Community Music is a 2000 studio album by Asian Dub Foundation. It peaked at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] It features vocal contributions from Benjamin Zephaniah, Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Assata Shakur.[2]
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| Studio album by Asian Dub Foundation | ||||
| Released | 20 March 2000 (2000-03-20) | |||
| Length | 69:57 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| NME | 10/10[4] |
| Pitchfork | 8.7/10[5] |
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| Select | 4/5[8] |
Chris Grimshaw of AllMusic commented that "Community Music should be in every thinking person's collection, directly between the Clash and Public Enemy."[3] Nick Mirov of Pitchfork wrote, "Community Music is incredibly ambitious, and amazingly, it delivers everything it promises and then some."[5]
NME listed it as the 39th best album of 2000.[9]
All tracks are written by Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Real Great Britain" | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Memory War" | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Officer XX" | 3:20 |
| 4. | "New Way, New Life" | 5:01 |
| 5. | "Riddim I Like" (Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, Benjamin Zephaniah) | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Collective Mode" | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Crash" | 5:24 |
| 8. | "Colour Line" | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Taa Deem" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) | 4:46 |
| 10. | "The Judgement" | 4:14 |
| 11. | "Truth Hides" | 8:21 |
| 12. | "Rebel Warrior" (Das, Pandit, Savale) | 6:23 |
| 13. | "Committed to Life" (Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, P. Andrade, A. Shakur) | 4:44 |
| 14. | "Scaling New Heights" | 8:26 |
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| 15. | "Collective Mode (featuring Leeroy from Saïan Supa Crew)" | 3:52 |
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| 15. | "Sawt L'hekma (featuring Clotaire K)" | 3:58 |
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| 15. | "Community Music" | 3:59 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Asian Dub Foundation
Additional musicians
| Chart | Peak position |
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| French Albums (SNEP)[10] | 34 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] | 8 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[1] | 20 |
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