28 Gun Bad Boy

"Forever Changing"
28 Gun Bad Boy
Studio album by A Guy Called Gerald
Released	1992
Studio	Machine Room Studio (Manchester, England)
Genre	Breakbeat hardcore; oldschool jungle;
Length	62:56
Label	Juice Box
Producer	Gerald Simpson
A Guy Called Gerald chronology
Singles from 28 Gun Bad Boy
	"Forever Changing"; Released: 1992;

28 Gun Bad Boy is the third album by house music and drum and bass pioneer A Guy Called Gerald, released in 1992 through his own Juice Box Records imprint. The album is often credited as one of the first full-length drum and bass albums,[3] and its influence has been noted to have "brought the jungle movement out of the rave era."[4] The track "28 Gun Bad Boy" is seen as one of the first examples of drum and bass/oldschool jungle music.[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Select	[2]

Production

The album was produced at the Machine Room Studio, a recording studio in the city centre of Manchester. Electronic equipment used for the album's production include two Akai S950 samplers, an Akai MPC60 sequencer, Soundtracs Quartz 32-channel in-line mixing desk, Atari tape machine, Lexicon reverb, Lexicon delay, two Yamaha SBX90s, microphones, and an Atari ST running Cubase. "Disneyband" also used the sounds of a Roland JD-800 digital synthesizer.[4] According to Simpson, the album's sound was the result of him attempting to progress from his early style as well as the Rave scene of the early 1990s.[5]

The central concept behind the album was to be produced similar to that of a mixtape, which has been inspired by live DJ sets according to Simpson.[4] The album was released through Juice Box Records, an independent label ran by Simpson as a result of his strained relationship with Sony Music,[4] more specifically, their refusal to release Simpson's High Life, Low Profile album which was recorded in 1991 as the follow-up to Automanikk.[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mix" (Cops/Anything/28 Gun Bad Boy/Sunshine/Like a Drug/Ses Makes You Wise/Free Africa/King of the Jungle)	17:46
2.	"Money Honey"	4:55
3.	"Got a Feeling"	4:48
4.	"Universe 2000"	5:23
5.	"The Track"	5:09
6.	"Forever Changing"	5:40
7.	"28 Gun Bad Boy"	3:38
8.	"The Freak Inside"	5:19
9.	"Disneyband"	5:02
10.	"Wonderful World"	5:16

References

https://www.allmusic.com/album/r235813
Howe, Rupert (October 1993). "Select Magazine Review of 28 Gun Bad Boy". homepages.force9.net. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
Gardner, Neol. "A Guy Called Gerald: Tronic Jazz - The Berlin Sessions". thequietus.com. The Quietus. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
The Classic Album: A Guy Called Gerald - 28 Gun Bad Boy, Future Music, FM230, September 2010, page 20
n/a. "5 Minutes with A Guy Called Gerald". theplayground.co.uk. The Playground. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
Push (August 21, 1993). "Info Freako: Into the Jungle Groove". homepages.force9.net. Melody Maker. Retrieved 2018-09-08.

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[1] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r235813

[select-2] Howe, Rupert (October 1993). "Select Magazine Review of 28 Gun Bad Boy". homepages.force9.net. Retrieved 2018-09-08.

[TQ-3] Gardner, Neol. "A Guy Called Gerald: Tronic Jazz - The Berlin Sessions". thequietus.com. The Quietus. Retrieved 2018-09-03.

[FM-4] The Classic Album: A Guy Called Gerald - 28 Gun Bad Boy, Future Music, FM230, September 2010, page 20

[TPG-5] /a. "5 Minutes with A Guy Called Gerald". theplayground.co.uk. The Playground. Retrieved 2018-09-03.

[MM-6] Push (August 21, 1993). "Info Freako: Into the Jungle Groove". homepages.force9.net. Melody Maker. Retrieved 2018-09-08.