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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Boss Drum
| name = Boss Drum
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| cover = Shamen - Boss Drum CD album cover.jpg
| cover = Shamen - Boss Drum CD album cover.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = 14 September 1992<ref name=bpi>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/1jPGM6s.jpg|title=BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Shamen'|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|accessdate=2016-01-28}}</ref>
| released = {{start date|1992|9|14|df=y}}<ref name=bpi>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/1jPGM6s.jpg|title=BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Shamen'|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=28 January 2016}}</ref>
| recorded = 1991-1992
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 64:55
| length = 64:55
| label = [[One Little Indian]]
| label = [[One Little Indian]]
| producer =
| producer = The Shamen
| prev_title = [[En-Tact]]
| prev_title = [[En-Tact]]
| prev_year = 1990
| prev_year = 1990
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| type = studio
| type = studio
| single1 = [[LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)]]
| single1 = [[LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)]]
| single1date = 1992
| single1date = 6 July 1992
| single2 = [[Ebeneezer Goode]]
| single2 = [[Ebeneezer Goode]]
| single2date = 24 August 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2003-2004-1|title=Shamen: Ebeneezer Goode|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214131431/https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2003-2004-1|archive-date=14 December 2022|access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
| single2date = 1992
| single3 = Boss Drum
| single3 = Boss Drum
| single3date = 26 October 1992<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=21|date=24 October 1992}}</ref>
| single3date = 1992
| single4 = [[Phorever People]]
| single4 = [[Phorever People]]
| single4date = 7 December 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/1jPGM6s.jpg|title=BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Shamen'|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref>
| single4date = 1992
| single5 = Comin' On
| single5 = Re:Evolution
| single5date = 22 February 1993<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=20 February 1993}}</ref>
| single5date = 1993
| single6 = Re:Evolution
| single6 = Comin' On
| single6date = 25 October 1993<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=23 October 1993}}</ref>
| single6date = 1993
}}
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r58493|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/boss-drum-mw0000086687|title=Boss Drum - The Shamen &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |first=Colin |last=Larkin |author-link=Colin Larkin |chapter=The Shamen |title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=shamen |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=9780857125958|via= Google Books}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Great Rock Discography]]''
| rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|author-link=Martin C. Strong|title=[[The Great Rock Discography]]|chapter=Shamen|date=2004|edition=7th|publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/1354/mode/1up 1353-1354]|isbn=1-84195-615-5}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Melody Maker]]''
| rev4score = favourable<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Push|title=Albums|work=[[Melody Maker]]|date=12 September 1992|page=43|access-date=20 February 2023|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52692363732/}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Ebennezer|last=Dalton|magazine=[[NME]]|title=The Shamen: Boss Drum|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52703365680/|date=1992-09-19|access-date=2024-08-11}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="philadelphiainquirer">Romero, Dennis (13 October 1992). "Piano Works Of Russian Composer". ''[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]''.</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev7score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Harrison |url=http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2018/01/albums7.jpg |title=Reviews |work=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
| rev8score = 4/5<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sutherland|first=Mark|magazine=[[Smash Hits]]|title=The Shamen: Boss Drum|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/49390622516/|issue=361|date=1992-09-30|access-date=2024-08-11}}</ref>
}}
}}
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'''''Boss Drum''''' is [[the Shamen]]'s 1992 album which features their hit UK number one single "[[Ebeneezer Goode]]". Critics gave the album positive feedback, despite the death of the member Will Sinnott, who was known to have helped Colin Angus (as well as Richard West, joining the band in 1990) transform the Shamen into a popular rave act. The album reached number 3 on the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26087/shamen/|title=Official Charts > The Shamen|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=2016-01-28}}</ref> and was certified platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] in December 1992.<ref name=bpi/>


