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Recent reviews for Los Albertos album Dish It Up:

Whisperinandhollerin.com
This is the third studio album from the six-piece, Brighton-based ska dance band that was formed in 2002, and I have to say it's more than just quite good.

The album has a real party feel to it and gets straight into its groove with 'Carry On (Regardless)', a perfect accompaniment to the festival season which conjures up some memorable images, to wit "My feet are getting wet, down came the rain, My socks have run off and I've lost my brain." Sentiments that should strike a chord with several Glastonbury-goers of my acquaintance!

The second track 'Dish it Out' is an altogether rockier track which boasts a guitar solo that several US rock bands would love to have in their repertoires, yet at the same time it still manages to retain its rootsy feel. This clearly demonstrates the band's ability to operate at different levels, without sticking specifically to one format.

'Leslie' is a more upbeat track which is very down to earth in its treatment of romance, "Let's go to the amusement arcade and play some air hockey"'!

'Phase' is, for me, one of the best tracks on the album, with instrumental breaks that wouldn't be out of place as the soundtrack to a car chase movie, and lyric that are infused with punk sensibilities "Everyone loves a phase, So here comes another one just the same"

Other standout tracks are 'Call in Sick', a blistering anthem to duvet days which sums up how a hell of a lot of people feel on at the start of the working week :-

"So if your boss is a wanker, and your job is shit, On Monday morning let's all call in sick." Hallelujah to that.

'M4' is another cool track, a bossa nova type beat, which again is something a little different. On the whole, I preferred it when the band did something a bit out of the ordinary, but this is the ideal Summer record. Buy it and within a few plays you will be singing along.

ContactMusic.com
Hell yeah, this is music that'll make you want to shake your toosh. If these Ska-tter brained loonies had their way, you'd be dancing until your feet turned black and fell off. The 6 bodied Brighton based beast that is Los Albertos have been gathering steam since 2002 and with two other albums 'Information Overload' and 'Los Bop' under their belt they are now generating more energy than a fusion reactor. Their uniquely jaunty brand of English born Ska/punk/funk will blow you away.
The lyrics encompass most of the things that the average festival going, psychedelic party animal will encounter on a regular basis, from calling in sick, lounging on the beach, losing your job and spending too much time in the pub to begging for a quid or two from the local loan shark. These bizarre 'Bill Bailey-esk' lyrics are set to a frantic bass line and tremulous trumpeteering that'll have you bopping along in your own wee world with a smirk upon your chops.
The manic ska mayhem is skilfully broken up with some finger licking guitar and drums on the semi-title track 'Dish it out' and as the album steams ahead the last few songs bring you down without loosing the consistently funk-filled vibe; a satisfying end to 52 minutes well spent.

Fatea webzine
Ska seems to be on a bit of an up at the moment and it's not just because the likes of The Specials & Madness have been on the box, there's definitely an upswing at a grass roots level. By way of evidence I offer you "Dish It Up", the new album from Los Albertos. Strong vocals and a really decent horn section sat over the top of a really infectious beat make for a good album in any genre. Festivals and frolics, slackers, skivers, lotharios and divers all get imortalised in songs. Music is a great escape and this gets you away from the push and shove of the mundane and into energy.

Source Magazine
Brighton certainly has its fair share of skanky individuals, but the skank we're concerned with here is altogether more wholesome. Los Albertos are back with their third studio album, a big bowlful of grinning seaside ska, served up at a time when the rest of the world is catching up with the Punker Bunker – you can't move for trilby hats and Harringtons, and The Specials and Madness are all over the place again. Big helpings of bouncy brass and some Chas & Dave vocal to and fro-ing make this an ideal sunshine soundtrack.

Latest 7
The third album from Brighton's favourite ska sound lifts you up from start to finish. By no way traditionalists, each song celebrates the way of the feckless and keeps the party jumping to true Brightonian style. From the Quadrophenia inspired 'Leslie' to the cheeky plea for cash in 'Julie', to the title track of 'Dish It Out' taunting how 'you can dish it out but you just can't take it'. It's a raucous school yard pleasure with every track. Remarkably, the six-strong band loses none of it's old skool influenced sound while still delivering an album that comes across as fresh as a daisy. They're obviously still enjoying their music. I'm happy to say that so are we. Victoria Nangle