Center:Level:Roar

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Center:Level:Roar
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Studio album by
Released2003
Genre Riot Jazz
Hip hop
Punk
Youngblood Brass Band chronology
Unlearn
(2000)
Center:Level:Roar
(2003)
Live. Places.
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
PopMatters 8/10 [1]
Pitchfork (3.4/10) [2]

Center:Level:Roar is an album recorded in 2003 by the Youngblood Brass Band.

Track listing

  1. "To Come Together..."
  2. "Round One"
  3. "Culture:Envy:War"
  4. "Brooklyn"
  5. "Diaspora"
  6. "Human Nature, Part 2"
  7. "Thursday"
  8. "The Movement"
  9. "Avalanche"
  10. "Nate McCavish Handbills for No Man"
  11. "Camouflage"
  12. "Is an Elegy"
  13. "Under Your Influence"
  14. "V. I. P."
  15. "...And Leave Alone"

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References

  1. Hauner, Thomas (March 26, 2008). "Youngblood Brass Band: Center:Level:Roar". PopMatters. Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  2. Hreha, Scott (May 7, 2003). "Youngblood Brass Band: Center:Level:Roar Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 7, 2021.