Cooler Conditions is the fourth studio album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 musician

Musician

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 Snow

Snow (musician)

Darrin O'Brien , better known by his stage name Snow, is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rap and reggae musician. He is best known for his 1992 single "Informer", which reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.-Life and work:...

. Released only in Japan, many of the tracks later appeared on the more widely released Mind on the Moon

Mind on the Moon

Mind on the Moon is an album by Canadian reggae musician Snow, released in 2000. Despite being his fifth album, this was the first disc since his 1993 debut 12 Inches of Snow that Snow returned to the pop charts and received mainstream airplay on both radio and television.The initial single...

album. The tracks Someday Somehow, "Everybody Wants to Be Like You

Everybody Wants to Be Like You

"Everybody Wants to Be Like You" is a single by Canadian pop/reggae singer Snow, from his 2000 album, Mind on the Moon. The song was very successful in Canada, peaking at #2 on the RPM Singles Chart.-Awards and Honors:...

", Jimmy Hat and The Plumb Song were remixed and recorded again for the Mind on the Moon

Mind on the Moon

Mind on the Moon is an album by Canadian reggae musician Snow, released in 2000. Despite being his fifth album, this was the first disc since his 1993 debut 12 Inches of Snow that Snow returned to the pop charts and received mainstream airplay on both radio and television.The initial single...

release.

Production

In 1998, Snow began working with a new manager, Paula Danyelvich of Hype Music, and reunited with producer MC Shan. By March of 1999, Snow signed a contract with JVC

JVC

, usually referred to as JVC, is a Japanese international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded in 1927...

 Japan to release a 12 track album in Japan and Asia. Recorded in Toronto, Boston, and Nashville, Snow teamed up with producer/engineer Glen Rosenstein to produce a much softer, pop-based sound as compared to his edgier dancehall tracks from his previous albums. Shan told Billboard Magazine, "He's still Snow [and the music] still has the reggae touch, but we've gone into different musical areas as well."

In addition to Shan appearing on the tracks Jimmy Hat and Informer '99, Michee Mee performed on Maybe I'm Lonely. Snow, a long time Kiss

KISS (band)

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 fan, also recorded a cover of I Love it Loud

I Love It Loud

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 and a reggae version of Kansas

Kansas (band)

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' Dust in The Wind

Dust in the Wind

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 (Hard Life).

Reception

The first single, "The Plumb Song," spent eight weeks on the Tokio Hot 100 and peaked at number 28 in July of 1999. After Snow signed with Virgin music, many of the songs were remixed and released on Snow's 2000 album, Mind on the Moon

Mind on the Moon

Mind on the Moon is an album by Canadian reggae musician Snow, released in 2000. Despite being his fifth album, this was the first disc since his 1993 debut 12 Inches of Snow that Snow returned to the pop charts and received mainstream airplay on both radio and television.The initial single...

. In 2001, the video for The Plumb Song was nominated for MuchMusic

MuchMusic

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 Video of the year

Track listing

1. "Someday Somehow"
2. "Everybody Wants to Be Like You
   Everybody Wants to Be Like You
   "Everybody Wants to Be Like You" is a single by Canadian pop/reggae singer Snow, from his 2000 album, Mind on the Moon. The song was very successful in Canada, peaking at #2 on the RPM Singles Chart.-Awards and Honors:...
   
   "
3. "Drunk Man's Theory"
4. "Jimmy Hat" (featuring MC Shan
   MC Shan
   MC Shan is an American rapper. He is perhaps best known for collaborating with Snow in "Informer", an international number one hit single.-Biography:...
   
   )
5. "Hard Life"
6. "You Can Do Anything"
7. "Loud"
8. "Come Down"
9. "Maybe I'm Lonely" (featuring Michee Mee)
10. "Informer 99" (featuring MC Shan
    MC Shan
    MC Shan is an American rapper. He is perhaps best known for collaborating with Snow in "Informer", an international number one hit single.-Biography:...
    
    )
11. "The Plumb Song"

External links

• Plumb Song music video
• Snow Lyrics an Australian Snow fansite