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Take Me to God

Invaders of the Heart and a long list of guest vocalists, a UK top 15 album.
Jah Wobble, 1994

Released
1994
Label
Island

Credited to Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart, it reached number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and number 160 on the ARIA chart, and Wobble toured Britain to support it. The first single was "Becoming More Like God". He used twelve guest vocalists: Dolores O'Riordan on "The Sun Does Rise", Abdel Ali Slimani on the rai song "I'm an Algerian", Natacha Atlas on the three songs she co-wrote, and Baaba Maal on "Angels". Gavin Friday and Najma Akhtar also sing, and Justin Adams plays guitar on most tracks.

The Guardian said Wobble sensibly lets a prodigious list of guests lead the line, and The Independent said it is the rhythms that count. Wobble considered 1998's Umbra Sumus a sequel. Cherry Red reissued it in 2011 as a two-disc set with 16 extra tracks, and Uncut placed it 301st on its 2024 list of the greatest albums of the 1990s.

Track listing

  1. God in the Beginning3:22
  2. Becoming More Like God3:17
  3. Whisky Priests4:41
  4. I'm an Algerian3:12
  5. Amor3:12
  6. Amor Dub2:16
  7. Take Me to God4:41
  8. The Sun Does Rise4:24
  9. When the Storm Comes7:22
  10. I Love Everybody4:13
  11. Yoga of the Nightclub4:41
  12. I Am the Music1:44
  13. The Bonds of Love3:56
  14. Angels4:10
  15. No Change Is Sexy3:49
  16. Raga3:55
  17. Forever2:54

More from Jah Wobble

The Legend Lives On... Jah Wobble in "Betrayal" (1980), How Much Are They? (1981), Full Circle (1982), Snake Charmer (1983), Rising Above Bedlam (1991), Spinner (1995), A Brief History of Now (2023)

Sources

  1. Take Me to God, Wikipedia
  2. Discogs master 117404, Discogs