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ALBUM: Maverick A Strike Lyrics
By:
Finley Quaye
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Even after all
Falling
I need a lover
It's great when we're together
Maverick a strike
Red Rolled And Seen
Ride on and turn the people on
Sunday shining
Supreme I preme
Sweet and loving man
The way of the explosive
Ultra stimulation
Your love gets sweeter
Maverick A Strike Reviews
An Awesome Reggae CD by Finley Quaye
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!
If you're looking to Try Finley Quaye...this by far his best
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.
yeah, that's all well and good, but...
they AREN'T RELATED!!! that's coming from tricky's mouth himself. mr. quaye CLAIMED he was tricky's uncle, but tricky quickly retorted in the form of song with "can't freestyle" in which he states that finley is trying to "take my mother's name in vain" and that "you're not my blood". not only do i not have any interest in hearing this man's music, but i absolutely will go out of my way not to, seeing as how he is trying to further his career by name-dropping. i find this sickening. make your own name, mr. quaye.
What Tunes
This Guy has talent, i have listened to many 'modern' reggae albums, but this man has taken the biscuit. I man think that this is the closest that any artist has gotten to the 'true reggae' with a modern twist. Worth your money, my Favourites are*** IN NO PATICULAR ORDER***** 1) Sunday Shining 2) Supreme I Preme (one for the perties) 3) Falling 4) Ultra Stimulation 5) Even After All 6) The Way of the Maverick
SUBLIME!
Let me just say this is the most sound musical investment I have ever made. An absolutely sublime debut, a completely solid album. I honestly don't think it does the album justice to pick out just a few tracks for special mention. Just listen, without shuffling or skipping, and enjoy the musical journey with your tour guide, Finley Quaye.
A 23-year-old singer of mixed heritage--he's part Scottish, part Ghanaian--Quaye can bust a smooth groove like Al Green or offer a straight reading of roots reggae (listen to his jaunty arrangement of "Your Love Gets Sweeter"). "It's Great When We're Together" skirts too close to Green in sentiment and sound, but the blues guitar and deep bass rumble of "Ultra Stimulation" goose an otherwise conventional reggae number. Still, Quaye isn't afraid to explode convention completely. Despite its hippy-dippy title, "Ride on and Turn the People On" is a thrilling duel between Quaye's elastic wordplay and a hyperactive bassist (who goes uncredited in the CD booklet but deserves star billing throughout). Quaye is best when he takes all the music he's heard and fashions a new pastiche that doesn't sound like one. His take on Marley's "Sunday Shining" is one such marvel, a glorious smear of slide guitar, Rastaman imagery, '60s soul horns, and a rhythm track that belongs squarely to the '90s. It may be the brightest light on
Maverick a Strike
, but this 13-track album never really dims much.
--Keith Moerer
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