
12. | "Light Up My Life" | Jones | 4:35 |
13. | "Hope" | Jones, Stonadge | 5:38 |
Personnel
- Mick Jones - guitar, vocals, producer
- Nick Hawkins - vocals, guitar, engineer
- André Shapps - keyboards, producer, engineer
- Gary Stonadge - bass, vocals
- Chris Kavanagh - drums, vocals
- Mickey Custance - DJ, vocals
- Ranking Roger - vocals
- Aki Omori, Loro Lucan - backing vocals on "Some People"
- Heathcote Williams - biographical editor
- John R.T. Davies - editing
- Arthur Baker - co-producer of track 6
- Würzel - photography
References
- ^ Thompson, Dave (15 July 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
- ^ "Big Audio Dynamite Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Thompson, Clifford (7 October 2020). "Contemporary World Musicians". Routledge – via Google Books.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (15 July 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (15 July 2008). "Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
- ^ Bream, Jon (30 November 1994). "ROCK the HALLS". Star Tribune. p. 1E.
- ^ a b Webber, Brad (24 November 1994). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 10.
- ^ Rutkoski, Rex (27 January 1995). "JONES MIXES HIS DYNAMITE WELL". USA Today.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. Review: Higher Power. AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ a b Muretich, James (20 November 1994). "Big Audio: Higher Power". Calgary Herald. p. D2.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Music Review: 'Higher Power'". EW.com.
- ^ a b Campbell, Chuck (11 November 1994). "'Higher Power', Big Audio". Detours. Knoxville News Sentinel. p. 3.
- ^ "Big Audio Dynamite". Trouser Press. Retrieved 15 July 2022.