Heavy Duty (Xtatik)
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Heavy Duty is an album released by popular Soca
band Xtatik
from Trinidad and Tobago
in 1997 . The album was considered one of the most successful Soca albums at the time of its release . In a 2004 interview, lead vocalist of the band Machel Montano
claimed it was his favourite album of all time .
The song Big Truck on the album won Trinidad's 1997 Annual Road March Competition for Trinidad and Tobago Carnival
.
Soca music
Soca is a style of music from Trinidad and Tobago. Soca is a musical development of traditional Trinidadian calypso, through loans from the 1960s onwards from predominantly black popular music....
band Xtatik
Xtatik
Xtatik is a locally and well-known Trinidad and Tobago soca band led by Machel Montano.-History:The band evolved from Panasonic Express, which was formed in 1984 in Port of Spain...
from Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
in 1997 . The album was considered one of the most successful Soca albums at the time of its release . In a 2004 interview, lead vocalist of the band Machel Montano
Machel Montano
Machel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
claimed it was his favourite album of all time .
The song Big Truck on the album won Trinidad's 1997 Annual Road March Competition for Trinidad and Tobago Carnival
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival
The Trinidad and Tobago Carnival is an annual event celebrated on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago is the most significant event on the islands' cultural and tourism calendar, with numerous cultural events running in the lead up to the street parade on...
.
Track listing
- Intro
- Big Truck - Machel MontanoMachel MontanoMachel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
- Follow Yuh Partner - Sean Caruth, Samuel Jack
- Winerboi - Machel MontanoMachel MontanoMachel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
- Calypso Nice - Wayne Rodriguez, Joseph Rivers, Errol Singh, Machel MontanoMachel MontanoMachel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
- Tayee Tayee - Darryl Henry, Machel MontanoMachel MontanoMachel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
- J'Ouvert Girls - Nicholas Antoine
- What They Say (They Say) - Winston Bailey
- Pretty Gyal - Richard Felix, Machel MontanoMachel MontanoMachel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
- No Carnival - Machel MontanoMachel MontanoMachel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
, Darryl Henry - Crowded - Machel MontanoMachel MontanoMachel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
, Darryl Henry - Music Farm - Machel MontanoMachel MontanoMachel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
, Darryl Henry, Nicholas Antoine, Vincent Rivers - Outro
Vocals
- Machel MontanoMachel MontanoMachel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
- Lead Vocalist - Wayne Rodriguez - Vocalist
- Darryl Henry (Farmer Nappy) - Vocalist
- Vincent Rivers - Vocalist
- Winston Bailey - Vocalist
- Sean Caruth - Vocalist
- Samuel Jack - Vocalist
- Joseph Rivers - Vocalist
- Richard Felix - Vocalist
- Nicholas Antoine - Vocalist
- Errol Singh - Vocalist
Musicians
- BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Vincent Rivers, Joseph Rivers - TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Nicholas Antoine - Tenor SaxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
- Charles Dougherly - TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Kurt Francisco