''Rising Above Bedlam'' is an album by
Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart
John Joseph Wardle (born 11 August 1958), known by the stage name Jah Wobble, is an English bass guitarist and singer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) in the late 1970s and early 1980s; ...
, released by Oval Records in 1991.
The album was a shortlisted nominee for the
1992 Mercury Prize.
Critical reception
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Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
'' called the album "ambitious" and "a refreshing departure from some of the flat, occasionally tedious and self-conscious material
obblelobbed out in the '80s."
''The Rough Guide To Rock'' praised "Visions of You" and "Bomba," writing that they made the album "worthwhile."
Track listing
Personnel
*Jah Wobble - bass, vocals, keyboards, drum programming, timbales
*Justin Adams - electric guitar, Spanish guitar, Arabic percussion, saz, vocals
*Mark Ferda - keyboards, drum programming, sampler, effects
*Natacha Atlas - vocals
*Sinéad O'Connor - vocals
References
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Jah Wobble albums
1992 albums