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'''''Boss Drum''''' is [[the Shamen]]'s 1992 album, released a year after the death of bassist Will Sinnott. It features their UK number one single "[[Ebeneezer Goode]]". Critics gave the album positive feedback and the album reached number three on the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26087/shamen/|title=Official Charts > The Shamen|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=28 January 2016}}</ref> and was certified platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] in December 1992.<ref name=bpi/>
Whilst "Boss Drum" is generally classified as a [[dance]] album, it actually transcends, multiple genres, including [[Ambient music|ambient]] and is also influenced by [[Rock music|rock]], [[prog rock]] ("Scientas" features guitar melodies similar to [[U2]]'s [[The Edge]] and his picking style and later on in the track [[Steven Wilson]] of [[Porcupine Tree]]. [[Classical music|Classical]], [[spoken word]] and [[new age]] philosophy are also key elements. The track "Re-Evolution" for example is an ambient dance song, with spoken word.


==Track listing==
==Critical reception==
Dennis Romero from ''[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' wrote, "Using the dry synthesizer sounds of [[techno]], the chanting of rap, and the 120 beats-per-minute pace of "[[House music|house]]" music, the group has, with this second album, pushed the technological edge further than [[Depeche Mode]] and [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] ever have done. [...] While much popular music still promotes the protest values of the '60s counterculture, ''Boss Drum'' continues to profess the individualism and racial unity of today's youth. This carpe diem strain, found in "[[Phorever People]]" and "Space Time", for example, befit a twentysomething generation that internalizes values. Meanwhile, "[[LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)]]" is a catchy, soulful, house-paced jam that sounds chart-ready."<ref name="philadelphiainquirer"/>


==Track listing==
===LP (TPLP42)===
===LP (TPLP42)===
# "Boss Drum" – 6:26
# "Boss Drum" – 6:26
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# "Space Time" – 4:58
# "Space Time" – 4:58
# "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
# "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
# "[[Ebeneezer Goode]]" (Band Mix) – 4.31
# "[[Ebeneezer Goode]]" (Band Mix) – 4:31
# "Comin' On" – 4:27
# "Comin' On" – 4:27
# "[[Phorever People]]" – 4:52
# "[[Phorever People]]" – 4:52
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# "Space Time" – 4:58
# "Space Time" – 4:58
# "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
# "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
# "[[Ebeneezer Goode]]" (Beatmasters Mix) – 6.12
# "[[Ebeneezer Goode]]" (Beatmasters Mix) – 6:12
# "Comin' On" – 4:27
# "Comin' On" – 4:27
# "[[Phorever People]]" – 4:52
# "[[Phorever People]]" – 4:52
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# "Boss Dub" – 5:19
# "Boss Dub" – 5:19
# "Phorever Dub" – 3:53
# "Phorever Dub" – 3:53

==Charts==
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{{col-2}}
===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Boss Drum''
!scope="col"|Chart (1992–1993)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|35|artist=Shamen|album=Boss Drum|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|28|artist=Shamen|album=Boss Drum|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|62|artist=Shamen|album=Boss Drum|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|72|artist=Shamen|album=Boss Drum|rowheader=true|albumid=9090|access-date=22 April 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|35|artist=Shamen|album=Boss Drum|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|3|artist=Shamen|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+1993 year-end chart performance for ''Boss Drum''
! scope="col"| Chart (1993)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-01-15.pdf#page=39|title=Top 100 Albums 1993|work=[[Music Week]]|date=15 January 1994|p=25|access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref>
| 62
|}
{{col-end}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 12:05, 21 September 2024

Boss Drum
Studio album by
The Shamen
Released14 September 1992 (1992-09-14)[1]
Length64:55
LabelOne Little Indian
ProducerThe Shamen
The Shamen chronology
En-Tact
(1990) 		Boss Drum
(1992) 		Axis Mutatis
(1995)
Singles from Boss Drum
  1. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)"
    Released: 6 July 1992
  2. "Ebeneezer Goode"
    Released: 24 August 1992[2]
  3. "Boss Drum"
    Released: 26 October 1992[3]
  4. "Phorever People"
    Released: 7 December 1992[4]
  5. "Re:Evolution"
    Released: 22 February 1993[5]
  6. "Comin' On"
    Released: 25 October 1993[6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[8]
The Great Rock Discography8/10[9]
Melody Makerfavourable[10]
NME7/10[11]
Philadelphia Inquirer[12]
Select4/5[13]
Smash Hits4/5[14]

