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Boss Drum

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{{Infobox album

| name = Boss Drum

| type = studio

| artist = The Shamen

| cover = Shamen - Boss Drum CD album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1992|9|14|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/1jPGM6s.jpg|title=BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Shamen'|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=28 January 2016}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| length = 64:55

| label = One Little Indian

| producer = The Shamen

| prev_title = En-Tact

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Axis Mutatis

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Boss Drum

| type = studio

| single1 = LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)

| single1date = 6 July 1992

| single2 = Ebeneezer Goode

| single2date = 24 August 1992{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2003-2004-1|title=Shamen: Ebeneezer Goode|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214131431/https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2003-2004-1|archive-date=14 December 2022|access-date=14 December 2022}}

| single3 = Boss Drum

| single3date = 26 October 1992{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=24 October 1992}}

| single4 = Phorever People

| single4date = 7 December 1992{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/1jPGM6s.jpg|title=BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Shamen'|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=29 September 2022}}

| single5 = Re:Evolution

| single5date = 22 February 1993{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=20 February 1993}}

| single6 = Comin' On

| single6date = 25 October 1993{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=23 October 1993}}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/boss-drum-mw0000086687|title=Boss Drum - The Shamen | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=17 December 2021}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |first=Colin |last=Larkin |author-link=Colin Larkin |chapter=The Shamen |title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=shamen |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780857125958|via= Google Books}}

| rev3 = The Great Rock Discography

| rev3score = 8/10{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|author-link=Martin C. Strong|title=The Great Rock Discography|chapter=Shamen|date=2004|edition=7th|publisher=Canongate Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/1354/mode/1up 1353-1354]|isbn=1-84195-615-5}}

| rev4 = Melody Maker

| rev4score = favourable{{cite magazine|author=Push|title=Albums|work=Melody Maker|date=12 September 1992|page=43|access-date=20 February 2023|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52692363732/}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5score = 7/10{{cite magazine|first=Ebennezer|last=Dalton|magazine=NME|title=The Shamen: Boss Drum|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52703365680/|date=1992-09-19|access-date=2024-08-11}}

| rev6 = Philadelphia Inquirer

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|4}}Romero, Dennis (13 October 1992). "Piano Works Of Russian Composer". Philadelphia Inquirer.

| rev7 = Select

| rev7score = 4/5{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Harrison |url=http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2018/01/albums7.jpg |title=Reviews |work=Select |access-date=19 January 2018}}

| rev8 = Smash Hits

| rev8score = 4/5{{cite magazine|last=Sutherland|first=Mark|magazine=Smash Hits|title=The Shamen: Boss Drum|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/49390622516/|issue=361|date=1992-09-30|access-date=2024-08-11}}

}}

Boss Drum is the Shamen's 1992 album, released a year after the death of bassist Will Sinnott. It features their UK number one single "Ebeneezer Goode". Critics gave the album positive feedback and the album reached number three on the UK Albums Chart,{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26087/shamen/|title=Official Charts > The Shamen|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=28 January 2016}} and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in December 1992.

Critical reception

Dennis Romero from Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "Using the dry synthesizer sounds of techno, the chanting of rap, and the 120 beats-per-minute pace of "house" music, the group has, with this second album, pushed the technological edge further than Depeche Mode and Erasure ever have done. [...] While much popular music still promotes the protest values of the '60s counterculture, Boss Drum continues to profess the individualism and racial unity of today's youth. This carpe diem strain, found in "Phorever People" and "Space Time", for example, befit a twentysomething generation that internalizes values. Meanwhile, "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" is a catchy, soulful, house-paced jam that sounds chart-ready."

Track listing

=LP (TPLP42)=

  1. "Boss Drum" – 6:26
  2. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" – 3:43
  3. "Space Time" – 4:58
  4. "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
  5. "Ebeneezer Goode" (Band Mix) – 4:31
  6. "Comin' On" – 4:27
  7. "Phorever People" – 4:52
  8. "Fatman" – 5:39
  9. "Scientas" – 5:38
  10. "Re:Evolution" (featuring Terence McKenna) – 8:22

=Cassette (TPLP42C)=

  1. "Boss Drum" – 6:26
  2. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" – 3:43
  3. "Space Time" – 4:58
  4. "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
  5. "Ebeneezer Goode" (Beatmasters Mix) – 6:12
  6. "Comin' On" – 4:27
  7. "Phorever People" – 4:52
  8. "Fatman" – 5:39
  9. "Scientas" – 5:38
  10. "Re:Evolution" (featuring Terence McKenna) – 8:22

=CD (TPLP42CD)=

  1. "Boss Drum" – 6:26
  2. "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" – 3:43
  3. "Space Time" – 4:58
  4. "Librae Solidi Denari" – 5:26
  5. "Ebeneezer Goode" (Beatmasters Mix) – 6:16
  6. "Comin' On" – 4:27
  7. "Phorever People" – 4:52
  8. "Fatman" – 5:39
  9. "Scientas" – 5:38
  10. "Re:Evolution" (featuring Terence McKenna) – 8:22
  11. "Boss Dub" – 5:19
  12. "Phorever Dub" – 3:53

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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|+Weekly chart performance for Boss Drum

!scope="col"|Chart (1992–1993)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|35|artist=Shamen|album=Boss Drum|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}
{{album chart|Austria|28|artist=Shamen|album=Boss Drum|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|62|artist=Shamen|album=Boss Drum|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}
{{album chart|Germany4|72|artist=Shamen|album=Boss Drum|rowheader=true|albumid=9090|access-date=22 April 2022}}
{{album chart|Sweden|35|artist=Shamen|album=Boss Drum|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}
{{album chart|UK|3|artist=Shamen|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}

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=Year-end charts=

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|+1993 year-end chart performance for Boss Drum

! scope="col"| Chart (1993)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-01-15.pdf#page=39|title=Top 100 Albums 1993|work=Music Week|date=15 January 1994|p=25|access-date=22 April 2022}}

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References

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{{The Shamen}}

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Category:1992 albums

Category:The Shamen albums

Category:One Little Independent Records albums