Heavy Duty (album)
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| Heavy Duty | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 10, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Soca | |||
| Label | JW Productions | |||
| Producer | Machel Montano | |||
| Xtatik chronology | ||||
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Heavy Duty is an album released by popular Soca band Xtatik from Trinidad and Tobago in 1997.[1] The album was considered one of the most successful Soca albums at the time of its release.[2] In a 2004 interview, lead vocalist of the band Machel Montano claimed it was his favourite album of all time.[3]
The song Big Truck on the album won Trinidad's 1997 Annual Road March Competition for Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.[4]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
AllMusic gave the album a 4 out of 5 stars rating.[5]
Track listing
[edit]- "Intro"
- "Big Truck"
- "Follow Yuh Partner"
- "Winerboi"
- "Calypso Nice"
- "Tayee Tayee"
- "J'Ouvert Girls"
- "What They Say (They Say)"
- "Pretty Gyal"
- "No Carnival"
- "Crowded"
- "Music Farm"
- "Outro"
Vocals
[edit]- Machel Montano - Lead Vocalist
- Wayne Rodriguez - Vocalist
- Darryl Henry (Farmer Nappy) - Vocalist
- Vincent Rivers - Vocalist
- Winston Bailey - Vocalist
- Sean Caruth - Vocalist
- Samuel Jack - Vocalist
- Joseph Rivers - Vocalist
- Richard Felix - Vocalist
- Nicholas Antoine - Vocalist
- Errol Singh - Vocalist
Musicians
[edit]- Bass - Vincent Rivers, Joseph Rivers
- Trumpet - Nicholas Antoine
- Tenor Saxophone - Charles Dougherly
- Trombone - Kurt Francisco
References
[edit]- ^ Machel Montano Discography at Official Website
- ^ "T&T celebrities proud to say IZATRINI". Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Machel exposed - Q&A". Archived from the original on 2005-09-06. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Road Marches of Trinidad and Tobago". Archived from the original on 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ a b "Heavy Duty - Machel Montano". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
