Community Music
# Community Music

Community Music is a 2000 studio album by Asian Dub Foundation. It peaked at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart. It features vocal contributions from Benjamin Zephaniah, Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Assata Shakur.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| NME | 10/10 |
| Pitchfork | 8.7/10 |
| Q | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Select | 4/5 |

Chris Grimshaw of AllMusic commented that "Community Music should be in every thinking person's collection, directly between the Clash and Public Enemy." Nick Mirov of Pitchfork wrote, "Community Music is incredibly ambitious, and amazingly, it delivers everything it promises and then some."

NME listed it as the 39th best album of 2000.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, except where noted.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Asian Dub Foundation

* Deedar – vocals, programming
* Chandrasonic – vocals, guitar, programming
* Dr. Das – vocals, bass guitar, programming
* Pandit G – vocals, sampler, turntables
* Sun-J – synthesizer, effects

Additional musicians

* Jim Hunt – saxophone (1, 4)
* Nichol Thomson – trombone (1, 4)
* Duncan Mackay – trumpet (1, 4)
* Paul Chivers – percussion (3)
* Catalisa – vocals (4, 11)
* Johnny Kalsi – percussion (4, 7, 10)
* Benjamin Zephaniah – vocals (5)
* Helen MacDonald – vocals (6)
* Louis Beckett – keyboards (6)
* Ambalavaner Sivanandan – vocals (8)
* Sangeeta Sharma – vocals (8)
* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – vocals (9)
* Louis Beckett – guitar (10)
* Assata Shakur – vocals (13)

## Charts

| Chart | Peak position |
| - | - |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 34 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) | 8 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 20 |
