''Junior Relaxer'' is the third album by
Canadian
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alternative rock band
, released in 1997. The album's main single "Rational", a tribute to Nigerian activist
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa (10 October 1941 – 10 November 1995) was a Nigerian writer, television producer, and environmental activist. Ken Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogonila ...
, was the band's biggest hit.
Prior to the album's release, the band had played several live shows of
improvisation
Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...
al music using Junior Relaxer as a pseudonym.
[Nick Krewen, "Off in a different direction: King Cobb Steelie explores new musical possibilities on their new CD Junior Relaxer". '']Waterloo Region Record
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'', April 9, 1997.
Guest musicians on the album include
Kinnie Starr,
Nic Gotham
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* National Insurance Corporation, Uganda
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, DJ Serious and
Don Pyle
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Life and career
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.
Track listing
# Starvo
# Pass the Golden Falcon
# Rational
# Functions and Relations
# Power of Love
# Champion of Versatility
# You Should Be Getting Something
# Highly Conductive
# Doomed Thinking Man vs. Stupid Action Man
# Swiss Crumb
# Quo Vadis
# Irrational (Incarnate Perspective)
References
1997 albums
King Cobb Steelie albums
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