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1 Gadget Funk Wherry 4:09
2 Nah' Mean Nah'm Sayin' Wherry 4:03
3 The Missing Suitcase Wherry 5:33
4 The Blend What/Wherry 4:47
5 Starlight Wherry 5:09
6 Song For Mary Wherry 5:17
7 Mr Chombee Has the Flaw Wherry 3:31
8 Something Wicked Wherry 5:11
9 Mrs Chombee Take the Plunge [Dj Food Re-Bake] Wherry 5:58
10 The Sensual Woman Wherry 4:59
11 It Ain't Muttin Wherry 2:46
12 8pt Agenda Latyrx/Wherry 5:01
13 Tea & Beer Wherry 2:33
14 Ginger Jumps the Fence Wherry 5:11
15 March of the Dead Things [Unreleased] [#] Wherry 4:06
16 Stranded On Earth Wherry 4:50
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Herbal Tonic

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Ninja Tune

Style: Techno

Herbal Tonic

UPC: 5021392604121

Release Date: 06/29/2010

Original Release Date: 06/29/2010

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Gadget Funk, Nah' Mean Nah'm Sayin', The Missing Suitcase, The Blend, Starlight, Song For Mary, Mr Chombee Has the Flaw, Something Wicked, Mrs Chombee Take the Plunge [Dj Food Re-Bake], The Sensual Woman, It Ain't Muttin, 8pt Agenda, Tea & Beer, Ginger Jumps the Fence, March of the Dead Things [Unreleased] [#], Stranded On Earth]
Contributors:

Rick Anderson

Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba spent 11 years with the Ninja Tune label, releasing six albums between 1995 and 2005 and making sounds that never fit entirely comfortably with that label's tendency toward the abstractly and alternatively funky. From the beginning, the Herbaliser's sound was earthy, raw, caramel-colored, and redolent with the smells and sounds of multiple music scenes and subgenres jostling against each other in a sweaty after-hours bar in a bad neighborhood. This best-of offers a fine overview of the duo's Ninja Tune years, and includes several tracks that showcase the world-class female MC Jean Grae (who slings her slang especially swingingly on "The Blend"), the odd excursion into spy film music (note the explicit Mission Impossible quote on "The Missing Suitcase"), and cameos by both MF Doom and the redoubtable Roots Manuva (who appears on the swaggeringly excellent "Starlight"). There are some experimental moments: "Something Wicked" features nearly subliminal female rapping, French horns, and harpsichord, and "The Sensual Woman" offers startlingly explicit sex advice from what sounds like a 1960s-vintage self-help recording. And although both Wherry and Teeba are accomplished DJs, they keep the turntable flourishes to a minimum, only really bringing the wheels of steel to the fore on "Ginger Jumps the Fence." One or two minor clunkers (such as the slow and rather tiresome "A Song for Mary") notwithstanding, this is an excellent overview of the first part of a distinguished career. ~ Rick Anderson, Rovi