Big World Small World

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Big World Small World
Big World Small World.jpg
Studio album by
Released2000 (2000)
Genre Trip hop [1]
Length57:40
Label Studio !K7
Producer Rob Smith, Ray Mighty, Peter D Rose
Smith & Mighty chronology
DJ-Kicks: Smith & Mighty
(1998)
Big World Small World
(2000)
Life Is...
(2002)
Singles from Big World Small World
  1. "No Justice"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Seeds"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club favorable [3]
Billboard favorable [4]
CMJ New Music Monthly favorable [5]
CMJ New Music Report favorable [1]

Big World Small World is the second studio album by Smith & Mighty, released on Studio !K7 in 2000.

Smith & Mighty are a trip hop group from Bristol, consisting of Rob Smith and Ray Mighty. Their first releases, in the late 1980s, were breakbeat covers of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Walk On By". Both songs entered the UK Singles Chart. Their work was associated with the Bristol sound, a precursor to Trip Hop.

Studio !K7 record label

!K7 Music is an independent record label and music company based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7. !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City and London.

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Critical reception

Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying, "It's just a little disappointing that S&M couldn't bring any innovations to the table here, as they have in the far too distant past." [2] Bill Werde of CMJ New Music Monthly said, "It might not make the next easily marketable friendly face of urban music, but it makes for a damn fine album." [5]

AllMusic online music database

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Joshua Klein of The A.V. Club said, "A seamless mix of trip-hop, reggae, dub, rap, R&B, and funk, Smith & Mighty's second album may be the most enjoyable chill-out album since Massive Attack's opening salvo." [3] M. Tye Comer of CMJ New Music Report called it "the most socially conscious and, arguably, most poignant album of the trip-hop era." [1] Michael Paoletta of Billboard said, "Smith & Mighty have crafted a sound that can be best described as mood music." [4]

<i>The A.V. Club</i> Online newspaper and entertainment website

The A.V. Club is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop culture media. The A.V. Club was created in 1993 as a supplement to The Onion, despite having a minimal presence on its website in its early years. A 2005 website redesign placed The A.V. Club in a more prominent position, allowing its online identity to grow. Unlike its parent publication, The A.V. Club is not satirical.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"2:11
2."Move You Run" (featuring Tammy Payne)4:54
3."No Justice" (featuring Rudy Lee)4:25
4."Year 2000" (featuring Niji 40 and L.D.)5:46
5."That Woman" (featuring Tammy Payne)5:22
6."Small World" (featuring Alice Perera)6:24
7."Believers" (featuring Tammy Payne)5:44
8."Seeds" (featuring Kelz)6:31
9."The Way We Feel" (featuring Alice Perera)5:05
10."Same" (featuring Tammy Payne)6:25
11."Rescue Me Pt. II" (featuring L.D.)4:51

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Comer, M. Tye (21 February 2000). "Must Hear". CMJ New Music Report : 5.
  2. 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "Big World, Small World - Smith & Mighty". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 Klein, Joshua (29 March 2002). "Smith & Mighty: Big World Small World". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 Paoletta, Michael (5 February 2000). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard : 38.
  5. 1 2 Werde, Bill (January 2000). "Best New Music". CMJ New Music Monthly : 22.

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