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Horace Andy
Midnight Rocker

Midnight Rocker

Catno

ONULP152

Formats

1x Vinyl LP Album

Country

Europe

Release date

Apr 8, 2022

Genres

Reggae

Styles




10 brand new recordings from the legendary Jamaican singer and longtime Massive Attack collaborator, Horace Andy, produced by Adrian Sherwood.

Midnight Rocker has been approached in a similar fashion to the late-career quality that Sherwood coaxed out of Lee "Scratch" Perry with the Rainford and Heavy Rain albums, assembling a crack team of players and spending many months perfecting performance, arrangements and mixing. The result is a remarkable suite of tracks that sparkle with superb musicianship, carefully crafted production and Horace’s beautiful vocals.

The material includes revisiting and updating a few classic Horace Andy songs such as “Mr. Bassie”, but the bulk of the tracks are brand new compositions with contemporary messages, such as “Watch Over Them” and “Materialist”. The pair have also versioned “Safe From Harm”, a much-loved early single by the group that Andy is most associated with – Massive Attack.

“On-U Sound are very proud to present a truly wonderful album with one of the all-time great singer-songwriters in the rich history of Jamaican music, Horace Andy. This is a true gold star performance, and I’m very proud of it.” Adrian Sherwood

Media: Mi
Sleeve: M

$33.05*

*Taxes excluded, shipping price excluded

ONULP152 - EU - 2022

A1

This Must Be Hell

A2

Easy Money

A3

Safe From Harm

A4

Watch Over Them

A5

Materialist

B1

Today Is Right Here

B2

Try Love

B3

Rock To Sleep

B4

Careful

B5

Mr. Bassie

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