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Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Rude Boys Back In Town 2. Little Bit Of Riddim, A - (featuring Cherine Anderson) 3. Life In The City 4. Hey World [Remote Control Version] 5. All I Want Is You 6. Say Hey (I Love You) - (featuring Cherine Anderson) 7. I Got Love For You 8. Soundsystem - (featuring Cherine Anderson) 9. Hey World [Don't Give Up Version] 10. Future, The 11. High Low - (featuring Zap Mama) 12. Nobody Right Nobody Wrong 13. Have A Little Faith
DISC 2: 1. Making Of All Rebel Rockers, The 2. Hey World [Don't Give Up Version] 3. Hey World [Remote Control Version] 4. Little Bit Of Riddim, A 5. All I Want Is You
Album Notes Michael Franti/Spearhead: Michael Franti (vocals, guitar); Dave Shul (guitar); Raliegh J. Neal II (keyboard); Carl Young (bass guitar); Manas Itene (drums). Personnel: J. Bowman (guitar). Additional personnel: Cherine Anderson (vocals); Dalton Browne (guitar); Robbie Lyn (keyboard); Robbie Shakespeare (bass guitar); Sly Dunbar (drums); Uziah "Sticky" Thompson (percussion); John O'Brian (drum programming); Angela Fisher, Carla Swanson (background vocals). Recording information: Anchor Studios, Kingston, Jamaica. Rocker, rapper, and activist Michael Franti's group Spearhead takes their eclectic sound to Jamaica, combining with legendary producers Sly and Robbie to create a lively rock/reggae hybrid album. Largely recorded in Kingston, ALL REBEL ROCKERS shies away from hip-hop, with most tracks taking on a laidback, dancehall approach while Franti's lyrics remain rife with political messages that espouse peace, love, social consciousness, and grassroots organizing. The high-energy anthem "Hey World (Remote Control Version)" works as a global call to action as the rowdy guitar line props up Franti's impassioned chants ("You've got to let go of remote control!"). Jamaican soul singer Cherine Anderson stops by for the feel-good duet "Say Hey (I Love You)" while Marie Daulne of Zap Mama appears on the sultry dirge "High Low."
Industry Reviews The mix of a deep-dub sound machine with hip-hop beats topped by rabble-rousing, politically charged lyrics sounds like nothing so much as latter-day Clash. ALL REBEL ROCKERS is totally righteous.
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