''Soca Queen'' is the debut album by soca musician

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. It was released on physical formats in Canada on 16 October 2007, having been made available on

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on 9 October. It was released in the Caribbean later that year. The album features the hit single "Roll It Gal", and includes the songs "Ladies Rule" and "Faluma", which date from Hinds' time as singer of the band

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. "Thundah" was also released as a single.

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'' described it as "a winsome CD, full of breezy songs that emphasize the genre's links to both Afro-pop (those bass lines!) and Euro-trance (those synthesizers!)".

Track listing

#"The More You Get" - 4:38 #"Faluma" - 3:55 #" Roll It Gal" - 3:58 #"Thundah" - 3:25 #"Blazin'" - 4:44 #"Island Girl" - 4:20 #"Caution" - 3:56 #"Ladies Rule" - 4:18 #"My Space" - 4:05 #"Good Morning" - 3:33 #"The Show" - 3:40 #"In the Name of Love" - 4:17 #"Soca Nation" - 3:46 #"Togetherness" - 4:20 #"Roll It Gal" (Rishi Rich Remix) - 3:26

References

2007 debut albums Soca albums {{2000s-album-stub