A New Day, by Luciano

A New Day

by Luciano

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1.	No Night In Zion 04:39	buy track
2.	Oh Father I Love Thee 03:39	buy track
3.	Is There A Place? 03:49	buy track
4.	Happy People 03:49	buy track
5.	Road Of Life 03:52	buy track
6.	Nah Give Up 03:37	buy track
7.	God Is My Friend 04:28	buy track
8.	Only A Fool 03:51	buy track
9.	Traveler 03:41	buy track
10.	African Skies 03:44	buy track
11.	A New Day 04:11	buy track
12.	Hardcore 03:54	buy track
13.	Spring Summer 04:02	buy track
14.	God & King 03:52	buy track
15.	Tell Me Why 03:26	buy track
16.	Save The World 04:53	buy track
17.	Journey 03:54	buy track

about

It's rare to find a reggae singer these days who is able to draw audiences equally from the dancehall and roots crowds, but that's exactly what Luciano does, attracting fans of modern reggae with the up-to-the-minute grooves provided by his great Firehouse Crew band (and, on his latest album, the legendary drum'n'bass duo of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare) while simultaneously keeping the loyalty of the roots-and-culture crowd with the heartfelt spirituality of his lyrics. On A New Day, he opens with a long, hypnotic exercise in nyabinghi hymnody, the gently stirring repatriation anthem "No Night in Zion," then proceeds to deliver 16 more songs of spiritual uplift, all of them powered by soft-textured but deep and weighty roots rhythms. Particular highlights include the plaintive "Is There a Place?" and the soulful, horn-driven "Only a Fool." Even the spare and dubwise "Hardcore," which at first sounds like just another dancehall boast, turns out to be a declaration of religious faithfulness. Very impressive. - Rick Anderson

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released April 3, 2001

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – VP Music Group, Inc.
Copyright © – VP Music Group, Inc.
Manufactured By – VP Music Group, Inc.
Distributed By – VP Records Distribution
Glass Mastered At – DADC – DIDX-094592
Produced For – Cannon Productions (2)
Mastered At – VP Mastering

Design – Leroy Champaign (2)
Executive-Producer – Chris Chin
Mastered By – Paul Shields
Mastered By, Executive Producer – Joel Chin
Photography By – Wiliam Richards*
Producer – Dean "Cannon" Fraser*

Assistant Engineer - Paul Daley, Chris Miller, Tixie

Bass - Glen Browne, Donald Dennis, Freddie McGregor, Harry T.

Composer - Robbie Shakespeare, Anny Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Jepther McClymont, James Nyx, Jr., Elgie Stover

Drums - Sly Dunbar, Bongo Herman, George "Dusty" Miller, Scully

Guitar - Dalton Browne, Bo Pee, Ernie Wilks

Harmony - Conradine Campbell, Brian Gold, Tony Gold, Pam Hall, Sharpe Sherida

Horns - Dean Fraser, David Madden, Tan Tan

Keyboard - Noel Browne, Robert Lyn, Steven "Lenky" Marsden

Mixing - Rohan Dwyer, Solgie Hamilton, Lynford "Fatta" Marshall, Colin "Bulbie" York

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With origins in Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1950s as Randy’s Record Mart, Vincent and Patricia Chin’s small used record business would grow to become one of the world’s largest independent record labels, with a catalog of 35,000 recordings. ... more

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