Holy Terror (album)

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Holy Terror
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Studio album by
the Last Poets
Released1995; Black Arc 1993
Genre Funk, spoken word
Length62:19
Label Rykodisc [1]
Black Arc
Innerhythmic
Producer Bill Laswell [2]
The Last Poets chronology
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(1994)		Holy Terror
(1995)		Time Has Come
(1997)

Holy Terror is an album by rap/spoken word pioneers the Last Poets, released in 1995. [3] The album was financed and released by P-Vine Records in Japan and then released by Rykodisc Records in the United States and the United Kingdom later that same year, with a rerelease in 2004 by Innerhythmic. The U.S. and UK releases contain a bonus track titled "Black and Strong (Homesick)."

Contents

Production

The lead figures in the Last Poets at this time were Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole. [4] [1] The album was part of the Black Arc Series, launched by producer Bill Laswell in 1992.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 7/10 [7]

AllMusic wrote: "Containing some of the Poets' most trenchant political and social lyrics, Holy Terror shows the Last Poets, Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole, still as fiery and sharp as ever." [5] CMJ New Music Monthly called the album "the bomb," writing that "it's as good as anything they've recorded in their 25-plus year career." [8]

Track listing

  1. "Invocation"
  2. "Homesick"
  3. "Black Rage"
  4. "Men-tality"
  5. "Pelourino"
  6. "Funk"
  7. "If We Only Knew"
  8. "Illusion of Self"
  9. "Talk Show"
  10. "Black and Strong (Homesick)"
  11. "Last Rites"

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Last Poets". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  2. ↑ Mills, David (December 12, 1993). "THE LAST POETS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. ↑ "The Last Poets | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Dave (October 31, 2001). Funk. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306298 – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 "Holy Terror - The Last Poets | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 101.
  7. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 222–223.
  8. ↑ "Best New Music". CMJ New Music Monthly: 14. May 1995.
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