Alternately Deep

Alternately Deep is the fifth studio album of original material by Roots Manuva. It was released on 13 March 2006 on the Big Dada label.[4]

Alternately Deep
Studio album by
Roots Manuva
Released13 March 2006
GenreHip-hop
LabelBig Dada
ProducerRoots Manuva (Hylton Smythe), Steve Dub, The Easy Access Orchestra, Jammer, Wayne Bennett, Colossus
Roots Manuva chronology
Back To Mine: Roots Manuva
(2005)		 Alternately Deep
(2006)		 Slime & Reason
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
musicOMH[2]
Okayplayer[3]

The album contains twelve tracks recorded during the sessions for his last studio album, Awfully Deep, including a remix of "Colossal Insight" and the track "Double Drat", which was previously only available via Roots Manuva's website. It features guest production from Colossus (King Kooba's Charlie Tate; Grown Man being an alternate version of Colossus' own released track You A Grown Man Now), Easy Access Orchestra, Lotek and Ricky Rankin. The song "No Love" is featured in two videogames: Need for Speed: Carbon and Test Drive Unlimited.

The album received generally positive reviews. Allmusic's John Bush praised the "digital distortion and bizarre, ringing tones" of the album's production, saying it "could well be a more satisfying listen" than Awfully Deep owing to its more relaxed and uncomplicated atmosphere.[5]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."No Love"Rodney SmithSteve Dub3:53
2."Seat Yourself (Miami mix)"R. McKenzie, SmithSteve Dub4:00
3."Double Drat"SmithSteve Dub3:40
4."Nobody's Dancing"Lamb, Ross, SmithThe Easy Access Orchestra3:58
5."Things We Do"Lamb, Ross, SmithSteve Dub3:17
6."Check It"SmithSteve Dub4:15
7."Get U High"SmithSteve Dub3:24
8."Colossal Insight (Jammer Remix & Revox)"SmithJammer3:08
9."Mean Street"SmithSteve Dub5:07
10."Pep My Game"SmithHylton Smythe2:52
11."This World Is Mine (Plan B Studio Version)"Bennett, SmithLotek4:15
12."Grown Man"Smith, TateColossus4:01

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. musicOMH.com review
  3. Okayplayer review
  4. "Big Dada Roots Manuva - Alternately Deep". Big Dada website. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  5. Bush, John. "( Alternately Deep > Overview )". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-12-10.



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