Too Much Pressure [40th Anniv Ed] by The Selecter (180g Vinyl, 2021, Chrysalis)

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Too Much Pressure by The Selecter [40th Anniversary Edition] [180-gram Vinyl LP]

Track Listing:

• 1 Three Minute Hero
• 2 Everyday
• 3 They Make Me Mad
• 4 Missing Words
• 5 Danger
• 6 Street Feeling
• 7 My Collie (Not A Dog)
• 8 Too Much Pressure
• 9 Murder
• 10 Out On The Streets
• 11 Carry Go Bring Come
• 12 Black And Blue
• 13 James Bond

Bonus 40-gram 7" Single:

• On My Radio
• Too Much Pressure

40th Anniversary Edition. Double 180-gram vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition. TOO MUCH PRESSURE is the first album by British ska band The Selecter. The album was released in February 1980 on 2 Tone records. The record was commercially successful, charting at number 5 in the United Kingdom. The record's singles, "Three Minute Hero" and "Missing Words", made the top 25 of the UK Singles Chart. The album was also critically successful, and has had lasting praise in the ensuing years. Also included is a bonus 40-gram 7" single of "On My Radio".
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Of the many bands that charged out of the gate after the Specials launched the British Ska Revival in 1979, the Selecter were one of the strongest, and one who had a musical mind of their own. Though the Specials' hot-rodded take on the vintage Jamaican sound was a clear influence, the deeper grooves of roots reggae were a significant part of their formula, and with lead vocalist Pauline Black, their music had a subtle but clear feminist undertow that was a welcome alternative to the boy's club perspective of their peers. Like many of their fellow 2 Tone groups, the Selecter's initial run was short, resulting in just two albums (though they would have a long and productive life after reuniting in the 1990s); however, their debut, 1980's Too Much Pressure, was one of the best LPs to arrive in the wake of the Specials' breakthrough. The vocal interplay between Pauline Black and Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson was inspired, with the rougher, more aggressive tone of his voice adding ballast to Black's more flexible instrument, and the group's political broadsides were more effective for their unified report. Songs like "Three Minute Hero," "They Make Me Mad," "Murder," and the title cut are taut, nervy, and pack a welcome punch. Elsewhere, the dubwise reworking of "James Bond" splits the difference between Jamaican ska and early reggae and works on both levels, and "My Collie (Not a Dog)" is an amusing homage to recreational marijuana use. Bassist Charley Anderson and drummer Charley "H" Bembridge were a potent rhythm section who could gracefully turn on a dime, Desmond Brown's keyboards add abundant color and texture to the arrangements, and the guitar work from Neil Davies and Compton Amanor is sharp and concise. The Selecter never won the larger audience that the Specials, Madness and the (English) Beat would command, but Too Much Pressure confirms it was never because they lacked the talent, and this remains one of the most satisfying LPs from the first salvo of British ska. ~ Mark Deming, AllMusic

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