Sunday, September 21, 2008

The Selecter - Celebrate the Bullet


'Celebrate The Bullet' saw The Selecter cutting their ties with 2-Tone and moving away from that labels trademark sound. Gone are the clasic ska and reggae covers of their debut 'Too Much Pressure', gone too are original bassist (Charley Anderson) and keyboardist (Desmond Brown). However, new recruits James Mackie (Keyboards) and Adam Williams (bass) seem to add an exciting new dimension to the 'Selecter' sound. More band members are involved with the songwriting this time round with chief songwriter Neol Davies providing just 5 of the albums original 11 tracks.The music seems somewhat more atmospheric than their previous lp and singles. Davies''Washed Up and Left For Dead'is particularly haunting. Other classic tracks include Pauline Black's 'Deepwater' and Compton Amanor's 'Bombscare'. All of this plus lavish artwork including full lyrics, extensive sleevenotes and 4 bonus tracks including the minor hit single 'The Whisper' and the rare 'B'-sides 'Last Tango In Dub'and 'Train To Skaville'. All in all a great testament to what a great band The Selecter were in their prime. Anyway give this cd a listen,enjoy the great bonus songs and then leave a comment.thanks!
p.s a bit late but thanks to Liam for this info.
The_Selecter_-_Celebrate_The_Bullet.rar

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cheers! Mondo de Muebles, Top post as usual, THANK YOU!!!

Anonymous said...

thank you so much...have this on vinyl (approaching 30 yrs old), and had a yen to hear and voila, there you are. brilliant! lotsa good stuff here too, glad i found it. cheers.

Anonymous said...

Hey!!! Love the blog!!! THank you so much!!! can you please re-upload this one???

 

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