Track Listing

1. Until We Burn In The Sun (The Kids Just Want A Love Song)
2. Walls Fall Down
3. St. Andrews
4. Trinco Dog
5. Hugh
6. Bells Of 59
7. Higher Ground
8. 12:59 Lullaby
9. Nico On the Night Train
10. Gunships
11. Jealousy And the Get Free
12. Midnight Rockers
13. Hearts In the Night

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35806 in Music
• Released on: 2007-08-21
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Bedouin Soundclash's third CD, Street Gospels, contains all the highlights of their impressively successful second CD, Sounding a Mosaic, and then some. One quick look at the liner notes shows the positive effects that can come from commercial success: joining the Bedouin boys on this release is Money Mark--of Beastie Boys fame--on keyboards, Bad Brains' bassist (and Street Gospels' producer) Darryl Jenifer, and vocalist Vernon Buckley of '70s reggae band The Maytones. You can feel the genuine love and appreciation for dub and reggae throughout Street Gospels, not just via the guest players but also through frontman Jay Malinowski, with his gentle, raspy tones and easy-breezy phrasing. Mere moments into the CD, the very best elements of Bedouin come to light: "Until We Burn in the Sun" is a disc standout, a joyful, tropical melody that overflows with an English-Beat-meets-Police vibe. Catchy songs and lyrical positivity runs throughout the disc, from first single "Walls Fall Down," to the Clash-like "Gunships," to disc-closing crooner "Hearts In the Night." "Hush"--an a cappella gospel-style number--is another high point, a showpiece for Malinowski's gorgeous harmonies and simple, memorable melodies. That, along with the soft-as-a-cloud "12:59 Lullaby" (first heard on a Grey's Anatomy episode), proves that the group has more than simple staying power, they appear to be evolving and growing into something well deserving of international attention. --Denise Sheppard

Customer Reviews

Album of the Year
We've waited patiently well into August for this masterpiece, and now the year's best album is going worldwide. "Street Gospels" will appeal to you on a spiritual level without getting religious. There is no trace of pretension, only the pure and driving sounds of musicians mentally and musically aligned. Jay Malinowski's impassioned vocals, raw as gravel and somewhere on the scale between Joe Strummer and Bob Marley, are the fire burning under the smoking basslines from Eon Sinclair and tight percussion of Pat Pengelly (who is backed with percussion from Bad Brains legend Darryl Jenifer on "Trinco Dog" and "Hearts in the Night.") Jenifer produced "Sounding a Mosaic" in 2004, the Soundclash album that pounded through soundsystems such radical rebel music as "Shelter," "Shadow of a Man," "Jeb Rand," and "Criminal." Soon, interest developed in the band's first release, "Root Fire," available in the US as a Canadian import, which only further cemented the Soundclash credibility.
Also of note are the gripping paintings and collages on each album's insert, apparently more works of art from the mind of Malinowski, whose stage presence is also amazing. On Canada Day this summer, the band played a magical show in Kingston, Ontario, where the band originated. The full moon rose over Lake Ontario as the lights of Kingston rippled on the water, all while Bedouin Soundclash was thrilling the chilling crowd.
With three crucial albums on the market, Bedouin Soundclash should have more influence, as so many songs are certain hits, even harder-to-find B-sides like "Jeb Rand is Sailin' On," a Bad Brains/Soundclash collusion, as well as a sharp cover of U2's "New Years Day," added as a bonus to the Japanese release of "Mosaic." Careful fans of "Grey's Anatomy" will recognize "12:59 Lullaby," from "Street Gospels," the tenderest of songs. Get your hands on this music and spread it. Your friends will thank you.

great album
another smart record from bedouin soundclash. they consistently write very catchy punk/ska/reggae influenced rock songs. they keep it simple and do it well. thank you canada.

Brilliant and different
I bought the first cd probbly mostly because of lyrical quality and still listen to it this day. However, it really wasn't one I could share with freinds without an apathetic result. In this cd they have truly come into thier own musically and I've spread them much further with better results.