Songs of Praise

African Head Charge | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 14, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Restless Records
• ASIN: B000003BLR
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,477 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Free Chant (Churchical Chant of the Iyabinghi)

2. Orderliness, Godliness, Discipline and Dignity

3. Hymn

4. Dervish Chant

5. Hold Some More

6. Healing Father

7. Healing Ceremony

8. Cattle Herders Chant

9. Ethiopian Praises

10. My God

11. Gospel Train

12. Chant for the Spirits

13. God Is Great

14. Deer Spirit Song

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I know what it is!, August 4, 2006

By 

Kiff (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs of Praise (Audio CD)

This album actually falls solidly under the category of "Dub". Electronic rhythms and synthesized reggae weirdness with appropriate samples floating on top. The On-U label was created by the amazing Adrian Sherwood, one of the all-time mixmasters of Dub and modern Reggae, and a direct spiritual descendent of the great Lee "Scratch" Perry, who more or less singlehandedly gave birth to the whole Dub thing. Everything ever released on this label is worth listening to, and Songs Of Praise is one of the best of the bunch. If you like this, check out Bim Sherman, Prince Far-I, New Age Steppers, and the venerable Dub Syndicate. If you want a really super introduction to this style of music, dig up a copy of Dub Syndicate's "Live at the T&C".

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I don't know what it is, but I like it!, September 30, 2005

By 

Douglas Millhoff (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs of Praise (Audio CD)

Usually classified under "ska", like many original and excellent groups, African Head Charge in reality defies classification.
Not really African, certainly not ska. Very strange.
"Songs of Praise" is somewhat more mainstream than their other work, with a primitive-but-not-ethnic, loosely spiritual quality.
Songs of Praise has a hauntingly atmospheric, gritty groove that sticks with you after the CD has played-out.