Beastie Boys - Check Your HeadCheck Your Head brought the Beastie Boys crashing back into the charts and into public consciousness, but that was only partially due to the album itself much of its initial success was due to the cult audience that Paul's Boutique cultivated in the years since its initial flop release, a group of fans whose minds were so thoroughly blown by that record, they couldn't wait to see what came next, and this helped the record debut in the Top Ten upon its

it does have more melodic

Tracks from the various strands and origins of soul music are on show here ‰ÛÒ obscurities and rarities as well as songs from singers who didn‰۪t get famous in the 1960s but whose names reverberate around Europe‰۪s dance venues today

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Artwork was central to 2 Tone Records and with the assistance of Horace Panter and graphic designer John "Teflon" Sims

Kid Creole And The Coconuts and Parisian hip-hoppers Saian Supa Crew are easily identifiable

There's that sound again

the album tends to a sort of euphoria

San Francisco's Doomed

'Cut With the Cake Knife' hints at a darkness beneath the gloss

a mix of live and studio recordings (following Burnt Weeny Sandwich)

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The resulting album is one that only Jones