| Soca Queen | ||||
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| Released | 16 October 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Soca, dancehall, reggae, R&B | |||
| Length | 60:27 | |||
| Label | 1720 Entertainment/Black Coral | |||
| Producer | Salaam Remi, Van Gibbs, Chris Allman | |||
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Soca Queen is the debut album by soca musician Alison Hinds. It was released on physical formats in Canada on 16 October 2007, having been made available on iTunes on 9 October.[1] It was released in the Caribbean later that year.[1]
The album features the hit single "Roll It Gal", and includes the songs "Ladies Rule" and "Faluma", which date from Hinds' time as singer of the band Square One.[2] "Thundah" was also released as a single.[3] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times described it as "a winsome CD, full of breezy songs that emphasize the genre's links to both Afro-pop (those bass lines!) and Euro-trance (those synthesizers!)".[4]
- ^ a b "'Soca Queen' a success, despite problems with Canadian promotion". Caribbean Net News. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (27 August 2008). "Happiness Abounds, With Extra for the Ladies". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ Tackling, Heather (17 January 2008). "St Maarten Heineken Regatta: Caribbean's Queen of SOCA Alison Hinds to perform in Marigot". BYM Sailing & Sports News. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (25 November 2007). "PLAYLIST: Hits and Misses and Hairy Shows". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2010.