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Track Listing
1. Happy Birthday Jubilee
2. Song Yet to Be Sung
3. Did You Forget
4. Shekina
5. Our Song
6. Say Something
7. Seeds
8. King Z
9. To Me
10. Nua Nua
11. Admit I
12. Happy Birthday Jubilee - (reprise)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Dave Navarro | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Perry Farrell (vocals, harp, keyboards, programming); Dave Navarro, Dave Marlot, Noko (guitar); Willie Waldman (horns); Lonnie Jordan (piano); Patrick Warren (Chamberlain, organ); Karl Leiker, Bikki Johnson (bass); JuJu (percussion); Brenden Hawkins, Steve Pagan (programming); Mad Professor (background vocals).
Producers: Krish Sharma, Marius De Vries, Mad Professor.
Engineers include: Chad Bamford, Chris Sharma, Rob Seifert.
Throughout the '90s, alt-rock pioneer Perry Farrell became caught in the DJ culture emerging from the underground and slowly permeating the mainstream. Two years after the nasally singer contributed a pair of drum-and-bass-driven tracks to the Jane's Addiction/Porno For Pyro compilation REV, the father of Lollapalooza returned with a solo debut more steeped in electronica and shaped by a renewed interest in his Jewish background.
Aided by an array of talent including reggae legend Mad Professor, Jane's guitarist Dave Navarro, PFP's Martyn LeNoble and Jon Brion, Farrell hop-scotches through a number of different dance-driven styles. "Seeds" is a light, swirling stab at Orb-flavored techno, "To Me" rides a rubbery dancehall rhythm driven by the piano of War's Lonnie Jordan and "Nua Nua" is a Middle Eastern tinged outing sparked by clattering beats. Among the themes touched on are ones of global renewal (a drum-and-bass flavored "Happy Birthday Jubilee") and the spiritual importance of song in society (the ambient title track). Although cuts like "Say Something" and "Shekina" occasionally drift off into the ether, SONG YET TO BE SUNG finds Farrell once again finding a way to challenge both himself and his fans.
Industry Reviews
...A well-meaning pop-electronica album focussing on spiritual uplift...
CMJ (08/01/2001)
7 out of 10 - ...A thoroughly modern, almost Byronic, solo album that updates past excesses in the context of the present, and ignores California darkness in favour of a polished, summery outlook...
NME (07/21/2001)
6 out of 10 - ...Explores the outer limits of Polynesian ethno-techno....lei-bedecked incense rock...adding every flavor of electronic beat to the mix....sweet yet corny...
Spin (08/01/2001)
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