Boss Drum is the Shamen's 1992 album, released a year after the death of bassist Will Sinnott. It features their UK number one single "Ebeneezer Goode". Critics gave the album positive feedback and the album reached number three on the UK Albums Chart,[15] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in December 1992.[1]

Critical reception

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Dennis Romero from Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "Using the dry synthesizer sounds of techno, the chanting of rap, and the 120 beats-per-minute pace of "house" music, the group has, with this second album, pushed the technological edge further than Depeche Mode and Erasure ever have done. [...] While much popular music still promotes the protest values of the '60s counterculture, Boss Drum continues to profess the individualism and racial unity of today's youth. This carpe diem strain, found in "Phorever People" and "Space Time", for example, befit a twentysomething generation that internalizes values. Meanwhile, "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" is a catchy, soulful, house-paced jam that sounds chart-ready."[12]

Track listing

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LP (TPLP42)

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  1. "Boss Drum" – 6:26
  2. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" – 3:43
  3. "Space Time" – 4:58
  4. "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
  5. "Ebeneezer Goode" (Band Mix) – 4:31
  6. "Comin' On" – 4:27
  7. "Phorever People" – 4:52
  8. "Fatman" – 5:39
  9. "Scientas" – 5:38
  10. "Re:Evolution" (featuring Terence McKenna) – 8:22

Cassette (TPLP42C)

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  1. "Boss Drum" – 6:26
  2. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" – 3:43
  3. "Space Time" – 4:58
  4. "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
  5. "Ebeneezer Goode" (Beatmasters Mix) – 6:12
  6. "Comin' On" – 4:27
  7. "Phorever People" – 4:52
  8. "Fatman" – 5:39
  9. "Scientas" – 5:38
  10. "Re:Evolution" (featuring Terence McKenna) – 8:22

CD (TPLP42CD)

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  1. "Boss Drum" – 6:26
  2. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" – 3:43
  3. "Space Time" – 4:58
  4. "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
  5. "Ebeneezer Goode" (Beatmasters Mix) – 6:16
  6. "Comin' On" – 4:27
  7. "Phorever People" – 4:52
  8. "Fatman" – 5:39
  9. "Scientas" – 5:38
  10. "Re:Evolution" (featuring Terence McKenna) – 8:22
  11. "Boss Dub" – 5:19
  12. "Phorever Dub" – 3:53

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ a b "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Shamen'". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Shamen: Ebeneezer Goode". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 24 October 1992. p. 21.
  4. ^ "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Shamen'". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  5. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 20 February 1993. p. 21.
  6. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 23 October 1993. p. 21.
  7. ^ "Boss Drum - The Shamen | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "The Shamen". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). "Shamen". The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate Books. p. 1353-1354. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
  10. ^ Push (12 September 1992). "Albums". Melody Maker. p. 43. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  11. ^ Dalton, Ebennezer (19 September 1992). "The Shamen: Boss Drum". NME. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  12. ^ a b Romero, Dennis (13 October 1992). "Piano Works Of Russian Composer". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  13. ^ Harrison, Andrew. "Reviews". Select. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  14. ^ Sutherland, Mark (30 September 1992). "The Shamen: Boss Drum". Smash Hits. No. 361. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Official Charts > The Shamen". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Shamen – Boss Drum". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Shamen – Boss Drum" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Shamen – Boss Drum" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Shamen – Boss Drum" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Shamen – Boss Drum". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Shamen | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  22. ^ "Top 100 Albums 1993" (PDF). Music Week. 15 January 1994. p. 25. Retrieved 22 April 2022.


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