CHUMBAWAMBA

CHUMBAWAMBA
SLAP! (1990)
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From folk harmonies, a year without doing much (when the collapse of a previous distributor stuck the band in a ton of legal hassle to reclaim records which were pressed up and sitting in a warehouse) led to the inevitable influence of dance beats. "Slap!" took some of Chumbawamba's audience - especially in USA and Germany, where dance music wasn't yet crossing cultural boundaries - by surprise. Maximum Rock n Roll (a hugely popular American magazine) refused to review the record on the grounds that Chumbawamba "weren't punk any more". A change lyrically, too, the songs conciously optimistic.

1. Ulrike
2. Tiananmen Square
3. Cartrouble
4. Chase PC's Flee Attack By Own Dog
5. Rubens Has Been Shot !
6. Rappoport's Testament:Never Gave Up
7. Slap !
8. That's How Grateful We Are
9. Meinhof

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