{"product_id":"ordinary-day-in-unusual-place","title":"Ordinary Day in Unusual Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Us3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 10-09-2002\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca      An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place may have a tough act to follow in Us3's massive 1993 hit Hand on the Torch, but Geoff Wilkinson's two new vocal recruits add at least one new dimension to the group's music. An Ordinary Day also places additional emphasis on real-time playing, relying less on the samples which poweredUs3's earlier work. At the beginning there are fun tracks exploring personal politics, before the scope gradually widens to tackle grim social issues. The fun section strikes hard with \"Get Out\", Alison Crockett emoting on the Shirley Bassey scale, swiftly chased by \"You Can't Hold Me Down\", where fellow New Yorker Michelob raps lubriciously over inspired Indo-Latino fusion. Crockett's back again for the equally arresting \"Let My Dreams Come True\", banging piano chords leading a horn-exploding salsa sprint. Michelob takes a minimalist rap lope with \"India\" and \"Dead End Street\", really devouring the rhyming meat by the time he get! s to \"World No More\". Meanwhile, Crockett makes \"Sittin' on My Park Bench\" sound like Prince's \"Sign O' the Times\", then criss-crosses lines over a lunging bass on \"Pay Attention\", which is surely a contender for single release. --Martin Longley      Product Description      Shorter samples, stronger tunes, a label change and a more concentrated emphasis on songwriting all characterizethe newest band project. Includes vocals by Alison Crockett (of King Britt) with a socio-polical theme running throughout all songs. No USA release date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 044001483226\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0044001483226\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42973508829443,"sku":"67-I4I4-8DZ7","price":14.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/products\/511nH3V9yTL.jpg?v=1656256972","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/products\/ordinary-day-in-unusual-place","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}