Critical reception
John Bush of AllMusic wrote, "Roots Manuva handled every type of song with flowing confidence and a bemused air, whether it was a club jam or a message track."[3] Alex Needham of NME called it "Brit-rap's finest hour to date."[5] Christian Hopwood of BBC Music felt that the album "should be lauded for its degree of musical invention and individual approach to the genre".[9]
Q listed it as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[10]
Track listing
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1. | "No Strings..." | | 1:25 |
2. | "Bashment Boogie" (featuring Ricky Rankin) | Wayne Bennett | 3:19 |
3. | "Witness (1 Hope)" | Lord Gosh | 4:15 |
4. | "Join the Dots" (featuring Chali 2na) | Al Mono | 3:59 |
5. | "Black Box Interlude" | | 0:22 |
6. | "Ital Visions" | Hylton Smythe | 4:42 |
7. | "Kicking the Cack" | Lord Gosh | 3:36 |
8. | "Dub Styles" (featuring The Lingalong Tecknishun) | Lord Gosh | 2:40 |
9. | "Trim Body" | Lord Gosh | 3:35 |
10. | "Artical" | Lord Gosh | 3:21 |
11. | "Hol' It Up" (featuring Riddla) | Lord Gosh | 2:48 |
12. | "Stone the Crows" | Hylton Smythe | 3:21 |
13. | "Sinny Sin Sins" | Hylton Smythe | 3:36 |
14. | "Evil Rabbit" | Hylton Smythe | 3:24 |
15. | "Swords in the Dirt" (featuring Niara, Danny Vicious, Rodney P, Blackitude, Big P, and Skeme) | Wayne Bennett | 4:40 |
16. | "Highest Grade" (featuring Seanie T) | Lord Gosh | 4:05 |
17. | "Dreamy Days" | Skillamanjaro | 4:45 |
References
- 1 2 Lynskey, Dorian (10 August 2001). "Righteous beer". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- 1 2 P., Ethan (11 December 2001). "Roots Manuva: Run Come Save Me". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- 1 2 Bush, John. "Run Come Save Me – Roots Manuva". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ↑ Bell, Duncan (September 2001). "Roots Manuva: Run Come Save Me (Big Dada)". Muzik (76): 61.
- 1 2 Needham, Alex (13 August 2001). "Roots Manuva : Run Come Save Me". NME. IPC Media. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ↑ "Roots Manuva: Run Come Save Me". Q (181): 117. September 2001.
- ↑ Caramanica, Jon (2004). "Roots Manuva". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 703. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ↑ Drumming, Neil (November 2001). "Roots Manuva, 'Run Come Save Me' (Big Dada)". Spin. 17 (11): 136. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ↑ Hopwood, Christian (2002). "Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me - Review". BBC. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ↑ "The Best 50 Albums of 2001". Q (185): 60–65. December 2001.
- ↑ "Roots Manuva". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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