M.I.A. Kala
Rolling Stone: 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "It's heavier, noisier, more jagged....KALA strikes deep....A riot of human, musical and mechanical sounds bubbles underneath these tracks."
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Vinyl LP Details
- Number of Records: 2
- Released: August 20, 2007
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Xl Recordings
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.65
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "It's heavier, noisier, more jagged....KALA strikes deep....A riot of human, musical and mechanical sounds bubbles underneath these tracks."Rolling Stone - p.107
Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "M.I.A.'s second album was an international block party with a sonic imagination nobody could match all year."Spin - p.127
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "M.I.A.'s border-crossing dance pop is a revolutionary manifesto set the victory party vibe of the future."Entertainment Weekly - p.133
"KALA is propelled by genuinely stellar moments: the manic thrall of 'Jimmy,' the ferocious gunshot-chorused 'Paper Planes.'" -- Grade: BUncut - p.87
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] head-spinning equatorial dash....She twangs the boundaries of taste both lyrically and musically. But a knockout's a knockout..."The Wire - p.57
"She has kept her globetrotting spirit intact in later years -- for Kala she's harvested inspiration and sounds from streets on every continent."The Wire - p.37
Ranked #8 in The Wire's "Top Ten Records of the Year 2007" -- "[The] album saw her in transcontinental globetrotting mode in search of the tribal beats, engine sounds and local pop samples mishmashed into KALA."Q (Magazine) - p.76
Ranked #34 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "[H]ip hop by way of Africa, the Caribbean and the Indian subcontinent..."Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.Bamboo Banga
- 2.Birdflu
- 3.Boyz
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.Jimmy
- 2.Hussel
- 3.Manglo Pickle Down River
Tracks on Disc 3:
- 1.20 Dollar
- 2.World Town
- 3.The Turn
Tracks on Disc 4:
- 1.XR2
- 2.Paper Planes
- 3.Come Around
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 63,595
- UPC: 634904028114
- Shipping Weight: 0.95/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 4 items