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M. Baas | Perth, Australia | 06/26/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is, in my opinion, his best album to date. It gives you a very positive feeling.
His voice is excellent. You don't need to skip any track on this album, every song is just great.
The producers on this album did a very good job.
Hope to hear more from this talented singer/songwriter in the future."

Extra Opinion

Upful | Chicago, IL United States | 01/12/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I just wanted to express how good this Cd is. The best song, to me, is the track "Lighthouse". As Bramoi alluded to, it seems like the reincarnation of Peter Tosh filled with the spirit of the Most High. The title track has a great sound and message that is relevant to these times of upheaval and change. Bushman continues with quality for surity. The listener can tell that Bushman is a fan of country and folk tunes and transfers those vibes into a reggae style that is rich and soothing. Bless Up!"

Vibes Man a Build. . .

Achis | Kingston, JA/Philipsburg, SxM | 08/20/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"While there is certainly some impressive music on this album, undoubtedly when given he knowledge of the circumstances under which it was recorded, that information becomes the single most impressive feature of this album. Bushman's latest offering Signs was recorded all live, it was recorded with a band backing the talented singer. No high-gloss overproduced mixes by an over aggressive producer, no doubled voices, no nothing, just the singer and his band, and thats the way true roots music should be recorded.

The result is about as heavy a vibe I've found on a roots album since last year's smash Ghetto Life by Jah Cure (thus the title of my review). I've never really paid a huge amount of attention to this artist, but from now on I have to admit that he'll have my ear whenever he chooses to release an album. The knock on Bushman has always been that he sounds a lot like veteran allstar Luciano, and while that certainly is the case, if you really have to sound like someone, Luciano isn't a bad one to sound like (not saying he does it intentionally).

Signs is a very good album that is not without its missteps, most of these missteps exist between two songs, the title track which I just do not like and the odd One Tin Soldier which finds the reggae singer doing his impression of KENNY ROGERS of all people. The good here, which is heavy is very very good. The best tune of this album is the opener Sanctuary, you walk away from that song just thinking that Bushman sings like a GROWN MAN, that tune is a big tune. Also check Downtown, Light It Up, the amazing Creatures of the Night (heavy heavy details), the tune Lonely which is a combination track with Niki Burt and the first single Lighthouse on which Bushman invokes the spirit of the legendary Red X Peter Tosh.

Overall, of course if you're a fan of this type of music you have to try Bushman's Signs, while being on the scene for quite awhile now, its evident that Bushman is getting better and better, and with Kings of Kings head Colin Levy on the boards (whose been blazing true fire for about a year now) this one hits magic when it hits its highest and it keeps going."