Signs (Badmarsh & Shri album)

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Signs
Badmarshandshri-signs.jpg
Studio album by
Released2001
Recorded2001
Label Outcaste
Nutone [1]
Producer Mike Spencer, Badmarsh & Shri
Badmarsh & Shri chronology
Dancing Drums
(1998)
Signs
(2001)

Signs is the second album by the English electronic music duo Badmarsh & Shri, released in 2001. [2] [3] [1]

Contents

The duo parted ways after the release of Signs. [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

AllMusic criticized the album for being slow and of poor quality for the first few tracks, but asserted that the duo has achieved a distinctive style and complimented Shri's multi-instrumental versatility. [5] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music deemed the album "excellent." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Signs"
  2. "Swarm"
  3. "Get Up"
  4. "Mountain Path"
  5. "Day by Day"
  6. "Soaring Beyond"
  7. "Sajanna"
  8. "Tribal"
  9. "Bang"
  10. "Last Mile"
  11. "Appa"

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References

  1. 1 2 "Badmarsh & Shri: Signs". PopMatters. 9 July 2001.
  2. Odell, Michael (8 June 2001). "Interview: Badmarsh & Shri" via www.theguardian.com.
  3. Smyth, David (8 June 2001). "Out of their box and off the stage" via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. "Ace of Bass -". Rolling Stone India. 9 August 2008.
  5. 1 2 Signs at AllMusic
  6. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 359.