Late for the Future
{{Infobox album
| name = Late for the Future
| type = Studio Album
| artist = Galactic
| cover = Galactic-LateforFuture.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 4, 2000
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz funk, jam band, jazz fusion, New Orleans
| length = 55:02
| label = Capricorn (2000){{cite book|title=Galactic: Late for the Future|date=2000|publisher=Capricorn Records}}
Zomba (2001)
| producer = Nick Sansano
| prev_title = Crazyhorse Mongoose
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = We Love 'Em Tonight: Live at Tipitina's
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/late-for-the-future-mw0000606106|title=Late for the Future - Galactic | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=662}}
}}
Late for the Future is the third studio album by the band Galactic, released in 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/galactic-mn0000191983/biography|title=Galactic | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16269876|title=Galactic, Recorded Live in Concert|website=NPR.org}}
The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/galactic/chart-history/jcr/|title=Galactic: Late for the Future (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)|publisher=Billboard|website=billboard.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/galactic/chart-history/jlp/|title=Galactic: Late for the Future (Top Jazz Albums)|publisher=Billboard|website=billboard.com}}
Production
The album was recorded at Kingsway Studios, in New Orleans, and was produced by Nick Sansano.{{Cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2000/03/31/galactic/|title=Sharps & Flats|date=March 31, 2000|website=Salon}}
Critical reception
Exclaim! wrote that the band "revitalise funk with such passionate playing that they invoke the genre's classic glory days of yesteryear."{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/galactic-late_for_future|title=Galactic Late For The Future|website=exclaim.ca}} CMJ New Music Report deemed the album "addictive swamp funk and soul."{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vusrJlufwwwC&pg=PA26|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=April 3, 2000|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}} Bass Player thought that "Galactic's New Orleans R&B sound has grown tougher—they're elbowing through a crowd rather than ambling down the street."{{cite journal |last1=Johnston |first1=Richard |title=Galactic: Late for the Future |journal=Bass Player |date=Apr 2000 |volume=11 |issue=4 |page=70}}
Track listing
- "Black Eyed Pea" – 3:46
- "Baker's Dozen" – 4:18
- "Thrill" – 3:28
- "Century City" – 4:54
- "Jeffe 2000" – 0:58
- "Doublewide" – 4:54
- "Running Man" – 4:12
- "Vilified" – 3:03
- "As Big as Your Face" – 6:23
- "Hit the Wall" – 6:05
- "Action Speaks Louder Than Words" – 3:33
- "Bobski 2000" – 1:41
- "Two Clowns" – 6:17
- "Untitled" – 1:29
Personnel
:Theryl DeClouet - vocals (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8, 11)
:Ben Ellman - tenor/baritone saxophone, harmonica
:Robert Mercurio - bass, vocals, photography
:Stanton Moore - drums, loops
:Richard Vogel - keyboards
:Jeff Raines - guitar
Nick Sansano - producer, editing, mixing
Tom Coyne - mastering
Theresa Anderson - vocals
Jay Blakesberg - photography
Eugene Jackson - vocals (background)
David Lefkowitz - management
Roger Lewis - soprano/baritone saxophone
Brandon Lively - art direction, design
Danny Madorsky - assistant
Harvie S. - A&R
Donald Sylvester - vocals (background)
Sullivan Wallace - vocals (background)
Scott Williams - cover design
References
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