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The Globe by Big Audio Dynamite
The Globe is an album by Big Audio Dynamite, released in 1991. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 89 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Rush”, on 51 lists with a best position of #5.
The Globe, the sixth album from Mick Jones's Big Audio Dynamite and the second under the BAD II banner, came out on Columbia on 16 July 1991 in the US and in August everywhere else. With the original lineup gone by 1990, the ex-Clash guitarist had rebuilt around a new crew: Nick Hawkins on guitar, Gary Stonadge on bass and Chris Kavanagh on drums, all chipping in backing vocals. Several songs had already surfaced on Kool-Aid, a limited UK-only album, and were reworked here.
The result is Jones's punk-meets-dance-floor vision at its most buoyant, with hip-hop, dance, reggae and funk all spinning in the same orbit around chiming guitar hooks. "Rush" is the sunburst single, Jones's reedy, wistful voice riding a skipping groove, and the title track keeps the party loose. It went gold in America, and some CD pressings threw in the live Ally Pally Paradiso as a bonus disc.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Globe on radio countdowns
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.