Album: The Globe

Song Title

Time

Rush

Can't Wait/Live

I Don't Know

Globe, The

Innocent Child

Green Grass

Kool-Aid

In My Dreams

When the Time Comes

10)

Tea Party, The

Album: The Globe

Song Title

Time

Rush

Can't Wait/Live

I Don't Know

Globe, The

Innocent Child

Green Grass

Kool-Aid

In My Dreams

When the Time Comes

10)

Tea Party, The

Performer Notes

Big Audio Dynamite II: Mick Jones, Nick Hawkins (guitar, vocals); Gary Stonadge (bass, vocals); Chris Kavanaugh (drums, vocals).
Recorded at Sputnick Studio, The Center For Aural Arousement, and live at Alexandria Palace, London, England.
Personnel: Mick Jones , Nick Hawkins (vocals, guitar); Chris Kavanagh (vocals, drums); Gary Stonadge (vocals).
Recording information: London Alexandra Palace; Paradiso, Amsterdam [live].
Borrowing from the sound that his former group flirted with on COMBAT ROCK, as well as the innovations of Manchester-based, dance-inclined acts Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses, ex-Clash member Mick Jones assembled a new version of Big Audio Dynamite to create THE GLOBE. (The original incarnation of B.A.D. disbanded in 1989.) The mix of stylistic elements and new personnel proved fruitful--the album was a success both artistically and commercially, with the single "Rush" becoming an American Top 40 hit. Samples, dance beats, rock guitar, sound collage, and Jones's keen ear for hooks all come together here.
The clubby "I Don't Know" riffs on rave beats, "Green Grass" sounds like garage psychedelia, and Queen-like operatics prevail on "The Tea Party," but the whole is passed through a sophisticated filter of electronic flourishes and postmodern rock. It's also fun to play "spot the sample" here--Phil Collins's "In the Air Tonight" surfaces on "Innocent Child," and the Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" percolates through the title track (which also recalls hip-hop's song structures and chant-along choruses). Perhaps the most consistent and rewarding album of Jones's post-Clash career, THE GLOBE is smart, fun, and--yes--danceable.

Professional Reviews

Spin (7/91) - Highly Recommended - "...[Mick] Jones' best work since BAD's debut...very strong and straightforward..."

Q (9/91) - 3 Stars - Good - "...BAD II have taken new technology and redefined the process of putting an album together....A triumph against all odds..."