Megatop Phoenix

by Big Audio Dynamite

Megatop Phoenix cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 September 1989
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 59:03
  • Community rating: 2.89/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Don Letts, Mick Jones, Greg Roberts, Bill Price, Dan Donovan, Leo Williams

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Functioning as the final transmission from the original lineup led by Mick Jones, this dense, sample-heavy tapestry fully embraces the surging UK rave and acid house cultures. 'Megatop Phoenix' frantically stitches together cinematic dialogue, hip-hop beats, and club-ready electronics into a visionary, albeit chaotic, musical collage.

Genres

Descriptors: Leftfield, sampling, alienation, conscious

Tracklist

  1. Start (0:14)
  2. Rewind (4:35)
  3. All Mink & No Manners (0:41)
  4. Union Jack (6:03)
  5. Contact (4:43)
  6. Dragon Town (4:46)
  7. Baby, Don't Apologise (4:51)
  8. Is Yours Working Yet? (1:03)
  9. Around the Girl in 80 Ways (3:30)
  10. James Brown (5:08)
  11. Everybody Needs a Holiday (5:33)
  12. Mick's a Hippie Burning (2:31)
  13. House Arrest (3:59)
  14. The Green Lady (3:43)
  15. London Bridge (3:50)
  16. Stalag 123 (3:11)
  17. End (0:35)

Credits

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