Here Comes the Band explained

Here Comes the Band
Type:Album
Artist:Xtatik
Cover:Here Comes the Band Album Cover.jpg
Released:March 14, 2000
Recorded:1999, 2000
Genre:Soca
Label:JW Productions
Producer:Machel Montano
Prev Title:Any Minute Now
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Same High
Next Year:2001

Here Comes the Band is an album by Trinidadian Soca artist Machel Montano and his band Xtatik released in 2000.[1] The album's 22 tracks feature different singers on each, with the album covering a diverse range of styles.[2] Allmusic writer Jason Birchmeier gave it a 3-star review, while in World Music: The Rough Guide, the authors view that "the 10 or so tracks that really work are great".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Millennium (Intro)"
  2. "Here Comes the Band" - Machel Montano
  3. "Manners" - Farmer Nappy & Derwin Vallie
  4. "Water Flowing" - Machel Montano (featuring Farmer Nappy)
  5. "Drag Yuh Bow" - Peter C. Lewis
  6. "Break Bottle" - Farmer Nappy (featuring Denise Belfon)
  7. "Kiki" - Peter C. Lewis (featuring Lexxus & CL Smooth)
  8. "Disco Grand Daddy" - Lord Nelson
  9. "Shake That Business" - Kerwin Vallie
  10. "Do You Know" - Yardmen College
  11. "Bumper Carz (Back Up Back Up)" - Mr. Cash & Machel Montano (featuring Farmer Nappy)
  12. "Agoni" - Peter C. Lewis
  13. "Play Whe" - Lord Nelson
  14. "Oh My Gosh" - Peter C. Lewis & Bigga
  15. "People Business" - Shawn Bailey
  16. "Free Yuh Mind" - Youth Promotion Crew
  17. "Turn It Up" - Peter C. Lewis
  18. "Jab Jab Re-Incarnation" - Ken Hunter (featuring The Laventille Rhythm Section)
  19. "Five Kind of Wine" - Peter C. Lewis
  20. "Going the Distance" - Yardmen College
  21. "La Diablesse" - Shawn Bailey
  22. "Biggie" - Lord Nelson

Notes and References

  1. http://www.machelmontanohd.com/index.php?page=music Machel Montano Discography at Official Website
  2. Birchmeier, Jason "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=here-comes-the-band-r575074/review|pure_url=yes}} ''Here Comes the Band'' Review]", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-10-30
  3. Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; McConnachie, James; Duane, Orla (2000) World Music: The Rough Guide - Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, Rough Guides,, p. 526