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Westbound Train
Transitions (Dig)
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Transitions
2. Please Forgive Me
3. Good Enough
4. For The First Time
5. The Test
6. Sorry Mama
7. I'm No Different
8. Gone
9. The Runaround
10. Seven Ways To Sunday
11. Soul Revival
12. Transition 2
13. I Feel Fine
14. Fatty Boom Boom!
15. When I Die
16. Travel On

CD Details

All Artists: Westbound Train
Title: Transitions (Dig)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hellcat Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 9/26/2006
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, Ska, Reggae
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 045778048724, 8714092048728, 871409204872

Synopsis

Album Description

This 2006 Hellcat debut from Boston's acclaimed ska septet places the band on a growing list of "new traditionalists", bands like the Aggrolites and the Slackers that bridge the gap between 60's reggae, soul, and blues and modern approaches, with touches of jazz and country. While sharing the stage with heavy hitters like The Toasters, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Street Dogs, Reel Big Fish, and The Skatalites, Westbound Train have forged their own sound, where highly danceable ska arrangements and rock steady beats are in ample supply.

CD Reviews

Superb in every way

Mark B. Cooprider | 01/10/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wow. I've been waiting for this album for a while now, and I was not disappointed. Boston's soulful ska/reggae band delivers an amazing performance. Musically, it is much fuller sounding than their previous albums, with a tight rhythm section and awesome background. You can definitely see their growth as musicians in the higher complexity and skill of the horn players and more experimentation on the keyboards. Using his amazing, soulful voice, frontman Obi Fernandez gets deeper with his spiritual insightful and probing lyrics. This is an all around amazing album-buy it. Heck, buy it new and support some awesome guys that play amazing music."

A terriffic old-school ska and rock steady record

Geoffrey Dunkak | durham, nc | 01/11/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"So I saw these guys as the opener for Dave Wakeling's English Beat when they rolled through the Cat's Cradle last year. Now, as a father of three kids it costs my wife and I ten bucks and hour just to walk out the door, so we usually blow off the warm-up, but the song on their myspace was decent and I like the ska, rock steady sounds. They come out and look like the Bowery Boys from the old 40's movies- newsboy hats, pork pies and such and were nervous as heck. They won the crowd over after their first song and it was a great set. They were on the 3rd date of the tour and had already sold out their CDs, so I picked this one up on Amazon. It is a great record. The problem with most ska acts is the songs start to all sound the same, but these guys mixed it up plenty. Nice horns, solid vocals, some decent song writing-it's a winner. This is good ska and rocksteady, it's not punked up like the Bosstones, it's old school like Studio One, Clancy Eccles, and the vintage bluebeat years. Buy it.

PS come back soon guys and we'll pay the sitter whatever it takes!"