Any Minute Now (Machel Montano album)

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Any Minute Now
Any Minute Now Album Cover Machel Montano.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 9, 1999
Recorded1998, 1999
Genre Soca
Label VP Records
Producer Machel Montano
Xtatik chronology
Charge
(1998)
Any Minute Now
(1999)
Here Comes the Band
(2000)

Any Minute Now is an album by Trinidadian Soca artist Machel Montano and his band Xtatik released in 1999. [1]

Contents

The album features guest appearances from Beenie Man on "Outa Space", Burning Flames on "Showdown (Band Meet Band)", and Red Rat on "Rubber Waist". [2] [3] [4]

A promotional video for "Outa Space" was made featuring Montano and Beenie Man as 'Men in Black' in search of two female aliens. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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With a 4.5 out of 5 stars rating, Rosalind Cummings-Yeates of AllMusic praised the album saying "Montano's innovation is in abundant display on Any Minute Now...Although the dancehall overtones are slightly tedious at times, this album definitely qualifies as a soca standout." [5]

Track listing

  1. "Close Encounter (Interlude)"
  2. "Outa Space (UFOs)" - (featuring Beenie Man)
  3. "Big Phat Fish"
  4. "We Sound (Ba Dang)"
  5. "Soca"
  6. "With Or Without You" - (featuring Walker)
  7. "Mocking Meh"
  8. "February"
  9. "Rubber Waist" - (featuring Red Rat)
  10. "Powder Puff"
  11. "Size"
  12. "Lo Riders"
  13. "Showdown (Band Meet Band)" - (featuring Burning Flames)
  14. "Quicksand"
  15. "Any Minute Now"

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References

  1. Machel Montano Discography at Official Website
  2. Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN   0-87930-655-6, p. 301
  3. Guilbault, Jocelyne (2007) Governing Sound: The Cultural Politics of Trinidad's Carnival Musics, Chicago University Press, ISBN   978-0-226-31060-2, p. 311
  4. 1 2 Best, Curwen (2004) Culture @ the Cutting Edge: Tracking Caribbean Popular Music, University of the West Indies Press, ISBN   978-976-640-124-5, p. 145
  5. 1 2 Cummings-Yeates, Rosalind. "Machel Montano / Xtatik - Any Minute Now". allmusic.com. Allmusic.