Duck Rock

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Duck Rock
Duck Rock cover
Studio album by Malcolm McLaren
Released 1983
Recorded 1982
Genre Rock/Old school hip hop/World music
Length 43:36
Label UK: Charisma Records
US: Island Records
Producer Trevor Horn
Malcolm McLaren
Professional reviews
Malcolm McLaren chronology
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(1983)		 Fans
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In 1983 British impresario Malcolm McLaren released Duck Rock, an album which mixed up influences from Africa, Central and South America and the USA, including hip-hop. The album proved to be highly influential in bringing hip-hop to a wider audience in the UK. Two of the singles from the album ("Buffalo Gals" and "Double Dutch") became major chart hits on both sides of the Atlantic.

Guest musicians featured on this album include Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, J. J. Jeczalik. Side recordings that these three artists did in-between Duck Rock takes would eventually become the first album for Art of Noise. Clips of the World's Famous Supreme Team radio show appear between songs.

Duck Rock has ultimately become a critical favourite in many music critics' eyes, having garnered such accolades as BBC Two's "Critical Music" label [1], and others [2]. However, Robert Christgau and others have criticised McLaren and Horn for failing to give compositional credit to the African musicians involved in the recording.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Obatala" – 4:17
  2. "Buffalo Gals" – 4:22
  3. "Double Dutch" – 5:53
  4. "El San Juanera" - 1:56
  5. "Merengue" – 3:52
  6. "Punk It Up" – 4:11
  7. "Legba" – 4:03
  8. "Jive My Baby" – 5:35
  9. "Song For Chango" – 2:49
  10. "Soweto" – 3:53
  11. "World's Famous" – 1:41
  12. "Duck For The Oyster" – 2:57