Rising Above Bedlam

Much like my review for Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell where I said "This is bad, not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good..."

This is bad, not bad meaning good, but bad meaning bad...

I enjoyed my time but can't say it was very memorable

Interesting...Jah likes the Dub. 3/5

Das Album versucht eine globale Klangreise, doch die Mischung aus Dub, Ethno und Elektronik bleibt oft oberflächlich. Visions of You mit Sinéad O’Connor bringt Tiefe, aber vieles wirkt wie musikalischer Flickenteppich.
Wer Wobbles rohe Energie aus der PiL-Zeit sucht, wird hier eher enttäuscht – zu viel Politur, zu wenig Punk.

Ну неплохая тема, расслабляет, под определённое настроение

This sounds like something you would hear in the background of a smoked out room where people use the word "ganja" unironically.

Jah Wobble, now there's a British name. A very unaesthetic album cover. I never heard of him or his band(s), but he is indeed British, and has collaborated with a lot of heard-of people, including Sinéad O'Connor on the first track here. It's fine. Wiki calls it "world music", which is an interesting little phrase. Mostly it's chill electro with a little bit of chanting and Spanish guitar. And finally a song in Spanish! Sung by... an Egyptian-Belgian lady? Hmm. OK, you have my attention, Jah Wobble. But then, there's also some talk-singing over non-Spanish guitar. It's a pretty eclectic album, I'll give em that. But I think I'd prefer to just have an album of Natacha Atlas tracks (the aforementioned singer, who also sings in French on a different song). It's better than average, or at least more interesting, but I don't think it's quite 4 territory.

Highlights: 'Bomba', 'Wonderful World'

I thought this was an interesting listen. There is some good stuff in here, and some interesting variety. I don't know enough about the artist to comment on their foray into the style of the music, but all in all just an easy listen.

For his next album, Jah Wobble brought in more guest singers, which was a wise move. I quite liked some of the music, but whether he's singing or doing spoken word, his vocals are definitely a sticking point.

Surprisingly good.

well that was certainly some kind of album i guess

Chemistry teacher plays us the album he and his new girlfriend made over the Summer on holiday with parent's inheritance money

weird album 2/5 #albumsky #musicsky

I honestly didn't notice when the album ended.

You can tell this guy is a bass player given that the bass parts are probably the best thing here. Lots of varied influences present here and some work better than others. I wasn’t a fan of the first three songs. Highlights were Ungodly Kingdom and Wonderful World.

1.6

I'm not sure what to think of this album. The front man of the band, Jah Wobble, was bassist for the band Public Image Ltd. before starting this band. They are like World fusion....has touches of reggae, traditional Indian music, and African bongo work throughout.

Apparently Jah Wobble's real name is John Wardle. Dude grew up with Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols, and was good friends with them. One night, Sid Vicious was drunk and tried to say John Wardle, but it came out Jah Wobble, so he kept it as his stage name.

This album was really hard to find a copy of. No one made a complete compilation of the songs on YouTube, and the album isn't on Spotify. I resorted to looking up the track listing on Wikipedia, and searching for the individual tracks on YouTube.

I really liked the strong bass work throughout this record, and there was definitely some experimentation on this one. Some of it worked, some didn't. There was so much experimentation, that the album almost felt like a mixed album of a bunch of different artists. They would change up their sound so much between tracks that there wasn't much cohesion to the flow of the record. With a bit more direction, this album had the potential to be great, but as is, it suffers a bit.

Favourite songs: Everyman's An Island, Visions of You, Erzulie, Bomba, Ungodly Kingdom

Least favourite songs: Rising Above Bedlam, Sweet Divinity

3/5

Super inconsistent. What is the goal here?

Damn, this somehow manages to sound the way a combination of patchouli and dollar store incense smells. If you're the sort of person who likes this music, I'm probably questioning your life choices.

Couldn’t get this one on my music service. They had some of his other albums, but I wasn’t wild about what I heard.