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Onka's Big Monka (New Version) by The Enigma Ensemble Toploader (CD, 2000)

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Record Label
Sony Music Distribution (USA)
UPC
5099750202128
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23050170840

Product Key Features

Release Year
2000
Format
CD
Genre
Rock
Run Time
48 Mins 3 Seconds
Artist
The Enigma Ensemble, Toploader
Release Title
Onka's Big Monka (New Version)

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Distribution
MSI Music Distribution
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Number of Discs
1
Additional information
Toploader: Joseph Washbourn (vocals, piano, organ); Dan Hipgrave (acoustic & electric guitars); Julian Deane (guitar, background vocals); Matt Knight (bass); Rob Green (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Enigma Ensemble (strings); The Kickhorns (brass); Brett Findlay (percussion); Michael Rose, Nicholas Foster (programming). Producers: Dave Eringa, George Drakoulias, Tommy D, Rose, Toaster. Engineers: Dave Eringa, Alan Douglas, Richard "Flanman" Iowe. Toploader's ONKA'S BIG MONKA contains the songs "Let the People Know," "Breathe," and "Higher State," among others. The new version contains one bonus track. Personnel: Joseph Washbourne (vocals, piano, organ); Julian Deane (guitar, background vocals); Dan Hipgrave (acoustic guitar); The Kick Horns (brass); Matt Knight (bass guitar); Rob Green (drums, percussion); Brett Findlay (percussion). Audio Mixer: Dave Eringa. With its keyboard-driven, funk-tinged anthems, Toploader's first album references in equal measures of the honky-tonk of the Rolling Stones and the Faces, the soul of early Elton John, and the infectious funk of Stevie Wonder in the '70s. In fact, the entire album sounds as though it could have been recorded in that decade, and that's not a bad thing. Joseph Washbourne's keyboards take center stage throughout the album, while his gravelly vocals, by turns joyful and melancholy, are well-suited to the band's brand of dance-oriented rock. The rhythm section establishes a solid groove, the guitars wail and soar, and the keyboards act as the guide and foundation. "Let the People Know," an exceptionally catchy dance track in the style of Jamiroquai, features a string section on loan from the Bee Gees; "Achilles Heel" rolls along tunefully, the intensity building until the song ends in a chaotic wall of noise. "Dancing in the Moonlight" is another album standout, a laid-back party anthem that could have been recorded by Rod Stewart when he still had a rooster-cut. All in all, Onka's Big Monka is a supremely enjoyable record, an album that evokes some of the best musical trends of the 1970s and blends them all together admirably. ~ Brandon Gentry
Number of Audio Channels
Stereo

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