Decksandrumsandrockandroll

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Decksandrumsandrockandroll
Studio album from Propellerheads

Publication
(s)

1998

Label (s) Wall of sound

Format (s)

CD , LP , MC

Genre (s)

Big beat , trip-hop

Title (number)

13

running time

approx. 68 minutes

Decksandrumsandrockandroll is published in 1998 debut album of the Propellerheads .

Sound

Decksandrumsandrockandroll is essentially to be assigned to the genre of the big beat , but also contains elements of trip-hop . In addition, echoes of soul , funk and rock can be heard. The album is mostly instrumental , supplemented by samples of various vocals and beatboxing .

The album also shows a clear affinity between the two propellerheads - Alex Gifford and Will White - for the soundtracks of the James Bond films : One song is a cover version by John Barry , another song is performed by Shirley Bassey as a guest singer .

title

The following songs can be heard on Decksandrumsandrockandroll : 

  1. Take California (Gifford)
  2. Echo and Bounce (Gifford)
  3. Velvet Pants (Gifford)
  4. Better? (White)
  5. Oh yeah (Gifford)
  6. History Repeating - feat. Shirley Bassey (Gifford)
  7. Winning Style (Gifford)
  8. Bang on! (Gifford)
  9. A Number of Microphones (White)
  10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service ( Barry )
  11. Bigger? (Gifford)
  12. Cominagetcha (Gifford)
  13. Spybreak! (Gifford)

Sampling

Decksandrumsandrockandroll contains samples from these songs: 

The Propellerheads also sampled Bill Cosby and Richard Nixon for the album .

Songs from Decksandrumsandrockandroll were sampled by these musicians : 

Recording and production

In addition to the Propellerheads and Shirley Bassey, session musicians also took part in Decksandrumsandrockandroll : 

Arranger was David Arnold , sound engineer was Chris Lawson; produced album of the Propellerheads was.

The recordings for Decksandrumsandrockandroll took place in five studios in England: 

  • The Würx
  • The Stix
  • The Chapel
  • Maison Rouge
  • Air

Publications and releases

Decksandrumsandrockandroll was first released in January 1998 on the Wall Of Sound label as CD , LP and MC . As a result, it was also published by other labels, sometimes with a different tracklist and additional guest musicians; namely De La Soul and the Jungle Brothers.

The following songs on the first edition of the album were released between 1996 and '98 as singles , maxi singles or promo singles : 

  • Take California
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  • History repeating
  • Spybreak!
  • Bang on!
  • Velvet Pants

These singles were also extracted from the alternative versions of the album or sent out as promo singles: 

  • 360 Degrees (Oh Yeah?) - feat. De la soul
  • Take California and Party - feat. The Jungle Brothers

Soundtracks and commercials

Songs by Decksandrumsandrockandroll found their way into several soundtracks : 

Take California was the first song in a commercial for iPods could be heard.

Charts and reception

Decksandrumsandrockandroll reached number six in the UK charts as the highest position, number 26 in the German charts and number 100 in the US charts .

In the music magazine Visions one could read about decksandrumsandrockandroll : “The individual ingredients of this masterpiece are old friends across the board ; It's only their combination that makes it - straight-kicking radio drums, fat Hammonds, agent film music with huge strings, driving percussions, vocals samples, a lot of hip-hop scratches, occasionally cracking guitars, Chemical Brothers-like up-tempo beats, slap basses, technoid minimalism - just everything, which benefits the noble goal of a maximal groove. No doubt about it, with this album the Propellerheads set new standards in terms of dance floor music. " 

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c www.discogs.com: Propellerheads (discography)
  2. ↑ a b c d Propellerheads: Decksandrumsandrockandroll (Liner Notes)
  3. ↑ a b www.visions.de: Decksandrumsandrockandroll (review)
  4. ↑ a b www.ew.com: Decksandrumsandrockandroll (review)
  5. ↑ a b c d www.whosampled.com: Propellerheads (sample list)
  6. ↑ www.discogs.com: Decksandrumsandrockandroll (release details )
  7. ↑ www.allmusic.com: Decksandrumsandrockandroll (release details & review)
  8. ↑ www.discogs.com: Lost in Space - Soundtrack (Tracklist)
  9. ↑ www.discogs.com: Crazy About Mary - Soundtrack (Tracklist)
  10. ↑ www.discogs.com: Matrix - Soundtrack (Tracklist)
  11. ↑ reviews.headphonecommute.com: Decksandrumsandrockandroll (review)
  12. ↑ www.officialcharts.com: Decksandrumsandrockandroll (chart placement)
  13. ↑ www.offiziellecharts.de: Decksandrumsandrockandroll (chart placement)
  14. ↑ www.billboard.com: Decksandrumsandrockandroll (chart placement)