Dancehall Places


Dancehall Places is the second studio album by English electronic dance music duo Mint Royale, which was released on 28 October 2002 on Faith & Hope.

Reception

's Collective gave solid approval to the album, commenting, "Dancehall Places is filled with 'paaarty toons' which put you in a dancing mood even if they are a bit cheesy." They also noted the greater "depth and intelligence" of the slower songs.

In popular culture

The song "Show Me" was included in the US version of Mint Royale's debut album On the Ropes and was featured in the National Lampoon produced film Van Wilder,. The track samples the song "Sesiya Hamba" from the 1974 musical Ipi Tombi.
The music video for "Blue Song" was directed by Edgar Wright, Wright would use the same concept from the music video for his 2017 film Baby Driver.

Track listing

All songs were written by Chris Baker and Neil Claxton, except where noted.
  1. "Blue Song" – 4:16
  2. "Sexiest Man in Jamaica" featuring Prince Buster – 3:26
  3. "Anything" – 4:34
  4. "Floor Basics" featuring Gail Hebson – 3:54
  5. "Dancehall Places" featuring Damien Jurado – 3:53
  6. "Miles and Miles" featuring Gail Hebson – 4:25
  7. "Princess" featuring Robbie Roberts and Gail Hebson – 4:28
  8. "Show Me" featuring Posdnuos – 4:01
  9. "54" – 4:39
  10. "I Don't Know" featuring Gail Hebson – 5:14
  11. "Always Welcome" – 3:37

    Personnel

Mint Royale

  • Neil Claxton – producer, mixing, keyboards, programming
  • Chris Baker – producer, keyboards, engineering, bass

    Other musicians

  • Laurie Jenkins – drums
  • Victor Smalls – percussion
  • Steven Wren – vocals
  • Prince Buster – vocals
  • Pos – raps
  • Robbie Roberts – vocals
  • Gail Hebson – vocals, backing vocals
  • Damien Jurado – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jez Williams – guitars

    Other personnel

  • Steve Dub – mixing
  • Greg Fleming – assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Tasha Michaels – artwork
  • Unit9 – artwork, layout design