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Sales Rank: 30706
Category: Music
Artist: Westbound Train
Publisher: Hellcat Records
Studio: Hellcat Records
Manufacturer: Hellcat Records
Label: Hellcat Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 80487
UPC: 045778048724
EAN: 0045778048724
ASIN: B000HDRB5W
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Transitions | | • | Please Forgive Me | | • | Good Enough | | • | For The First Time | | • | The Test | | • | Sorry Mama | | • | I'm No Different | | • | Gone | | • | The Runaround | | • | Seven Ways To Sunday | | • | Soul Revival | | • | Transition 2 | | • | I Feel Fine | | • | Fatty Boom Boom! | | • | When I Die | | • | Travel On |
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Album Description
This 2006 Hellcat debut from Boston's acclaimed ska septet places the band on a growing list of "new traditionalists", bands like the Aggrolites and the Slackers that bridge the gap between 60's reggae, soul, and blues and modern approaches, with touches of jazz and country. While sharing the stage with heavy hitters like The Toasters, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Street Dogs, Reel Big Fish, and The Skatalites, Westbound Train have forged their own sound, where highly danceable ska arrangements and rock steady beats are in ample supply.
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| Customer Reviews:
fantastic band, fantastic album September 5, 2008
Westbound train are a talented Ska group out of Boston. They are tight musicians who boast a strong horn section and a great lead singer. His voice is reminiscent of Sam Cooke's, and yes i realize what a big compliment that is and would not issue it lightly. If you enjoy reggae/ska this record is a must.
A Great Ska Revival Disc July 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You can't go wrong with this one. Every track is good. The lead vocal is great, the rock steady beat is fine, and the back up is tight.
A terriffic old-school ska and rock steady record January 11, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
So I saw these guys as the opener for Dave Wakeling's English Beat when they rolled through the Cat's Cradle last year. Now, as a father of three kids it costs my wife and I ten bucks and hour just to walk out the door, so we usually blow off the warm-up, but the song on their myspace was decent and I like the ska, rock steady sounds. They come out and look like the Bowery Boys from the old 40's movies- newsboy hats, pork pies and such and were nervous as heck. They won the crowd over after their first song and it was a great set. They were on the 3rd date of the tour and had already sold out their CDs, so I picked this one up on Amazon. It is a great record. The problem with most ska acts is the songs start to all sound the same, but these guys mixed it up plenty. Nice horns, solid vocals, some decent song writing-it's a winner. This is good ska and rocksteady, it's not punked up like the Bosstones, it's old school like Studio One, Clancy Eccles, and the vintage bluebeat years. Buy it.
PS come back soon guys and we'll pay the sitter whatever it takes!
Superb in every way January 10, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Wow. I've been waiting for this album for a while now, and I was not disappointed. Boston's soulful ska/reggae band delivers an amazing performance. Musically, it is much fuller sounding than their previous albums, with a tight rhythm section and awesome background. You can definitely see their growth as musicians in the higher complexity and skill of the horn players and more experimentation on the keyboards. Using his amazing, soulful voice, frontman Obi Fernandez gets deeper with his spiritual insightful and probing lyrics. This is an all around amazing album-buy it. Heck, buy it new and support some awesome guys that play amazing music.
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