We Are Three Explained

We Are Three
Type:studio
Artist:Joi
Cover:Joi - We Are Three.jpg
Language:English
Label:Real World
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We Are Three is the second studio album by English dance music group Joi, released on 15 October 2000 by Real World Records.

Background

Two months before his death, Haroon visited Bangladesh for a month[1] and made a series of field recordings which Farook used as the basis for We Are Three.[2]

Critical response

Philip Van Vleck of Billboard called We Are Three "...a powerful message from the Asian underground music scene..."[1] Peggy Latkovich of AllMusic rated the album 3/5 and said, "We Are Three shows Farook Shamsher's skill as a manipulator of sounds and serves as worthy testimony to his brother's memory."[3] Vinita Ramani of Exclaim! said, "We Are Threes strength is the story that fuels the album's conception, a story whose mood infuse the entirety of this album."[4]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Van Vleck. Philip. RealWorld Releasing Joi In January. Billboard. 23 December 2000. 27.
  2. News: Wood. Andy. Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. 2001. Routledge. 161. 978-0415169899.
  3. Web site: Latkovich. Peggy. AllMusic Review by Peggy Latkovich. AllMusic. 1 September 2015.
  4. Ramani. Vinita. Joi We Are Three. Exclaim!. 1 May 2001. 1 September 2015.