Community Music

Community Music is a 2000 studio album by Asian Dub Foundation. It peaked at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] It features vocal contributions from Benjamin Zephaniah, Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Assata Shakur.[2]

Community Music
Studio album by
Asian Dub Foundation
Released20 March 2000 (2000-03-20)
Length69:57
Label
Producer
Asian Dub Foundation chronology
Conscious Party
(1998)		 Community Music
(2000)		 Frontline 1993–1997: Rarities and Remixes
(2001)
Singles from Community Music
  1. "Real Great Britain"
    Released: 2000
  2. "New Way, New Life"
    Released: 2000

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
NME10/10[4]
Pitchfork8.7/10[5]
Q[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Select4/5[8]

Chris Grimshaw of AllMusic commented that "Community Music should be in every thinking person's collection, directly between the Clash and Public Enemy."[3] Nick Mirov of Pitchfork wrote, "Community Music is incredibly ambitious, and amazingly, it delivers everything it promises and then some."[5]

NME listed it as the 39th best album of 2000.[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Real Great Britain"3:13
2."Memory War"3:35
3."Officer XX"3:20
4."New Way, New Life"5:01
5."Riddim I Like" (Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, Benjamin Zephaniah)4:27
6."Collective Mode"3:52
7."Crash"5:24
8."Colour Line"4:01
9."Taa Deem" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)4:46
10."The Judgement"4:14
11."Truth Hides"8:21
12."Rebel Warrior" (Das, Pandit, Savale)6:23
13."Committed to Life" (Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, P. Andrade, A. Shakur)4:44
14."Scaling New Heights"8:26
French edition (type A) bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Collective Mode (featuring Leeroy from Saïan Supa Crew)"3:52
French edition (type B) bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Sawt L'hekma (featuring Clotaire K)"3:58
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Community Music"3:59

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Asian Dub Foundation

  • Deedar – vocals, programming
  • Chandrasonic – vocals, guitar, programming
  • Dr. Das – vocals, bass guitar, programming
  • Pandit G – vocals, sampler, turntables
  • Sun-J – synthesizer, effects

Additional musicians

  • Jim Hunt – saxophone (1, 4)
  • Nichol Thomson – trombone (1, 4)
  • Duncan Mackay – trumpet (1, 4)
  • Paul Chivers – percussion (3)
  • Catalisa – vocals (4, 11)
  • Johnny Kalsi – percussion (4, 7, 10)
  • Benjamin Zephaniah – vocals (5)
  • Helen MacDonald – vocals (6)
  • Louis Beckett – keyboards (6)
  • Ambalavaner Sivanandan – vocals (8)
  • Sangeeta Sharma – vocals (8)
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – vocals (9)
  • Louis Beckett – guitar (10)
  • Assata Shakur – vocals (13)

Charts
Chart Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 34
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[1] 20

References
  1. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. Bidaye, Prasad (1 May 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: The Community of Sound". Exclaim!. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. Grimshaw, Chris. "Community Music – Asian Dub Foundation". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. Morton, Roger (14 March 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music". NME. Archived from the original on 3 June 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  5. Mirov, Nick (20 March 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: Community Music". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. Scott, Danny (April 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: Community Music". Q (163). Archived from the original on 21 November 2000. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  7. Sisario, Ben (2004). "Asian Dub Foundation". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. Harrison, Ian (April 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: Community Music". Select (118): 91.
  9. "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 2000". NME. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  10. "Lescharts.com – Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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