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'''''OK''''' is the debut release of [[tabla]] player and music producer [[Talvin Singh]], and it was nine months in the making. The title was chosen because of the universality of the word "OK", which can be understood almost anywhere in the world. It is mostly a reinterpretation of [[Indian classical music]] with [[flute]], [[sitar]], and tabla. |
'''''OK''''' is the debut release of [[tabla]] player and music producer [[Talvin Singh]], and it was nine months in the making. The title was chosen because of the universality of the word "OK", which can be understood almost anywhere in the world. It is mostly a reinterpretation of [[Indian classical music]] with [[flute]], [[sitar]], and tabla. |
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The album won him the [[Mercury Music Prize]] for 1999, but |
The album won him the [[Mercury Music Prize]] for 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/sep/08/1 |title=Music award OK by Singh |publisher=theguardian.com |date=1999-09-08 |accessdate=2016-05-10}}</ref> but had sold only 90,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of September 2011, charting at #41, making it one of the smallest sellers in the award's history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AiXOITXusTjadHltV3hDN3c0Z1NYckFaeVZVR2dKZ0E |accessdate=2012-03-06 |title=Mercury Prize Winners - The Guardian Google spreadsheet }}</ref>{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
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OK is the debut release of tabla player and music producer Talvin Singh, and it was nine months in the making. The title was chosen because of the universality of the word "OK", which can be understood almost anywhere in the world. It is mostly a reinterpretation of Indian classical music with flute, sitar, and tabla. The album won him the Mercury Music Prize for 1999,[2] but had sold only 90,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of September 2011, charting at #41, making it one of the smallest sellers in the award's history.[3][citation needed]
Legacy
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[4]
Track listing
- "Traveller" – 11:18
- "Butterfly" – 4:26
- "Sutrix" – 5:55
- "Mombasstic" – 5:45
- "Decca" – 1:20
- "Eclipse" – 5:50
- "OK" – 4:19
- "Light" – 6:23
- "Disser/Point.Mento.B" – 2:43
- "Soni" – 5:59
- "Vikram the Vampire" – 6:47
The Japanese version of the album has one bonus track.
- "リスト・フリック (Wrist Flick)" – 5:48
References
- ^ a b OK at AllMusic
- ^ "Music award OK by Singh". theguardian.com. 1999-09-08. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ^ "Mercury Prize Winners - The Guardian Google spreadsheet". Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.