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by Kula Shaker

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 September 1996
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:49
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: The Kick Horns, Gauri, Himangshu Goswami

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Standing completely apart from the working-class narratives of their Britpop contemporaries, the band embraced a deep revival of 1960s Indian-influenced psychedelia. Frontman Crispian Mills incorporated Sanskrit chants, traditional Indian instrumentation, and mystical lyrical themes directly into highly accessible pop-rock structures. It became the fastest-selling debut album in Britain since Elastica's premiere, highlighting a massive public appetite for modern raga-rock.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, mythology, desert, drugs, hindu

Tracklist

  1. Hey Dude (4:07)
  2. Knight On The Town (3:25)
  3. Temple Of Everlasting Light (2:33)
  4. Govinda (4:31)
  5. Smart Dogs (3:17)
  6. Magic Theatre (2:39)
  7. Into The Deep (3:48)
  8. Sleeping Jiva (2:03)
  9. Tattva (3:46)
  10. Grateful When You're Dead / Jerry Was There (5:42)
  11. 303 (3:09)
  12. Start All Over (2:36)
  13. Hollow Man (Parts 1 & 2) (6:13)

Credits

  • Kula Shaker - primary artist, written-by
  • Paul Winter-Hart - band [kula shaker are], drums, written-by
  • Jay Darlington - band [kula shaker are], organ, mellotron, piano, written-by
  • David Gibbons - cover, artwork [cover art by]
  • Gauri - backing vocals
  • Himangshu Goswami - tabla
  • Wajahat Khan - sarod
  • The Kick Horns - horns

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