Here Comes the Band is an album by Trinidadian Soca artist Machel Montano and his band Xtatik released in 2000.[1] The album's 22 tracks feature different singers on each, with the album covering a diverse range of styles.[2] Allmusic writer Jason Birchmeier gave it a 3-star review, while in World Music: The Rough Guide, the authors view that "the 10 or so tracks that really work are great".[3]

Here Comes the Band
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 14, 2000
Recorded1999, 2000
GenreSoca
LabelJW Productions
ProducerMachel Montano
Xtatik chronology
Any Minute Now
(1999)
Here Comes the Band
(2000)
Same High
(2001)

Track listing edit

  1. "Millennium (Intro)"
  2. "Here Comes the Band" - Machel Montano
  3. "Manners" - Farmer Nappy & Derwin Vallie
  4. "Water Flowing" - Machel Montano (featuring Farmer Nappy)
  5. "Drag Yuh Bow" - Peter C. Lewis
  6. "Break Bottle" - Farmer Nappy (featuring Denise Belfon)
  7. "Kiki" - Peter C. Lewis (featuring Lexxus & CL Smooth)
  8. "Disco Grand Daddy" - Lord Nelson
  9. "Shake That Business" - Kerwin Vallie
  10. "Do You Know" - Yardmen College
  11. "Bumper Carz (Back Up Back Up)" - Mr. Cash & Machel Montano (featuring Farmer Nappy)
  12. "Agoni" - Peter C. Lewis
  13. "Play Whe" - Lord Nelson
  14. "Oh My Gosh" - Peter C. Lewis & Bigga
  15. "People Business" - Shawn Bailey
  16. "Free Yuh Mind" - Youth Promotion Crew
  17. "Turn It Up" - Peter C. Lewis
  18. "Jab Jab Re-Incarnation" - Ken Hunter (featuring The Laventille Rhythm Section)
  19. "Five Kind of Wine" - Peter C. Lewis
  20. "Going the Distance" - Yardmen College
  21. "La Diablesse" - Shawn Bailey
  22. "Biggie" - Lord Nelson

References edit

  1. ^ Machel Montano Discography at Official Website
  2. ^ Birchmeier, Jason "Here Comes the Band Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-10-30
  3. ^ Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; McConnachie, James; Duane, Orla (2000) World Music: The Rough Guide - Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1-85828-636-5, p. 526