Contact from the Underworld of Redboy

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Contact from the Underworld of Redboy
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 10, 1998
Genre Electronica
Length60:01
Label Capitol/EMI Records
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Producer Howie B.
Robbie Robertson
Marius de Vries
Tim Gordine
Jim Wilson
Robbie Robertson chronology
Music for the Native Americans
(1994)
Contact from the Underworld of Redboy
(1998)
How to Become Clairvoyant
(2011)
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Contact from the Underworld of Redboy is an album by Robbie Robertson. [2] It was released in 1998 by Capitol Records. [3] The album is composed of music inspired by Aboriginal Canadian music (including traditional Aboriginal Canadian songs and chants), as well as modern rock, trip hop, and electronica, with the various styles often integrated together in the same song. It features many guest artists.

Contents

The album peaked at No. 119 on the Billboard 200. [4]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that Robertson's "lyrical and musical concerns can get bogged down in their own pretensions, but often, the results are provocative and unique." [5]

Track listing

  1. "The Sound Is Fading" featuring Leah Hicks-Manning (lyrics: traditional; music: Howie Bernstein, Robbie Robertson) – 5:00
  2. "The Code of Handsome Lake" (Robertson) – 6:11
  3. "Making a Noise" (Robertson) – 5:11
  4. "Unbound" (Robertson, Tim Gordine) – 4:35
  5. "Sacrifice" featuring Leonard Peltier (Robertson, Marius de Vries, Peltier) – 6:18
  6. "Rattlebone" (Robertson, de Vries) – 4:26
  7. "Peyote Healing" featuring Verdell Primeaux and Johnny Mike (lyrics: Primeaux, Mike; music: de Vries, Robertson) – 6:10
  8. "In the Blood" (Robertson, Gordine) – 4:35
  9. "Stomp Dance (Unity)" featuring The Six Nations Women Singers (Robertson, Jim Wilson; traditional) – 4:49
  10. "The Lights" (Robertson, Bernstein) – 5:54
  11. "Take Your Partner by the Hand (Red Alert Mix)" (Robertson, Bernstein) – 6:43 [bonus track]

Personnel

1. "The Sound Is Fading"
2. "The Code of Handsome Lake"
3. "Making a Noise"
4. "Unbound"
5. "Sacrifice"
6. "Rattlebone"
7. "Peyote Healing"
8. "In the Blood"
9. "Stomp Dance (Unity)"
10. "The Lights"
11. "Take Your Partner by the Hand (Red Alert Mix)"

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