Rum & Coke is a 2009 album by British dub band Dub Pistols

Dub Pistols

Dub Pistols are a London based dub music and big beat band, founded by ex-club promoter, Barry Ashworth, in 1996. The other members of the band were record producer and bassist Jason O'Bryan, Brooklyn producer and lyricist, T. K. Lawrence on vocals, Jap Slut guitarist John King, and turntablist DJ...

. It features guest appearances from Ashley Slater

Ashley Slater

Ashley Slater is a UK based trombone player and best known for his work with Norman Cook in the band Freak Power. He was born in Schefferville, Canada in 1961...

 (Freakpower

Freakpower

Freak Power was a band founded by Norman Cook , Ashley Slater , and Jesse Graham aka the Bass Cadet...

), Lindy Layton

Lindy Layton

Lindy Layton was a founding member of, and vocalist for, Beats International. She has released a number of solo albums and singles, and worked with other musicians, more recently including Hardknox and Dub Pistols.-Career:Layton attended the Barbara Speake Stage School in the 1980s...

 (Beats International

Beats International

Beats International was a British electronic music band, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook , after his departure from The Housemartins.-Career:...

) and DJ Justin Robertson.

Composition

Rum & Coke incorporates many genres, including reggae

Reggae

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, rap

Rapping

Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...

, ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

, dub reggae and urban music.

Reception

Lou Thomas of BBC Music

BBC Music

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 wrote that the Dub Pistols "kept the quality control high" on Rum & Coke, calling it "a likeable combination of genres that mesh so well." The Independent

The Independent

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Andy Gill rated the album three stars out of five, describing it as "a collection of summery, mostly laid-back grooves designed to keep spirits cool at carnival time." Rory Taylor from Contact Music rated Rum & Coke eight out of ten, writing, "I don't think there's need for any further evidence. the Dub Pistols are smokin'."

Track listing

1. "Back to Daylight" – 4:21
2. "I'm in Love" – 4:05
3. "Everyday Stranger" – 5:01
4. "Revitalise" – 5:20
5. "Ganja" – 3:55
6. "She Moves" – 3:16
7. "Peace of Mind" – 5:00
8. "Keep the Fire Burning" – 3:52
9. "Six Months" – 4:09
10. "Song for Summer" – 6:58

Personnel

Personnel for Rum & Coke adapted from Allmusic

• Barry Ashworth – writing
  Songwriter
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• Bill Borez – writing, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , programming
  Programming (music)
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• Cody Burridge – photography
  Photography
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• Matt Edwards – management
  Management
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• Tim Hutton – guitar
  Guitar
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  , horn
  Horn (instrument)
  The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
  
  
• Jason O'Bryan – writing

• Rodney Panton – writing
• Justin Robertson – writing
• Ashley Slater – writing
• Matthew Thomas – writing
• Oliver J. Woods – assistant