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The Happy Album
''The Happy Album'' is the third studio album by British ska band The Selecter, and their first following their reformation in 1990, released in 1994 on Demon Music Group, Demon Music in the UK and Triple X Records, Triple X in the US. Their first album of new material in thirteen years, ''The Happy Album'' follows their successful live reunion tour of 1991 and its respective live album document, ''Out in the Streets'' (1992). Founding member Noel Davis left the band between ''Out in the Streets'' while fellow original member Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson rejoined the band. The new line-up recorded ''The Happy Album'' with production from Aswad (band), Aswad guitarist Jimmy "Seyna" Haynes While retaining the band's ska sound at its core, the album sees a new direction for the band, taking influence from and incorporating other genres, styles and techniques, including electronic music, electronic music, hip hop music, hip hop, sampling (music), sampling and orchestral music, and also f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
