Run Come Save Me

Run Come Save Me
Run Come Save Me
Studio album by Roots Manuva
Released	13 August 2001
Genre	Hip hop
Length	57:53
Label	Big Dada
Producers	Wayne Bennett; Lord Gosh; Al Mono; Hylton Smythe; Skillamanjaro;
Roots Manuva chronology
Singles from Run Come Save Me
	"Witness (1 Hope)"; Released: 23 July 2001; "Dreamy Days"; Released: 8 October 2001;

Run Come Save Me is the second studio album by English hip hop musician Roots Manuva.^[1] It was released on Big Dada in 2001.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Guardian	^[1]
Muzik	4/5^[4]
NME	8/10^[5]
Pitchfork	4.1/10^[2]
Q	^[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]
Spin	7/10^[8]

John Bush of AllMusic wrote, "Roots Manuva handled every type of song with flowing confidence and a bemused air, whether it was a club jam or a message track."^[3] Alex Needham of NME called it "Brit-rap's finest hour to date."^[5] Christian Hopwood of BBC Music felt that the album "should be lauded for its degree of musical invention and individual approach to the genre".^[9]

Q listed it as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"No Strings..."		1:25
2.	"Bashment Boogie" (featuring Ricky Rankin)	Wayne Bennett	3:19
3.	"Witness (1 Hope)"	Lord Gosh	4:15
4.	"Join the Dots" (featuring Chali 2na)	Al Mono	3:59
5.	"Black Box Interlude"		0:22
6.	"Ital Visions"	Hylton Smythe	4:42
7.	"Kicking the Cack"	Lord Gosh	3:36
8.	"Dub Styles" (featuring The Lingalong Tecknishun)	Lord Gosh	2:40
9.	"Trim Body"	Lord Gosh	3:35
10.	"Artical"	Lord Gosh	3:21
11.	"Hol' It Up" (featuring Riddla)	Lord Gosh	2:48
12.	"Stone the Crows"	Hylton Smythe	3:21
13.	"Sinny Sin Sins"	Hylton Smythe	3:36
14.	"Evil Rabbit"	Hylton Smythe	3:24
15.	"Swords in the Dirt" (featuring Niara, Danny Vicious, Rodney P, Blackitude, Big P, and Skeme)	Wayne Bennett	4:40
16.	"Highest Grade" (featuring Seanie T)	Lord Gosh	4:05
17.	"Dreamy Days"	Skillamanjaro	4:45

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[11]	33

Certifications

Certifications for *Run Come Save Me*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[12]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1 2 Lynskey, Dorian (10 August 2001). "Righteous beer". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
1 2 P., Ethan (11 December 2001). "Roots Manuva: Run Come Save Me". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
1 2 Bush, John. "Run Come Save Me – Roots Manuva". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
↑ Bell, Duncan (September 2001). "Roots Manuva: Run Come Save Me (Big Dada)". Muzik (76): 61.
1 2 Needham, Alex (13 August 2001). "Roots Manuva : Run Come Save Me". NME. IPC Media. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
↑ "Roots Manuva: Run Come Save Me". Q (181): 117. September 2001.
↑ Caramanica, Jon (2004). "Roots Manuva". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 703. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ Drumming, Neil (November 2001). "Roots Manuva, 'Run Come Save Me' (Big Dada)". Spin. 17 (11): 136. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
↑ Hopwood, Christian (2002). "Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me - Review". BBC. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
↑ "The Best 50 Albums of 2001". Q (185): 60–65. December 2001.
↑ "Roots Manuva". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
↑ "British album certifications – Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me". British Phonographic Industry. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2025. Select albums in the Formats field. Type Run Come Save Me Roots Manuva in the "Search:" field.

External links

Run Come Save Me at Discogs (list of releases)

[theguardian-1] 1 2 Lynskey, Dorian (10 August 2001). "Righteous beer". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

[pitchfork-2] 1 2 P., Ethan (11 December 2001). "Roots Manuva: Run Come Save Me". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

[allmusic-3] 1 2 Bush, John. "Run Come Save Me – Roots Manuva". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

[4] Bell, Duncan (September 2001). "Roots Manuva: Run Come Save Me (Big Dada)". Muzik (76): 61.

[nme-5] 1 2 Needham, Alex (13 August 2001). "Roots Manuva : Run Come Save Me". NME. IPC Media. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

[6] "Roots Manuva: Run Come Save Me". Q (181): 117. September 2001.

[7] Caramanica, Jon (2004). "Roots Manuva". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 703. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[8] Drumming, Neil (November 2001). "Roots Manuva, 'Run Come Save Me' (Big Dada)". Spin. 17 (11): 136. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

[bbc-9] Hopwood, Christian (2002). "Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me - Review". BBC. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

[10] "The Best 50 Albums of 2001". Q (185): 60–65. December 2001.

[11] "Roots Manuva". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

[United_KingdomRoots_ManuvaRun_Come_Save_MealbumCertRef-12] "British album certifications – Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me". British Phonographic Industry. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2025. Select albums in the Formats field. Type Run Come Save Me Roots Manuva in the "Search:" field.

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v t e Roots Manuva
Studio albums	Brand New Second Hand Run Come Save Me Dub Come Save Me Awfully Deep Alternately Deep Slime & Reason 4everevolution Bleeds
Singles	"Witness (1 Hope)" "Too Cold"
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