It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

...have all been released and it's nice to have them all on one album. Another thing that is noticeable after a couple of play-throughs of this album is that there are no bad tracks on the album. There are a couple that could be considered as 'fillers' but none that are annoyingly mediocre in their style. Also, there are no interlude tracks that you often find on albums such as these, which means just 13 tracks of pure garage (and the occasional bit ...
...have been released as singles, it's good to hear a familiar tune every so often come out of the speakers. Another thing that I like about it is the fact that none of the tracks go on for too long; unlike similar releases by bands such as Basement Jaxx, Spiller and other garage or dance artists, these tracks don't go on for 7 or 8 minutes but are wrapped up within a nice 4 or 5 minute time period. Don't let this make you think that the album isn't ...

craigy_baby_2000 20.01.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

The Artful Dodger album is great. It has a wide selection of different people singing to accompany their backing sounds. These people include Craig David, Michelle Escoffery, Robbie Craig, MC Alistair, and Romina Johnson. These are just a few of the people who are the CD. The CD overall is very good, offering a selection of R’N’B, Dance and mild pop. It is a CD for a mixed variety of people. I bought this CD quite a while ago, back in ...
...player. I love this CD because it has a great selection of types of music. I’m the type of person who can listen to almost any type of music. This CD is perfect for all my friends and me! 1. Think About Me This song is one of my favourites. It is all about a woman leaving a man, and then him getting upset. The song is basically saying that man think it is ok to leave women, but when reversed then it’s not ok. The song has a good tempo, ...

craigy2040 06.05.2002 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

'It's all about the stragglers' is the debut album by Southampton based dance duo 'Artful Dodger'- better known for their chart topppers 'Re-rewind', 'woman trouble' and 'please dont turn me on', all of which feature on the CD. I was a bit baffled as to why that 'moving too fast'song wasn't on the album, just another mystery of life. The album consists of 11 tracks and they combine garage and R'n'B. I found that some of the songs were a bit too ...
...of tracks. Another thing that annoyed me was that a couple of the songs such as 'r u ready' seemed to have a really long intro that made the song dull before it had even got going. I think you need a bit more patience to get the most out of the album. The songs feature a various singers- including the teenage phenonomen formerly known as Craig David, after all, he made his debut with Artful Dodger. 'Lifford' also features. The cover design is fairly ...

emilystobbs 10.01.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

I have always liked the Artful Dodger's music. I remember about 6 months before "Rewind" came out and got very big, one of my friends who was really into underground Garage, played it to me. At first, I thought it sounded a bit weird, but it soon grew on me, and I would say was probably **the** song that turned my music taste from plain dance toward UK Garage/2 step. Firstly, I thought the Artful Dodger might just be a one hit wonder. When all of ...
...Romina Johnson, was released. After that, I liked every song that I heard by them. I remember having a conversation with a friend last summer, about whether we thought the Artful Dodger would ever release his own album. We had decided that he probably wouldn't as he is technically a DJ, not a music artist.... However we were proven wrong, when back in November, I heard a radio advert for the new Artful Dodger album, "Its all about the stragglers". ...

xr2i16v 02.01.2001 (08.01.2001) · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

A five star album. Definitely. "It's all about the stragglers" is a brilliant debut compilation album from Artful Dodger. What a great way to introduce amazing vocalists such as Robbie Craig, Michelle Escoffery and the man we ALL love, Mr Craig David. I almost hate Artful Dodger (a.k.a Pete Devereux & Mark Hill) for not having a single crapp tune on their album!! They sure know the real and true meaning of garage music. Definitely an album for ...
...headache that was! Please forgive me as I could only narrow it down to two: "Think about me" feat. Michelle Escoffery AND "Outrageous" feat. Lynn Eden Even if I am just casually listening to the album, it always gets my head bopping… Gwan wid ur big selves!!! (i.e. GO AND BUY IT!!) ...

gem2_k 10.02.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

...Please Don't Turn Me On, it's still quality. 7: MOVING TOO FAST (feat Romina Johnson). BIG song... good tune, quite dancy - was the worthy follow up to re-rewind! 8: R U READY (feat MC Alistair). Not great. 9: I CAN'T GIVE IT UP (feat Nadia). Quite a good track, not one of the best but still well worth a listen. 10: WOMAN TROUBLE (feat Robbie Craig/Craig David). Not really garage bit 2 steppy... 3rd single released! 11: WHAT YOU GONNA DO? (feat ...
...then, don't buy It's All About The Stragglers expecting to find a garage album through-and-through, as its not all that - buy it because it's a great album with a lot of top quality dance tunes which you can kick back and chill too.... or even strut your stuff too! ...

