It's All About the Stragglers

Artful Dodger U.K. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sire / London/Rhino
• ASIN: B00005NW0V
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,057 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Think About Me

2. Re-Rewind

3. Outrageous

4. Please Don't Turn Me On

5. Twentyfourseven

6. Something

7. Movin' Too Fast

8. R U Ready

9. I Can't Give It Up

10. Woman Trouble

11. What Ya Gonna Do?

12. It Ain't Enough

13. We Should Get Together

14. Think About Me

15. Please Don't Turn Me On (remix)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Artful Dodger, September 22, 2001

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Matthew J. Thompson (Cedar Rapids, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's All About the Stragglers (Audio CD)

I've had this album since the UK release over a year ago, and have loved it from day one. Mark Hill and Pete Devereux who made up Artful Dodger churned out some of the best and most successful garage to date. Sadly, the two split before the US release of their album. Mark will continue working under the name, but I fear we'll not hear anything as towering as this album from his solo ventures.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad, but it Reveals Nothing New., September 19, 2002

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The Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's All About the Stragglers (Audio CD)

The Artful Dodger, one of the leading names in 2-step, has delivered a thoroughly listenable CD that otherwise brings nothing new to the genre's table. That's disappointing, for I expected these guys to come up with an album that would push UK garage to unseen territory. Instead, we get the same beats and basslines, along with a predictable lineup of vocalists, including Craig David who appears on a couple tracks. After a while, the disc threatens to get one dimensional, although the mellowed-out "Think About Me," the dreamy "Movin' Too Fast," and "Re-wind" aren't bad at all and give the disc some promise. But, ultimately, the verdict is this: pick up the Dodger's previous effort "Re-Wind," which is a more consistent and satisfying disc. While casual listeners should consider "It's All About the Stragglers," the more discriminating two-step guru is likely to gripe, "been there, heard that."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great album from the UK., November 18, 2001

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[e-mail] (London UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's All About the Stragglers (Audio CD)

A lot of people criticise UK garage for being too tacky and plain, however, this is not the case with garage guru's Pete Devereux and Mark Hill who show no sign of tack in their album 'It's All About The Stragglers'. These are the people who started off the Craig David phenomenon with their first chart-topping hit 'Rewind'. Various highlights of the album include the sentimental 'Think About Me' (with Michelle Escoffey) which is a song about how you would feel after being dumped for another person, 'It Ain't Enough' which is a high energy collaboration with other UK superstars Dreem Teem, and 'Woman Trouble' which uses a great duet on vocals by Robbie Craig & Craig David. Overall this is a good album and cannot really be critisised for being underdone as every tune has a rhythm and although it is not my faivorite I can definately say life would be much worse without it.