Best Of Reggae (2005) (Import)

Product Summary Label: Msi Music UPC: 00094634485128 Release Date: 10/8/2006 Buy.com Sku: 203250064 Item#: M37S7S Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Tomorrow People ~ Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers ------ 2. Uptown Top Ranking ~ Althea & Donna ------ 3. In The Summertime ------ 4. Don't Let It Pass You By ~ UB40 ------ 5. Johnny B Goode ~ Peter Tosh ------ 6. This Land Is For Everyone ~ The Abyssinians ------ 7. Trenchtown Rock ~ U ------ 8. African Herbsman ~ I ------ 9. Throw Away Your Gun ~ Prince Far I ------ 10. Sun Is Shining ~ Sly Dunbar ------ 11. Come Wi Go Dung Deh ~ Linton Kwesi Johnson ------ 12. Soul Rebel ~ The Gladiators ------ 13. Declaration Of Rights ~ Johnny Clarke ------ 14. Holy Mount Zion ~ Culture ------ 15. Freedom Fighters ~ Delroy Washington ------ 16. Wild World ~ Maxi Priest ------ 17. Equal Rights ~ Peter Tosh ------ 18. Mr Brown ~ Gregory Isaacs ------ 19. Dread Beat & Blood ~ Linton Kwesi Johnson ------ 20. Natty Rebel ~ U ------ 21. Crazy Baldhead ~ Johnny Clarke ------ 22. Behold ~ Culture ------ 23. No More War (Dub) ~ Prince Far I ------ 24. Looks Is Deceiving ~ The Gladiators ------ 25. If I Don't Have You ~ Gregory Isaacs ------ 26. Satta Amasa Gana (Sette Messgana) ~ I ------ 27. Prophecy A Fulfilled ~ Johnny Clarke ------ 28. Strollin' On ~ Maxi Priest ------ 29. Right Time ~ The Mighty Diamonds ------ 30. Never Get Burn ~ Twinkle Brothers ------ 31. African Herbsman ~ Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers ------ 32. Jah War ~ Ruts ------ 33. King ~ UB40 ------ 34. Gangsters ~ The Special A.K.A. ------ 35. Prince ~ Madness ------ 36. Three Minute Hero ~ The Selecter ------ 37. People Do Rock Steady ~ Bodysnatchers ------ 38. That Girl ~ Maxi Priest ------ 39. Jah Son of Africa ~ U ------ 40. International Herb ~ Culture ------ 41. Universal Tribulation ~ Gregory Isaacs ------ 42. Africa ~ The Mighty Diamonds ------ 43. Dem A Come ~ The Abyssinians ------ 44. Dirty Harry ~ Sly Dunbar ------ 45. Five Nights Of Bleeding ~ Linton Kwesi Johnson ------ 46. Wear You to the Ball ~ U ------ 47. Message From The King ~ Prince Far I ------ 48. Love Don't Come Easy ~ Maxi Priest ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info This three-disc 48-track compilation of Jamaican reggae is all over the map, but there is a general feeling of cohesiveness to it since many of the songs address matters of social and political unrest while still retaining a bright, summery tone. Collected here are intriguing sides like Shaggy's trash can ragged "In the Summertime," I-Roy's dubbed-out toast on "African Herbsman," Delroy Washington's "Freedom Fighters," the Mighty Diamonds' gorgeous and earnest "Right Time," and the Abyssinians' "Dem a Come." It doesn't add up to an essential survey of Jamaican reggae or anything like that, and if one were truly to call this "The Best of Reggae" then there sure are a lot of critical songs and artists absent (Bob Marley, for one obvious instance), but what is here is engaging enough to make this set worth picking up at a budget price. ~ Steve Leggett   Technical Info Release Date : 12/12/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 3448512 Label : EMI Music Distribution Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00094634485128    Related Videos Christmas In The Heart : ... A Cherry Cherry Christmas... In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray