Boss Drum

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Boss Drum
Shamen - Boss Drum CD album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released14 September 1992 (1992-09-14) [1]
Length64:55
Label One Little Indian
Producer The Shamen
The Shamen chronology
En-Tact
(1990)
Boss Drum
(1992)
Axis Mutatis
(1995)
Singles from Boss Drum
  1. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)"
    Released: 6 July 1992
  2. "Ebeneezer Goode"
    Released: 24 August 1992 [2]
  3. "Boss Drum"
    Released: 26 October 1992 [3]
  4. "Phorever People"
    Released: 7 December 1992 [4]
  5. "Re:Evolution"
    Released: 22 February 1993 [5]
  6. "Comin' On"
    Released: 25 October 1993 [6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Great Rock Discography 8/10 [9]
Melody Maker favourable [10]
NME 7/10 [11]
Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Select 4/5 [13]
Smash Hits 4/5 [14]

Boss Drum is the Shamen's 1992 album, released a year after the death of bassist Will Sinnott. It features their UK number one single "Ebeneezer Goode". Critics gave the album positive feedback and the album reached number three on the UK Albums Chart, [15] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in December 1992. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Dennis Romero from Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "Using the dry synthesizer sounds of techno, the chanting of rap, and the 120 beats-per-minute pace of "house" music, the group has, with this second album, pushed the technological edge further than Depeche Mode and Erasure ever have done. [...] While much popular music still promotes the protest values of the '60s counterculture, Boss Drum continues to profess the individualism and racial unity of today's youth. This carpe diem strain, found in "Phorever People" and "Space Time", for example, befit a twentysomething generation that internalizes values. Meanwhile, "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" is a catchy, soulful, house-paced jam that sounds chart-ready." [12]

Track listing

LP (TPLP42)

  1. "Boss Drum" – 6:26
  2. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" – 3:43
  3. "Space Time" – 4:58
  4. "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
  5. "Ebeneezer Goode" (Band Mix) – 4:31
  6. "Comin' On" – 4:27
  7. "Phorever People" – 4:52
  8. "Fatman" – 5:39
  9. "Scientas" – 5:38
  10. "Re:Evolution" (featuring Terence McKenna) – 8:22

Cassette (TPLP42C)

  1. "Boss Drum" – 6:26
  2. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" – 3:43
  3. "Space Time" – 4:58
  4. "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
  5. "Ebeneezer Goode" (Beatmasters Mix) – 6:12
  6. "Comin' On" – 4:27
  7. "Phorever People" – 4:52
  8. "Fatman" – 5:39
  9. "Scientas" – 5:38
  10. "Re:Evolution" (featuring Terence McKenna) – 8:22

CD (TPLP42CD)

  1. "Boss Drum" – 6:26
  2. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" – 3:43
  3. "Space Time" – 4:58
  4. "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
  5. "Ebeneezer Goode" (Beatmasters Mix) – 6:16
  6. "Comin' On" – 4:27
  7. "Phorever People" – 4:52
  8. "Fatman" – 5:39
  9. "Scientas" – 5:38
  10. "Re:Evolution" (featuring Terence McKenna) – 8:22
  11. "Boss Dub" – 5:19
  12. "Phorever Dub" – 3:53

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