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Artist | Neneh Cherry
Title | Broken Politics
Genre | Alternative Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 46:02
Label | Smalltown Supersound Store | 2018
Catalog | STS 343CD Rip | 2018
Bitrate | 225 kbps Size | 80.36 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Fallen Leaves 3:19
02. Kong 4:24
03. Poem Daddy (Interlude) 0:48
04. Synchronised Devotion 4:07
05. Deep Vein Thrombosis 4:31
06. Faster Than The Truth 3:47
07. Natural Skin Deep 4:41
08. Shot Gun Shack 3:58
09. Black Monday 4:42
10. Cheap Breakfast Special (Interlude) 1:09
11. Slow Release 5:42
12. Soldier 4:54
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Neneh Cherry forged a groundbreaking mix of genres in the late '80s that
presaged the emergence of alternative rap and trip-hop, and through the
2010s she has gradually added to a discography filled with similarly
unpredictable twists. The singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer got her
start in the UK post-punk scene prior to making a mainstream breakthrough
as a solo artist with the global smash hit "Buffalo Stance", which sent her
eclectic debut album, "Raw Like Sushi" (1989), to the Top Ten album charts
in several countries.
The making of Cherry's third proper solo album within seven years began
with songs demo'ed beside longtime partner Cameron McVey. Kieran Hebden
received the recordings, created backing tracks on laptop, recorded
Cherry's vocals at Creative Music Studio - a Woodstock facility that once
hosted Cherry's stepfather Don Cherry - and finalized the material with
some adjustments. While Hebden also produced 2014's "Blank Project", this
one is quite different, with his software synthesizer and sample-based
latticeworks the foundation rather than the comparatively raucous interplay
of duo Rocketnumbernine.
Studio co-founder Karl Berger picks up the lone instrumentalist credit with
vibraphone on one track, yet his presence isn't felt any more than that of
any phantom harpist or hand percussionist heard elsewhere - a testament to
Hebden's skills. Cherry's songs here are deeply meditative, often implying
or directly expressing sorrow regarding planetary afflictions rooted in
fear. The tone is set on the opening "Falling Leaves" with "Just because
I'm Down, don't step all over me," darkening on the dubwise pro-refugee
ballad "Kong" (co-produced by Massive Attack's 3D), and alternating between
poetic and disquietingly direct on the slyly "Brown Rice"-referencing "Deep
Vein Thrombosis" ('It hurts so bad').
Pain and dread can be sensed across both sides of the LP, but Cherry still
has her defiant streak, most perceptible on "Shot Gun Shack", where lines
such as 'pick up the gun, you know you gonna use it' and 'say my name
before you pull it' sound like gamesmanship more than capitulation.
Earlier, she affirms her sense of purpose with a quote from the Last Poets'
"Blessed Are Those Who Struggle", and on "Natural Skin Deep" - over a
nearly hurtling beat with steel drums, laser zaps, Ornette Coleman's
saxophone, and all-important air horn - reaches a "Buffalo Stance" level of
swagger. It's an extra delight and relief to hear Cherry laugh as the
gorgeous and resilient "Soldier" concludes the album in undaunted style.
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