The Signal (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Signal
Type = Album
Artist = Urthboy


Released = 2007
Recorded = Sound Heaven Studios, The Container
Genre = Australian hip hop
Length = 56.3 mins
Label = Elefant Traks
Producer = Urthboy, El Gusto, Count Bounce
Reviews =
*Rapreviews rating-10|9 [http://rapreviews.com/archive/2007_06_thesignal.html link]
Last album = "Distant Sense Of Random Menace" (2004)
This album = "The Signal" (2007)
Next album =

"The Signal" is the second album from The Herd member Urthboy and was released on the 14th of July 2007. cite web|url=http://www.elefanttraks.com/chooser.cfm?view=releases&releaseId=53 |title=Elefant Traks releases: Urthboy - The Signal |publisher=Elefant Traks |accessdate=2008-04-30] The album features production from Australian artists El Gusto of Hermitude fame and Count Bounce from TZU. It also features collaborations from several prominent Australian MCs and Musicians. The album was released on CD and double vinyl.

Overview

The album was selected as a feature record on Triple J, Groove FM (Perth), PBS and received significant airplay on FBi Radio, 4ZZZ and other community radio stations across Australia.

"The Signal" was nominated for the 2007 AIR Charts Awards [cite web |url=http://air.org.au/index.php?cID=2108&menuID=504&apply=&PHPSESSID=&menubox=&siblingID= |title=2007 AIR Chart Award nominees |publisher=AIR |accessdate=2008-04-30] and in November, 2007 was nominated for Triple J's J Award.cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jaward/the_signal.htm 2007 |title=J Award nominee 'The Signal' |publisher=Triple J |accessdate=2008-04-30] . In receiving the nomination Levinson stated:

'I'm terribly pleased to be nominated for the 2007 J Award and I didn't expect it at all - so that's especially cool. Triple J are still the strongest source of consistent radio support for independent music in Australia alongside community radio. Triple J's influence is felt throughout this big country and we're indebted to the passion of the people at the station.

The first single from the album was "We Get Around", which was released together with a video made by Broken Yellow (directed by Brendan Doyle and producer by Navid Bahadori). cite web |url=http://www.brokenyellow.com/urthboy_02.html |title=Broken Yellow Music Videos |accessdate=2008-04-30 ] Broken Yellow were also the production company behind The Herd's video "I Was Only Nineteen". "We Get Around" received significant airplay on Triple J [cite web |url=http://www.jplay.com.au/JSite/ViewSong.aspx?SongID=9034 |title=J Play : We Get Around (Urthboy)| publisher:J Play |accessdate=2008-04-30 ] and reached #25 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2007. [cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/ |title=Triple J Hottest 100 2007 |publisher=Triple J |accessdate=2008-04-30]

Track listing

All tracks written by (Tim Levinson and P. Norman) unless otherwise indicated.cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |accessdate=2008-04-30 ]
# "The Signal" - 3:53
# "Nothing I'd Rather Do" (featuring Hau and Muph) (T. Levinson, A. Stuart, L. Dubber, H. Latukefu, D. Young) - 3:51
# "To The Bank" - 4:02
# "We Get Around" (T. Levinson, A. Stuart) - 3:50
# "The Clocks" (featuring Mark Pearl) - 6:03
# "I Forgot To Say - 4:18
# "Over Before It Began" (featuring Mia Dyson) (T. Levinson, P. Norman, M. Dyson) - 3:52
# "The Wrong One" (featuring Ozi Batla and The Tongue) (T. Levinson, A. Stuart, S. Kennedy, X. Shirley) - 4:53
# "Black Dog" - 3:39
# "Hold Court" (featuring Radical Son (T. Levinson, A. Stuart) - 3:51
# "Modern Day Folk" - 4:42
# "Megaphone Stallone" (T. Levinson, A. Stuart) - 4:56
# "No Other" (featuring Mark Pearl) - 4:33
# "Lightbulbs" (iTunes Music Store bonus track)

Guest Artists

*Hau from Koolism, MC on "Nothing I'd Rather Do"
*Muph from Muph & Plutonic, MC on "Nothing I'd Rather Do"
*Mark Pearl, vocals on "The Clocks" and "No Other"
*Mia Dyson, vocals on "Over Before It Began"
*Ozi Batla from The Herd, MC on "The Wrong One"
*The Tongue, MC on "The Wrong One"
*Radical Son, vocals on "Hold Court"

References