Trading with the Enemy

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Trading with the Enemy
Studio album by
Tuatara
ReleasedJune 23, 1998 (1998-06-23)
Recorded1998
GenreWorld music
LabelEpic[1]
ProducerBarrett Martin, Justin Harwood[2]
Tuatara chronology
Breaking the Ethers
(1997) 		Trading with the Enemy
(1998) 		Cinemathique
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Windsor Star[4]

Trading with the Enemy is the second album by the collaborative band Tuatara, released in 1998.[5][6] Steve Berlin and Scott McCaughey were among the new musicians who contributed to the album.[7]

Critical reception

Guitar Player noted that "traces of jazz, afro-pop, and the Starsky & Hutch theme seep through the layers of guitars, saxophones, and vibraphones."[8] The Windsor Star praised the "Ventures-influenced surf tune ('Afterburner'), a funky tribute to deceased Nigerian musician/activist Fela Kuti ('Fela the Conqueror') and an idyllic folk tune that is propelled by Buck's mandolin ('Angel and the Ass')."[4]

Track listing

  1. "The Streets of New Delhi" (Justin Harwood and Barrett Martin) - 5:05
  2. "Smuggler's Cove" (Martin, Skerik, and Mike Stone) - 5:42
  3. "Night in the Emerald City" (Harwood and Martin) - 7:32
  4. "The Bender" (Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 5:13
  5. "Negotiation" (Steve Berlin, Peter Buck, Harwood, Martin, Scott McCaughey, Skerik, and Stone) - 3:21
  6. "Fela the Conqueror" (Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 6:11
  7. "Wormwood" (Berlin, Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 5:34
  8. "Koto Song (The Old Shinjuku Trail)" (Berlin, Martin, and McCaughey) - 6:34
  9. "L' Espionnage Pomme de Terre Buck" (Buck, Harwood, Martin, McCaughey, and Skerik) - 6:26
  10. "Angel and the Ass" (Buck, Harwood, and Martin) - 3:14
  11. "P.C.H." (Buck, Harwood, and Martin) - 3:24
  12. "Afterburner" (Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 7:49

Personnel

In movies

  • Tracks "The Bender" and "Afterburner" were used in 2001 Polish comedy-action film "Bulgarski Pościkk" directed by Bartosz Walaszek.

References

  1. ^ "Tuatara". NPR.
  2. ^ Rosen, Craig (Apr 25, 1998). "Tuatara expands instrumental reach". Billboard. 110 (17): 14.
  3. ^ "Trading With the Enemy - Tuatara | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ a b Keene, Darrin (9 July 1998). "CD REVIEWS". Windsor Star. p. C9.
  5. ^ "Tuatara Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Kaufman, Gil. "Tuatara Catch The Potato Spy". MTV News.[dead link‍]
  7. ^ Renzhoffer, Martin (20 Sep 1998). "Tuatara, a band just for the sound of it". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. D1.
  8. ^ Levy, Adam (Jun 1998). "Tuatara". Guitar Player. 32 (6): 140–141.



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