Cymande Cymande

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  • Release Date: 09/19/1991
  • Original Release: 1972
  • Sales Rank: 24,651
  • Label: COLLECTABLES
  • UPC: 090431520222

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Cymande

1LISTENThe Message 4:19
2LISTENBrothers on the Side 4:12
3LISTENDove 10:56
4LISTENBra 5:07
5LISTENFug 4:25
6LISTENFor Baby Woh 2:18
7LISTENRickshaw 5:55
8LISTENEquitorial Forest 3:38
9LISTENListen 4:41
10LISTENGetting It Back 4:18
11LISTENAnthracite 5:35
12LISTENWilly's Headache 4:52
13LISTENGenevieve 3:18
14LISTENPon de Dungle 3:43
15LISTENRastafarian Folk Song 3:12
16LISTENOne More 3:06
17LISTENZion I 3:25

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Invigorating head music done Rastafarian style by Cymande. "Zion I" is a spiritual chant put to music, setting the mood for Cymande. A laid-back "One More" lulls you into subliminal meditation before "Getting It Back" jolts you into some scintillating Jamaican funk-fusion. There's a message in many of Cymande's cuts, with "Listen," and "Bra" (a recognition of the women's lib movement), the most inspiring. Both are sung with passion, and are skillfully executed; the former is slow and painstaking in its message, while "Bra" slaps you upside the head with a stirring sax solo and bass-fueled vamp. An air of supreme coolness permeates Cymande, unusual for a first effort written by members of the band. Cymande sound like they have done this before; nowhere is this more evident than on the beautiful "Dove," a gorgeous concoction of lead guitar, tambourines, haunting backing vocals, and percussion, with the horns used as sparingly as table-seasoning on a gourmet dish. Along with "Bra," the group's most popular cut is "The Message" -- it's difficult keeping body parts still on this grooving mutha. All in all, Cymande is a marvelous collection that premiered a fine funk band. Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide

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