''Here Comes the Band'' is an album by
Trinidadian
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Soca artist
Machel Montano and his band
Xtatik
Xtatik is a locally and well-known Trinidad and Tobago Soca band led by Machel Montano.
History
The band evolved from Pranasonic Express, which was formed in 1984 in Port of Spain.Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Bo ...
released in 2000.
Machel Montano Discography at Official Website
/ref> The album's 22 tracks feature different singers on each, with the album covering a diverse range of styles.[Birchmeier, Jason " ''Here Comes the Band'' Review, ]Allmusic
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, retrieved 2010-10-30 Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
writer Jason Birchmeier gave it a 3-star review, while in ''World Music: The Rough Guide'', the authors view that "the 10 or so tracks that really work are great".[Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; McConnachie, James; Duane, Orla (2000) ''World Music: The Rough Guide - Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific'', Rough Guides, , p. 526]
Track listing
#"Millennium (Intro)"
#"Here Comes the Band" - Machel Montano
#"Manners" - Farmer Nappy & Derwin Vallie
#"Water Flowing" - Machel Montano (featuring Farmer Nappy)
#"Drag Yuh Bow" - Peter C. Lewis
#"Break Bottle" - Farmer Nappy (featuring Denise Belfon
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Early years
As a young girl in school, she was a football (soccer) player and was offered a scholarship to Howard University t ...
)
#"Kiki" - Peter C. Lewis (featuring Lexxus & CL Smooth
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Career
After the duo Pete Rock & CL S ...
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#"Disco Grand Daddy" - Lord Nelson
#"Shake That Business" - Kerwin Vallie
#"Do You Know" - Yardmen College
#"Bumper Carz (Back Up Back Up)" - Mr. Cash & Machel Montano (featuring Farmer Nappy)
#"Agoni" - Peter C. Lewis
#"Play Whe" - Lord Nelson
#"Oh My Gosh" - Peter C. Lewis & Bigga
#"People Business" - Shawn Bailey
#"Free Yuh Mind" - Youth Promotion Crew
#"Turn It Up" - Peter C. Lewis
#"Jab Jab Re-Incarnation" - Ken Hunter (featuring The Laventille Rhythm Section)
#"Five Kind of Wine" - Peter C. Lewis
#"Going the Distance" - Yardmen College
#"La Diablesse" - Shawn Bailey
#"Biggie" - Lord Nelson
References
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Machel Montano albums
2000 albums