Any Minute Now (Machel Montano album)
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Released | February 9, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998, 1999 | |||
Genre | Soca | |||
Label | VP Records | |||
Producer | Machel Montano | |||
Xtatik chronology | ||||
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Any Minute Now is an album by Trinidadian Soca artist Machel Montano and his band Xtatik released in 1999.[1]
The album features guest appearances from Beenie Man on "Outa Space", Burning Flames on "Showdown (Band Meet Band)", and Red Rat on "Rubber Waist".[2][3][4]
A promotional video for "Outa Space" was made featuring Montano and Beenie Man as 'Men in Black' in search of two female aliens.[4]
Critical reception
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With a 4.5 out of 5 stars rating, Rosalind Cummings-Yeates of AllMusic praised the album saying "Montano's innovation is in abundant display on Any Minute Now...Although the dancehall overtones are slightly tedious at times, this album definitely qualifies as a soca standout."[5]
Track listing
[edit]- "Close Encounter (Interlude)"
- "Outa Space (UFOs)" - (featuring Beenie Man)
- "Big Phat Fish"
- "We Sound (Ba Dang)"
- "Soca"
- "With Or Without You" - (featuring Walker)
- "Mocking Meh"
- "February"
- "Rubber Waist" - (featuring Red Rat)
- "Powder Puff"
- "Size"
- "Lo Riders"
- "Showdown (Band Meet Band)" - (featuring Burning Flames)
- "Quicksand"
- "Any Minute Now"
References
[edit]- ^ Machel Montano Discography at Official Website
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6, p. 301
- ^ Guilbault, Jocelyne (2007) Governing Sound: The Cultural Politics of Trinidad's Carnival Musics, Chicago University Press, ISBN 978-0-226-31060-2, p. 311
- ^ a b Best, Curwen (2004) Culture @ the Cutting Edge: Tracking Caribbean Popular Music, University of the West Indies Press, ISBN 978-976-640-124-5, p. 145
- ^ a b Cummings-Yeates, Rosalind. "Machel Montano / Xtatik - Any Minute Now". allmusic.com. Allmusic.