Troubled Times, Cast's 2011 comeback, was a bit too indebted to the Brit-pop group's past.
It was produced by John Leckie, who helmed their 1995 debut All Change, and it often seemed like a tribute to the glory days of Cool Britannia, a sound the band wisely doesn't replicate on its 2017 sequel Kicking Up the Dust.
Originally crowd-funded but given a mass release, Kicking Up the Dust finds Cast embracing different rhythms and textures, sometimes hinting at a bit of tense funk and sometimes settling into a mellow simmer.
Cast leader John Power doesn't abandon his core pop classicism -- at their heart, these songs are British pop in the tradition of the Beatles -- but the richer production gives Kicking Up the Dust considerable (and welcome) color, turning it into a stronger album than not only its predecessor, but such '90s efforts as Mother Nature Calls and Magic Hour, as well.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kicking Up the Dust | Cast | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Roar | Cast | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Do That | Cast | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Further Down the Road | Cast | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Paper Chains | Cast | Play | 05:25 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Birdcage | Cast | Play | 04:58 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Every Little Thing You Do | Cast | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Baby Blue Eyes | Cast | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | How Can We Lose | Cast | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Clear Blue Water | Cast | Play | 04:05 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Out of My Hands | Cast | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 48 mins | 111 MB | |||||
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| 1 | Cast | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |