T.O.K. enjoyed a lot of breakout success in 2001 with their My Crew, My Dawgs album, which was exceptionally popular in the U.S. for a dancehall album, perhaps because it was so poppy. This was prior to Sean Paul's truly massive breakout in 2003, remember, so T.O.K.'s success is all the more remarkable in retrospect. By the time the group returned in 2005 with Unknown Language, however, the dancehall craze ignited by Sean Paul's "Get Busy" and its Diwali riddim had subsided quite a bit, supplanted by the reggaeton craze led by Daddy Yankee and his breakout "Gasolina" single. Not that T.O.K. cared either way, though (even if fans might have, given the long four-year wait). Trend or no trend, wait or no wait, their second album picks up right where their first one left off, with another large serving of catchy dancehall-pop well engineered for both dancing and singing along to. Highlights are plentiful here on Unknown Language, much as they had been on My Crew, My Dawgs. The album-opener, "Hey Ladies," gets the party started right from the get-go. And T.O.K. don't relent from there on, with numerous other standout songs sequenced early, most notably "Fire Fire" (a real barnburner with an appropriate title), "She's Hotter" (a Pitbull feature that seems to address the concurrent reggaeton craze), "Tell Me If You Still Care" (a fun, lively cover of an old S.O.S. Band favorite from 1983), and "Footprints" (a touching anti-violence plea with a sugary-sweet beat). The album fans out a bit from there, though there are still some gems sequenced late, like "Gal You Ah Lead" in particular. With 16 songs in total, there's a lot of music on Unknown Language. Not all of it is first-rate, and it does begin to sound a bit rote toward the end, but that tends to be the case with most any dancehall or reggaeton album. And when you do hold up Unknown Language against any of those other dancehall albums out there in 2005 -- or any reggaeton albums, for that matter -- it shines, especially the phenomenal first half. So even if four years for a sophomore album is a long time to wait (and yes, it was), Unknown Language was undoubtedly worth that wait. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi

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With over 130.000 albums sold, three Jazz awards and various performances from Brazil to Russia, TOK TOK TOK returns with a very original and ambitious project which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Beatles: REVOLUTION 69 .

After the enormous success of 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER (BHM 3002-2) and LOVE AGAIN (BHM 3001-2) over ten years ago, this new CD album showcases remakes of Beatles songs, redone in TOK TOK TOK s very particular Soul-Jazz style, which will both surprise and delight the listener.

And as an ultimate feature, it is beautifully packaged in Digipack.

Introducing tok tok tok s i wish An exclusive collection of tok tok tok s favourite love songs

tok tok tok has put together a unique selection of its all-time favourite love songs, in a one-time collection entitled i wish .

i wish offers a fascinating insight into tok tok tok s musical roots, documenting the band s early era, in which vocalist Tokunbo Akinro and saxophonist Morten Klein immersed themselves in classic jazz, rock and pop, from sources as diverse as Lennon/McCartney to AC/DC. This study in musical interpretation helped create the unique tok tok tok sound. i wish brings together timeless hits from tok tok tok s first two CDs, 50 ways to leave your lover (1999) and love again (2000). i wish , released by BHM, also contains a booklet of previously unreleased photos and mementoes.

Founded in 1998, tok tok tok started life as a jazz standards trio, but later grew to an original compositions quartet of international standing. With their last two albums it took so long (2003) and about (2005) tok tok tok show-cases its own unique acoustic soul song-writing style. Although frequently referenced alongside Norah Jones and Joss Stone, tok tok tok has cultivated its own down-to-earth distinctiveness and musicality, and is carving its own distinctive niche. This year, tok tok tok was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix for Composition and Vocals by the French copyright association SACEM, for their latest album about , a CD which has now become a permanent fixture within the German Jazz Top Ten Charts.

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With over 130.000 albums sold, three Jazz awards and various performances from Brazil to Russia, TOK TOK TOK returns with a very original and ambitious project which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Beatles: REVOLUTION 69 .

After the enormous success of 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER (BHM 3002-2) and LOVE AGAIN (BHM 3001-2) over ten years ago, this new CD album showcases remakes of Beatles songs, redone in TOK TOK TOK s very particular Soul-Jazz style, which will both surprise and delight the listener.

And as an ultimate feature, it is beautifully packaged in Digipack.

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For their last two albums it took so long of 2003 and about of 2005 the acoustic soul group tok tok tok won the German Jazz Award. For about it hailed international appraisal and awards such as the prestigious Grand Prix 2005 awarded by the French copyright association SACEM. After the additional success of their very-best-of-sampler i wish , which contains the absolute pearls amoung the cover versions of tok tok tok s early years the idea for from soul to soul was born.

Being tok tok tok s 7th studio album from soul to soul features quite a few novelties: Every song is dedicated to one of Tokunbo Akinro s and Morten Klein s mutual role models/idols in soul music. Thus the record expresses theri gratitude and bows to to the giants of soul such as Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Earth Wind & Fire, Erykah Badu, Isaac Hayes or James Brown etc., whom Tokunbo und Morten see as parts their musical roots.

from soul to soul is the dedication to all the Godfathers and Godmothers of soul that we ve been awaiting for so long. Hit it !