We Are Three

We Are Three
We Are Three
Studio album by Joi
Released	16 October 2001
Genre	Electronic; folk; World music; Jazz; big band; dance; techno; breakbeat;
Length	57:06
Language	English
Label	Real World
Producer	Ashley Wales; Farook Shamsher; John Coxon;
Joi chronology

We Are Three is the second studio album by English dance music group Joi, released on 15 October 2000 by Real World Records.

Background[]

Two months before his death, Haroon visited Bangladesh for a month^[1] and made a series of field recordings which Farook used as the basis for We Are Three.^[2]

Critical response[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Philip Van Vleck of Billboard called We Are Three "...a powerful message from the Asian underground music scene..."^[1] Peggy Latkovich of AllMusic rated the album 3/5 and said, "We Are Three shows Farook Shamsher's skill as a manipulator of sounds and serves as worthy testimony to his brother's memory."^[3] Vinita Ramani of Exclaim! said, "We Are Three's strength is the story that fuels the album's conception, a story whose mood infuse the entirety of this album."^[4]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Journey"	7:17
2.	"Prem" (featuring Rojina Beagum)	7:05
3.	"Don't Cha Know That"	7:26
4.	"The Holy Side" (featuring Susheela Raman)	6:44
5.	"Deep Asian Vibes"	6:35
6.	"Triatma"	7:22
7.	"Flying With You"	3:43
8.	"Tacadin"	5:31
9.	"We Need Your Vote"	5:23
Total length:		57:06

Personnel[]

Khutub Uddin – flute
Panna Dash – lute
Mohamed Washin – tabla
Mads Bjerke – recording engineer

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Van Vleck, Philip (23 December 2000). "RealWorld Releasing Joi In January". Billboard. p. 27.
^ Wood, Andy (2001). "Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture". Routledge. p. 161. ISBN 978-0415169899.
^ Latkovich, Peggy. "AllMusic Review by Peggy Latkovich". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
^ Ramani, Vinita (1 May 2001). "Joi We Are Three". Exclaim!. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

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[Billboard-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Van Vleck, Philip (23 December 2000). "RealWorld Releasing Joi In January". Billboard. p. 27.

[Companion_to_Contemporary_Black_British_Culture-2] Wood, Andy (2001). "Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture". Routledge. p. 161. ISBN 978-0415169899.

[allmusic-3] Latkovich, Peggy. "AllMusic Review by Peggy Latkovich". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[exclaim-4] Ramani, Vinita (1 May 2001). "Joi We Are Three". Exclaim!. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

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