Community Music is a 2000 studio album by Asian Dub Foundation. It peaked at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart. It features vocal contributions from Benjamin Zephaniah, Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Assata Shakur.
Critical reception
Chris Grimshaw of AllMusic commented that "Community Music should be in every thinking person's collection, directly between the Clash and Public Enemy." Nick Mirov of Pitchfork wrote, "Community Music is incredibly ambitious, and amazingly, it delivers everything it promises and then some."
NME listed it as the 39th best album of 2000.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes.
Asian Dub Foundation Deedar – vocals, programming Chandrasonic – vocals, guitar, programming Dr. Das – vocals, bass guitar, programming Pandit G – vocals, sampler, turntables Sun-J – synthesizer, effects
Additional musicians Paul Chivers – percussion (3) Catalisa – vocals (4, 11) Johnny Kalsi – percussion (4, 7, 10) Benjamin Zephaniah – vocals (5) Helen MacDonald – vocals (6) Louis Beckett – keyboards (6) Ambalavaner Sivanandan – vocals (8) Sangeeta Sharma – vocals (8) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – vocals (9) Louis Beckett – guitar (10) Assata Shakur – vocals (13)
Horn section on "Real Great Britain" and "New Way, New Life" Duncan Mackay – trumpet Nichol Thomson – trombone Jim Hunt – saxophone
Charts Chart Peakposition
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