geserve 12.08.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

This album is pretty mellow stuff. Very 'garagey' in parts mixed with the essence of R&B. There are the tracks that are instantly recognisable (from the Charts) such as Re-Rewind (the only slightly irritating track on the album due to overkill by the radio stations!), Woman Trouble and Please Don't Turn Me On. The well known tracks are mixed well with those you probably won't have heard before. It is extremely easy to listen to - an ideal background ...
...pre-club warm up album (or post-club if you are still awake!). This album is not going to be the best seller of the year - you really have to like the garage/R&B tunes to like this album. However, it is a really likeable album - whilst not stunning there is nothing really to dislike about it (apart from maybe Re-Rewind!). ...

moose 19.12.2000 (18.12.2000) · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

I received 'its all about the stragglers, for Christmas last year, because I happened to like 'woman trouble' and 'movin too fast', and I have to say I am well impressed with the rest of the songs (by the way, if you have a cd rom there is a bonus track (woman trouble, original version), grrreeaat!) I especially like the fact that there are songs sung by both the men and women in the band. An added bonus is that the woman singing twentyfourseven, ...

tweety 29.08.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

I got this for Christmas last year as I really wanted it. It all started quite a few months before Rewind was released. I was listening to Power FM, the local radio station based near Southampton, one night when I heard this funky, catchy track being played. I couldn't get it out of my head and I couldn't find out what it was called. Yes, it was Rewind, and that was when I turned to UK Garage to listen to. The other singles that were released (Woman ...
...the album even more. So, Christmas morning came and I was delighted. It was constantly on in my CD player for months on end and I still play it lots. The new edition is out now, including an extra remix disc and the Melanie Blatt version of twentyfourseven. I think that anyone would like this brilliant album. ...

Callus 09.10.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

Artful Dodger has been incredibly successful over the past year, in fact the tracks have taken the nation by storm! The album "It's All About The Stragglers" is pure Garage with a mix of R&B. The tracks are upbeat and get you dancing as soon as you hear them. The tracks "Re-rewind" and "Woman Trouble" feature the one and only Craig David, and the album includes the smash hits "Please Don't Turn Me On", "Moving Too Fast", "Are You Ready", and "Think ...

Blondeboms 17.03.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

This album is fantastic. so far he has 5 UK selling records and they have all done very well, these being: Re-Wind, Please dont turn me on, Movin Too fast, R U Ready and Women Trouble. It is all like club tracks and all make you get up and dance, every track is outstanding. Artful Dodger is a band which makes the music and they then get vocalists to sing to them. I fell that the singers do just as much as Artful dodger and should be recognized like ...

drdre2000 17.03.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

...on. These are just a few of the tracks but if you have heard them it gives you an idea of the quality of the album. It has a bonus track- the original version of woman trouble. If you like garage music then you should buy this album, it's great! ...

tomsmad 24.03.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

...worth listening to because of it's variety. If you take the time to read the thanks section inside, you will find that this album is dedicated "to the rare bread of people who are still present on the dancefloor when the house lights go up". I'm not 100% agreeing on that but anyway, this was the maker's oppinion not mine. the tracklist includes hits like: re-rewind, woman trouble please don't turn me on, r u ready. My personal favorite is "please ...
...about me". The other tracks you will find are: outrageous, twentyfourseven, something, i can't give up what you gonna do? and we should get together. I'm certain that you will - as i did before you - find a couple of songs you will listen to just before you go out on a Saturday night ...

lenak 07.03.2006 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

I have liked a few songs from Artful Dodger like re-wind, movin too fast, woman trouble and please don’t turn me on and saw that they were all on the Artful Dodger album. With seeing this I brought it, however when I got it I was quite disappointed! Although the album had the tracks that I liked on it the rest of the tracks on the album didn’t live up to my expectations. To be honest I think most of the tracks are a load of rubbish compared ...

emoss 28.12.2000 (03.01.2001) · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger

...in the charts,! The album it's All About The Stragglers contemporary garage music and I love garage and most of the good garage music has been done by the artful dodger. Rewind, woman trouble, moving too fast, please don’t turn me on and are you ready are just a few of the great songs that are on this album. I definitely think that this album is a bargain because of the quality of the tracks that are in it. Garage lovers would definatly love ...

jolal999 07.04.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful
Review of It's All About The Stragglers - Artful Dodger