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Back With a New Batch

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Download links and information about Back With a New Batch by Stubborn All-Stars. This album was released in 1997 and it belongs to Reggae, Ska genres. It contains 12 tracks with total duration of 47:01 minutes.

Artist: Stubborn All-Stars
Release date: 1997
Genre: Reggae, Ska
Tracks: 12
Duration: 47:01
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. Back With a New Batch 3:47
2. Pick Yourself Up 3:55
3. Glimmer of Hope 3:06
4. Tired of Struggling 4:41
5. Because of You 3:03
6. Dave Helm 3:45
7. I Can't Touch You 4:13
8. Lost Out Again 3:18
9. Thankful 3:02
10. Crop No Drop 5:04
11. Struggling Version 4:55
12. Pick Yourself Up (Instrumental) 4:12

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This was, hands down, the best ska album of 1997, the greatest from what may be the finest ska band in New York — and, therefore, probably these entire United States. The title track grooves on a medium-slow ska figure and what sounds like a really obscure reference to Lee Perry ("a hatchet that I bought from Scratch" is Perry's production of "Small Axe"? Besides, we all know where Django took his nom de ska, don't we?). "Tired of Struggling" is old-fashioned sufferer's reggae, complete with a breathtaking dub-and-DJ version featuring the toasting of Jack Ruby Jr. You also get a fine instrumental tribute to the band's publicist, a weird piece of postmodern doo wop and the bouncy "One Glimmer of Hope." The horn lines are brilliant, the sung melodies are hooky, the grooves are bone-deep. If your butt doesn't hurt by the end of this album, check your pulse.