Trading with the Enemy
Trading with the Enemy | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 23, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | World music | |||
Label | Epic[1] | |||
Producer | Barrett Martin, Justin Harwood[2] | |||
Tuatara chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [3] |
Windsor Star | [4] |
Trading with the Enemy is the second album by the collaborative band Tuatara, released in 1998.[5][6] Steve Berlin and Scott McCaughey were among the new musicians who contributed to the album.[7]
Critical reception
[edit]Guitar Player noted that "traces of jazz, afro-pop, and the Starsky & Hutch theme seep through the layers of guitars, saxophones, and vibraphones."[8] The Windsor Star praised the "Ventures-influenced surf tune ('Afterburner'), a funky tribute to deceased Nigerian musician/activist Fela Kuti ('Fela the Conqueror') and an idyllic folk tune that is propelled by Buck's mandolin ('Angel and the Ass')."[4]
Track listing
[edit]- "The Streets of New Delhi" (Justin Harwood and Barrett Martin) - 5:05
- "Smuggler's Cove" (Martin, Skerik, and Mike Stone) - 5:42
- "Night in the Emerald City" (Harwood and Martin) - 7:32
- "The Bender" (Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 5:13
- "Negotiation" (Steve Berlin, Peter Buck, Harwood, Martin, Scott McCaughey, Skerik, and Stone) - 3:21
- "Fela the Conqueror" (Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 6:11
- "Wormwood" (Berlin, Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 5:34
- "Koto Song (The Old Shinjuku Trail)" (Berlin, Martin, and McCaughey) - 6:34
- "L' Espionnage Pomme de Terre Buck" (Buck, Harwood, Martin, McCaughey, and Skerik) - 6:26
- "Angel and the Ass" (Buck, Harwood, and Martin) - 3:14
- "P.C.H." (Buck, Harwood, and Martin) - 3:24
- "Afterburner" (Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 7:49
Personnel
[edit]- Steve Berlin
- Peter Buck
- Craig Flory
- Justin Harwood
- Barrett Martin
- Scott McCaughey
- Elizabeth Pupo-Walker
- Skerik
- Mike Stone
In movies
[edit]- Tracks "The Bender" and "Afterburner" were used in 2001 Polish comedy-action film "Bulgarski Pościkk" directed by Bartosz Walaszek.
References
[edit]- ^ "Tuatara". NPR.
- ^ Rosen, Craig (Apr 25, 1998). "Tuatara expands instrumental reach". Billboard. 110 (17): 14.
- ^ "Trading With the Enemy - Tuatara | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ a b Keene, Darrin (9 July 1998). "CD REVIEWS". Windsor Star. p. C9.
- ^ "Tuatara Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Kaufman, Gil. "Tuatara Catch The Potato Spy". MTV News.[dead link ]
- ^ Renzhoffer, Martin (20 Sep 1998). "Tuatara, a band just for the sound of it". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. D1.
- ^ Levy, Adam (Jun 1998). "Tuatara". Guitar Player. 32 (6): 140–141.