''100° and Rising'' is an album by the British
acid jazz band
Incognito
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, released in 1995 on
Talkin' Loud Records.
The album peaked at No. 2 on the
UK R&B Albums Chart
The UK Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart and the UK Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart (also known as The Official UK Hip Hop and R&B Charts, the Top 40 Hip Hop and RnB Singles and the Top 40 Hip Hop and RnB Albums, or simply the UK Urban Chart) are 40-posi ...
and No. 11 on the
UK Pop Albums Chart.
Production
The album was produced by band leader
Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick.
Singles
I Hear Your Name reached No. 7 on the
UK Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart and No. 19 on the
UK Dance Singles Chart
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. What's more, Everyday peaked at No. 23 on the
UK Pop Singles Chart along with No. 3 on both the
UK Hip Hop and R&B Singles and
UK Dance Singles charts.
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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of
AllMusic
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, in a 3 out of 5 stars review, hailed the album saying "On 100 Degrees and Rising, the pioneering acid house outfit, Incognito, turn in another first-rate record, featuring their trademark mixture of jazz, soul, and funk. There's not much to distinguish 100 Degrees from their previous handful of records, but the band is smooth, accomplished, and deep, finding new variations on their trademark sound."
Richard Torres of
Rolling Stone
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exclaimed "On ''Incognito''
's superlative fifth album, 100deg and ''Rising'', Jean-Paul Bluey Maunick actually proves himself a worthy student of the old school..Although his LP may be overlong by an instrumental or two, Maunick is leading the old-school charge into the new millennium with his carefully built melodies, wary lyrics and sensual production..On 100deg and ''Rising'', ''Incognito'' make more than sense, they make beauty, too."
Track listing
Charts
References
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1995 albums
Incognito (band) albums