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Community Music
Studio album by Asian Dub Foundation
Released	20 March 2000 (2000-03-20)
Length	69:57
Label	FFRR London
Producer	Asian Dub Foundation Louis Beckett Bobby Marshall
Asian Dub Foundation chronology
Conscious Party (1998) Community Music (2000) Frontline 1993–1997: Rarities and Remixes (2001)
Singles from Community Music
"Real Great Britain" Released: 2000 "New Way, New Life" Released: 2000

Community Music is a 2000 studio album by Asian Dub Foundation. It peaked at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart. It features vocal contributions from Benjamin Zephaniah, Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Assata Shakur.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
NME	10/10
Pitchfork	8.7/10
Q
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Select	4/5

Chris Grimshaw of AllMusic commented that "Community Music should be in every thinking person's collection, directly between the Clash and Public Enemy." Nick Mirov of Pitchfork wrote, "Community Music is incredibly ambitious, and amazingly, it delivers everything it promises and then some."

NME listed it as the 39th best album of 2000.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, except where noted

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Asian Dub Foundation

• Deedar – vocals, programming
• Chandrasonic – vocals, guitar, programming
• Dr. Das – vocals, bass guitar, programming
• Pandit G – vocals, sampler, turntables
• Sun-J – synthesizer, effects

Additional musicians

• Jim Hunt – saxophone (1, 4)
• Nichol Thomson – trombone (1, 4)
• Duncan Mackay – trumpet (1, 4)
• Paul Chivers – percussion (3)
• Catalisa – vocals (4, 11)
• Johnny Kalsi – percussion (4, 7, 10)
• Benjamin Zephaniah – vocals (5)
• Helen MacDonald – vocals (6)
• Louis Beckett – keyboards (6)
• Ambalavaner Sivanandan – vocals (8)
• Sangeeta Sharma – vocals (8)
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – vocals (9)
• Louis Beckett – guitar (10)
• Assata Shakur – vocals (13)

Charts

References

1. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
2. Bidaye, Prasad (1 May 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: The Community of Sound". Exclaim!. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
3. ^ Grimshaw, Chris. "Community Music – Asian Dub Foundation". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
4. Morton, Roger (14 March 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music". NME. Archived from the original on 3 June 2000. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
5. ^ Mirov, Nick (20 March 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: Community Music". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
6. Scott, Danny (April 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: Community Music". Q (163). Archived from the original on 21 November 2000. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
7. Sisario, Ben (2004). "Asian Dub Foundation". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
8. Harrison, Ian (April 2000). "Asian Dub Foundation: Community Music". Select (118): 91.
9. "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 2000". NME. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
10. "Lescharts.com – Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

External links

• Community Music at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2000 albums
• Asian Dub Foundation albums
• FFRR Records albums
• London Records albums