Anywayawanna
Anywayawanna | ||||
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Studio album by The Beatmasters | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Genre | House | |||
Label | Rhythm King | |||
Producer | The Beatmasters | |||
The Beatmasters chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic |
Anywayawanna is the debut album by English dance and electronic music group The Beatmasters, released in 1989 on the Rhythm King label.
Singles
The album includes five singles: "Rok Da House", featuring the Cookie Crew (UK #5), "Burn It Up", featuring P. P. Arnold (UK #14), "Who's in the House?" (UK #8), "Hey DJ/I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing", which features Betty Boo (credited as MC Betty Boop on the album) (UK #7), and "Warm Love", featuring Claudia Fontaine (UK #51).[2]
Critical reception
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Keith Farley gave Anywayawanna four out of five stars, describing it as "a kinetic journey through sampledelic house" and that the album is "a great production with none of the wide-open gaps and overly raw grooves that characterize most British house of the day."[3]
Track listing
- "Who's in the House?" (featuring Merlin)
- "Hey DJ/I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing" (featuring MC Betty Boop aka Betty Boo)
- "Burn It Up (On the Groove Tip)" (featuring P. P. Arnold)
- "Warm Love" (featuring Claudia Fontaine)
- "Ska Train" (featuring Jum Jum)
- "Rok Da House" (featuring the Cookie Crew)
- "Make Me Feel" (featuring P.P. Arnold)
- "Don't Stop the Beat" (featuring MC Triple O)
- "Midnight Girl" (featuring Eric Robinson)
- "Sarayet-Sayam Sembtaé (Pt.1)"
- "Rok Tha House" (7" Original)
- "Burn It Up" (7" Original Radio Edit)
- Tracks 11 and 12 appear on CD only
Personnel
- P. P. Arnold – guest artist, vocals
- Chris Ballin – background vocals
- The Beatmasters – primary artist, producer
- Betty Boo – guest artist, vocals
- Cookie Crew – guest artist
- Claudia Fontaine – vocals, background vocals
- Derek Green – background vocals
- Merlin – guest artist
- Geoff Peche – mastering
- Martin Rex – engineer
- Trevor Russell – vocals
- Barbara Snow – trumpet
- Mark "Spike" Stent – engineer
- Stephen Taylor – engineer
- Luke Tunney – trumpet
- Caron Wheeler – background vocals
Charts
Chart | Peak position |
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Australian Albums Chart | 100 |
UK Albums Chart[2] | 30 |
References
- ↑ "Anywayawanna - The Beatmasters - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- 1 2 "BEATMASTERS - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ↑ "Anywayawanna - The Beatmasters - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ↑ "Anywayawanna - The Beatmasters - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2017.