Cicada (Hazmat Modine album)

Cicada is a 2011 album by American blues/folk/world fusion/jazz band Hazmat Modine. The album was released on May 17, 2011 by Barbès Records, almost five years after their debut album, Bahamut.

Cicada
Studio album by
Hazmat Modine
ReleasedMay 17, 2011 (2011-05-17)
Recorded2007
GenrePop rock, blues, folk, jazz, world
Length51:13
LabelBarbès Records
Hazmat Modine chronology
Bahamut
(2006)		 Cicada
(2011)

Beninese musical ensemble Gangbé Brass Band features on two tracks; Natalie Merchant and the Kronos Quartet feature on one each.

Track listing

All songs written by Wade Schuman except as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mocking Bird" 3:44
2."Child of a Blind Man" (Featuring Gangbé Brass Band and Natalie Merchant) 4:12
3."Two Forty Seven" 4:46
4."Cicada"M. Gomez4:52
5."Buddy" 6:08
6."In Two Years"J. Daley2:00
7."I've Been Lonely for So Long" 4:19
8."The Tide"M. Gomez5:50
9."Ebb Tide" 0:46
10."Walking Stick"Irving Berlin3:01
11."So Glad" 5:44
12."Cotonou Stomp" (Featuring Gangbé Brass Band) 2:05
13."Dead Crow" (Featuring the Kronos Quartet) 3:36

Personnel

Reception

Cicada received positive reviews from critics. Robin Denselow, writing for The Guardian, gave the album four out of five stars. Calling it "a brave and unexpected record", he was complimentary of several tracks but singled out the collaborations with Gangbé Brass Band, Natalie Merchant, and the Kronos Quartet as highlights.[1] In another four-star review, All About Jazz praised the band's eclectic makeup and concluded, "Even if Cicada doesn't surpass the novelty or the awards of the group's debut, Bahamut, it is a CD of spectacular aural aurora; one that brings an authentic, multi-referenced, American approach to the concept of world music."[2]

Bill Lupoletti, host of the "Global a Go-Go" program on WRIR public radio, called Cicada a "brilliant album", highlighting "Child of a Blind Man", "I've Been Lonely for So Long", "Walking Stick", "So Glad", and "Dead Crow" as the album's best tracks.[3] Allmusic's William Ruhlmann considered Cicada more "traditional jazz" than Bahamut, while still calling the band's sound "an eclectic mixture of roots styles that is nearly beyond category".[4]

References
  1. Denselow, Robin (26 May 2011). "Hazmat Modine: Cicada – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. Shaw, Anthony (4 June 2011). "Hazmat Modine: Cicada (2011)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. Lupoletti, Bill (14 May 2011). "Hazmat Modine - Cicada". WRIR. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. Ruhlmann, William. "Cicada - Hazmat Modine". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
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