Punkara

Punkara
Studio album by Asian Dub Foundation
Released 2008
Genre Electronica, hip hop, big beat, trip hop, dub
Label Naïve Records
Asian Dub Foundation chronology
Time Freeze: The Best of Asian Dub Foundation
(2007)Time Freeze: The Best of Asian Dub Foundation2007		 Punkara
(2008)		 A History of Now
(2011)A History of Now2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
World of Music [1]
AllMusic [2]

Punkara is the sixth studio album by the collective Asian Dub Foundation. It was recorded with The Go! Team producer, Gareth Parton at The Fortress Studios, London. It is the first album released with new singer Al Rumjen formerly of King Prawn. There was an advanced release in Japan on 26 March 2008,[3] and it was subsequently leaked worldwide. Punkara was released in the UK on the 13 October 2008 with a different track listing to the Japanese release which featured an exclusive bonus track.[4] A video has been released for Burning Fence.

Track listing

Japan release
No.TitleLength
1."Superpower"04:54
2."Burning Fence"04:12
3."No Fun"04:17
4."Speed of Light"06:15
5."Ease Up Caesar"03:58
6."S.O.C.A."04:40
7."Target Practice"03:33
8."Living Under the Radar (ghostplane)"04:16
9."Altered Statesmen"04:18
10."Bride of Punkara"05:01
11."Stop the Bleeding"03:31
12."Awake/Asleep" (Bonus Track)04:05
UK release
No.TitleLength
1."Target Practice"03:33
2."Burning Fence"04:14
3."Superpower"04:54
4."Speed of Light"06:15
5."Ease Up Caesar"03:58
6."Living Under the Radar"04:16
7."S.O.C.A."04:40
8."Altered Statesmen"04:18
9."Bride of Punkara"05:01
10."Stop the Bleeding"03:31
11."No Fun"04:17
12."S.O.C.A. (Eugene Hütz vocal version)" (Bonus Track)04:40
13."Burning Fence (Solidays live version)" (Bonus Track)04:24
14."Flyover (Solidays live version)" (Bonus Track)05:05

Critical reception

AllMusic was generally positive about the album but noted it broke little new ground.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Asian Dub Foundation". WOM magazin. No. November 08. p. 26.
  2. 1 2 https://www.allmusic.com/album/punkara-mw0001656103
  3. ↑ Punkara (Japan release) at Discogs
  4. ↑ Punkara (UK release) at Discogs
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