Customer Reviews

Maverick a Strike

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Having liked this album the first time around, it was interesting to see if returning to it years later would prove a worthwhile listen. Surprisingly my appreciation has substantially grown for this album (admittedly due to my significantly wider range in music), but the fact remains that "Sunday Shining's" languish horns or keyboards is the musical equivalent of spending a memorable sunny afternoon outdoors. "Your Love gets Sweeter" is the acoustic strum exploring the romanticised side of Finley's music. Title Track "Maverick A Strike" leans strongest to his reggae roots taking a reggae ideal, and fusing it was popular music to make something, although not authentic reggae, is largely accessible to those normally intimidated regional reggae. But a track that largely goes unmentioned by deserves equal recognition is the instrumental "Red Rolled and Seen" which has a tribal moody rhythmic presence, not a million miles away from something that 'Tricky' would create. Finley successive albums may have been a case of playing to diminishing returns, but this debut confirmed his potential to make a largely coherent album by swiping sensibilities from other genres resulting in an immensely enjoyable album.

Don't listen to machine99. The album is brilliant. He is trying to be Bob Marley? What? I didn't know Bob Marley flirted with Trip-Hop and sampling. Maybe he did, who knows, but personally, I think the album is smoov and charismatic, a terrific aural experience. Some great mood songs. Prime cuts are Ride On and Turn the People on and Your love gets sweeter.

The finest blend of old-school reggae vibe with sounds and structures from the future. One of my all time favorites.

I would have to say that I enjoy this cd very much. It's kinda a raggae-techno blur of deliciousness. Finley is a great vocalist and an original song writer. I would have to choose "Sunday Shining" and "Supreme I Preme" as my favorite songs on this disc. Both are well developed and, well, they make me happy which is a reason why a lot of people listen to music in the first place. I believe Finley represents the future of reggae. Buy this cd! It is definitely worth the $13. =)

Enough politics. This album extends the role of reggea and R'n'B in the pop area. Finlayes amazing grace in singing has broken though, calmed by mellow dub and sarcastic lyrics.

This album is, and may remain one of the best this decade. Irrespective of the relation between Tricky and Finlaye, you can not help but notice hot related their music is. Finlaye mixes the traditional reggae sounds filters them with r'n'b vibe and adds some interesting dub, that sounds very much like Jah Shaka or Mad Professor.

It's Great when we are Togethor track is amazing in it self demonstrating Quaye's lyric prowess. But there are some tracks which are purely experimental that have turned out brilliantly.

One of my favourite tracks is Maverick a Strike.. Another excellant sound is Falling. The single Sunday shining really doesn't describe the album. This album is a meting pot of numerous types of music fused togethor by Quaye's sarcastic thoughts and funky dub beats.

Quaye has done the same to reggae as Tricky did to "Trip hop".

In a word. Amazing.

For months I walked around with "Even after all" in my head. Even after I knew the title and artist, my girlfriend and I called it "that song by that guy." It just won't let go. At least half the cuts here are nice and meaty. They stand up to repeated listening and offer very satisfying texture. The only minuses... there are a couple throwaway tracks that could have been left off (save the experiments for b-sides) ... the mix hasn't been stirred enough. The trip tracks and the straight track should meet sometime and find a way to work together ... the vocals (sorry) are unique and effective, but I feel like there's more being held back than released. All of that said, this is an extremely worthwhile album and a very good debut. I'm a fan.

This is a must own for anyone who truly appreciates good music - there is something for everyone in terms of musical style, and the production on this CD is amazing. An all-time favorite...

This a such a great album. Just got around to buying it, many years later than I should have, and have been grooving to it steadily ever since. I am certainly not a reggae aficionado, Bob Marley is about the extent of my collection, but this album will certainly have me looking into futher reggae purchases.

The first half of the album is excellent, easily a 5 star effort in my opinion, but it does fall apart a little in the second half. Check out "Sunday Shining", "It's Great When We're Together", and "Even After All". You'll be hooked, too.

This CD is one of the best reggae albums of the year. Quaye delivers a unique style of mixing some funk, soul, trip hop, and reggae into one collection of songs. "Ultra Stimulation" and "Sunday Shining" are some head bobbing jams. I can't wait for the upcoming album from Quaye!

I like this album, I mean, really... but I like the sound, not the music. The songs are just mediocre, there is only a decent one (It's great when we're together) and listening to the acoustic demos for this album made me think that Finley Quaye makes records only because he's Tricky's uncle, Caleb Quaye's nephew and son of Osibisa percussionist. The product is good, but thanks to the staff around Finley, not certainly thanks to Finlay himself, which proves to be a good singer but without emotions...