Woman's Gotta Have It

• Artist: Cornershop
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1995
• Total Time: 48:35
• Genre: Rock

Review

Tjinder Singh's Cornershop has created the perfect hybrid of Western indie rock and swirling Eastern traditional music: Hindi-pop. It's not like what the Beatles did with sitars nor is it classifiable as worldbeat: Cornershop is unique. "Jullandar Shere" opens and closes the album on an Eastern note but with a hip-hop twist. It's an adventure in lo-fi noise pop with the drone of tamboura, native percussion, and processed vocal sung in Punjabi providing the rhythm. "Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu" conveys indignation through its angry guitar and spit-sung lyrics. "Call All Destroyer" has Singh leading on funky bass like old-school political rockers Gang of Four. The anti-melodies are similar to stock indie rock, but the sonic dissonance created on dholki, harmonium, and flute separates Cornershop from the pack as they reclaim a racial stereotype (that every Asian in Great Britain tends a corner shop) while creating their very own roots music with a message. ~ Denise Sullivan, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
6 A.M. Jullandar Shere	Cornershop	Tjinder Singh	(6:22)
Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu	Tjinder Singh	Cornershop	(3:23)
Roof Rack	Tjinder Singh	Cornershop	(3:48)
My Dancing Days Are Done	Tjinder Singh	Cornershop	(3:30)
Call All Destroyer	Tjinder Singh	Cornershop	(3:24)
Camp Orange	Tjinder Singh	Cornershop	(3:48)
Wog	Tjinder Singh	Cornershop	(3:12)
Jansimram King	Tjinder Singh	Cornershop	(3:34)
Looking for a Way In	Tjinder Singh	Cornershop	(7:48)
7:20 A.M. Jullandar Shere	Tjinder Singh	Cornershop	(9:46)

Credits

T. Singh (Producer)

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