Something Wicked This Way Comes

by The Herbaliser

Something Wicked This Way Comes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 March 2002
  • Label: Ninja Tune
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 49:36
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding from sample-based beatmaking into a full live band aesthetic, 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' is a vibrant, cinematic groove record. The British duo enlists powerful guest emcees to navigate an urban, horn-driven hybrid of instrumental hip-hop and sleek downtempo funk.

Genres

Descriptors: Conscious, rhythmic, instrumental, rap, sampling, soulful, funky, groove-laden

Tracklist

  1. Something Wicked (5:11)
  2. Verbal Anime (3:46)
  3. Time 2 Build (3:24)
  4. 24 Carat Blag (4:08)
  5. Mr Holmes (7:17)
  6. Good Girl Gone Bad (4:07)
  7. The Hard Stuff (2:01)
  8. Distinguished Jamaican English (3:32)
  9. Worldwide Connected (5:06)
  10. The Turnaround (3:16)
  11. It Ain't Nuttin' (2:46)
  12. Unsungsong (4:56)

Credits

  • Barney Trattles - artwork [h logo]
  • Martin Granville-Twig - lacquer cut by
  • Chris Bowden - arranged by [strings]
  • Danny Huckridge - bass [additional]
  • Vicky Matthews - cello
  • Mickey Moody - drums
  • Oliver Parfitt - organ, harpsichord, keyboards [wurlitzer], keyboards [wurlitzer], clavinet [hohner], organ, electric piano [fender rhodes], organ, piano, electric piano [fender rhodes]
  • Andy Ross - saxophone, alto saxophone, flute [alto], piccolo flute, written-by, trumpet, valve trombone, organ

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