''Daylight'' is the fifteenth
studio album
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by English band
the Selecter. It was released on 6 October 2017 through DMF Music.
Critical reception
''
SF Weekly'' wrote that the album "hears the group as energized as ever for an urgent and powerful record proving that the group is still open to creative evolution." ''
LA Weekly
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'' called the album "engagingly soulful." ''
Uncut
Uncut may refer to:
* ''Uncut'' (film), a 1997 Canadian docudrama film by John Greyson about censorship
* ''Uncut'' (magazine), a monthly British magazine with a focus on music, which began publishing in May 1997
* '' BET: Uncut'', a Black Enter ...
'' wrote that "much of this is rather pedestrian ska with blandly topical lyrics."
Track listing
All tracks composed by Pauline Black, Arthur Hendrickson and Neil Pyzer; except where noted
Personnel
;The Selecter
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Pauline Black
Belinda Magnus (born 23 October 1953), better known as Pauline Black (), is an English singer, actress and author.
In a music career spanning over 40 years, Black came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the 2 Tone ska reviva ...
- vocals
*Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson - vocals
*Neil Pyzer - saxophone, guitar, keyboards, vocals, string arrangements
*
Will Crewdson - guitar
*Luke Palmer - bass guitar
*Lee Horsley - organ
*Orlando La Rose - saxophone, flute, piccolo flute
*Winston Marche - drums
with:
*Tim Bran - piano (on tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 10), keyboards on "Daylight", string arrangements
*John Robertson - guitar on "Remember Me" and "Things Fall Apart"
*Adrian Large - guitar on "Paved With Cold", "Things Fall Apart" and "Pass the Power"
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Jools Holland
Julian Miles Holland, (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer and television presenter. He was an original member of the band Squeeze and has worked with many artists including Jayne County, Sting, Eric C ...
- piano on "Daylight"
*Graham Cuttill - percussion
*James Lawrence - trombone (on tracks 1. 3, 5-7, 10)
*Audrey Riley, Chris Tombling - strings on "Daylight", "Mayhem" and "Pass the Power"
*Beverley Skeete - backing vocals
*Marizia Pyzer-Skeete - backing vocals on "Taking Back Control"
Chart
References
External links
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2017 albums
The Selecter albums