Any Minute Now (Machel Montano album) explained

Any Minute Now
Type:	Album
Artist:	Xtatik
Cover:	Any Minute Now Album_Cover Machel Montano.jpg
Released:	February 9, 1999
Recorded:	1998, 1999
Genre:	Soca
Label:	VP Records
Producer:	Machel Montano
Prev Title:	Charge
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Here Comes the Band
Next Year:	2000

Any Minute Now is an album by Trinidadian Soca artist Machel Montano and his band Xtatik released in 1999.^[1]

The album features guest appearances from Beenie Man on "Outa Space", Burning Flames on "Showdown (Band Meet Band)", and Red Rat on "Rubber Waist".^{[2] [3] [4]}

A promotional video for "Outa Space" was made featuring Montano and Beenie Man as 'Men in Black' in search of two female aliens.

Critical reception

With a 4.5 out of 5 stars rating, Rosalind Cummings-Yeates of AllMusic praised the album saying "Montano's innovation is in abundant display on Any Minute Now...Although the dancehall overtones are slightly tedious at times, this album definitely qualifies as a soca standout."

Track listing

1. "Close Encounter (Interlude)"
2. "Outa Space (UFOs)" - (featuring Beenie Man)
3. "Big Phat Fish"
4. "We Sound (Ba Dang)"
5. "Soca"
6. "With Or Without You" - (featuring Walker)
7. "Mocking Meh"
8. "February"
9. "Rubber Waist" - (featuring Red Rat)
10. "Powder Puff"
11. "Size"
12. "Lo Riders"
13. "Showdown (Band Meet Band)" - (featuring Burning Flames)
14. "Quicksand"
15. "Any Minute Now"

Notes and References

1. http://www.machelmontanohd.com/index.php?page=music Machel Montano Discography at Official Website
2. Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books,, p. 301
3. Guilbault, Jocelyne (2007) Governing Sound: The Cultural Politics of Trinidad's Carnival Musics, Chicago University Press,, p. 311
4. Best, Curwen (2004) Culture @ the Cutting Edge: Tracking Caribbean Popular Music, University of the West Indies Press,, p. 145