Biggest Dancehall Anthems 1979-82 (2002)

Product Summary Label: Greensleeves UPC: 00601811841129 Release Date: 8/20/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60565241 Item#: MG4DSX Buy.com Sales Rank: 26588 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. War - Wailing Souls ~ Various Artists 2. Where Is Jah - Reggae Regulars ~ Various Artists 3. Born For a Purpose - Dr. Alimantado ~ Various Artists 4. Look Youthman - Barrington Levy ~ Various Artists 5. Another One Bites the Dust - Clint Eastwood/General Saint ~ Various Artists 6. Wa-Do-Dem - Eek-A-Mouse ~ Various Artists 7. Zungguzungguguzungguzeng - Yellowman ~ Various Artists 8. Pass the Tu Sheng Peng - Frankie Paul ~ Various Artists 9. Under Me Sleng Teng - Wayne Smith ~ Various Artists 10. Hello Darling - Tippa Irie ~ Various Artists 11. Rumours - Gregory Isaacs ~ Various Artists 12. Telephone Love - JC Lodge ~ Various Artists 13. Pirates Anthem - Cocoa Tea/Shabba Ranks/Home T. ~ Various Artists 14. Twice My Age - Shabba Ranks/Krystal ~ Various Artists 15. Going Is Rough, The - Cocoa Tea/Cutty Ranks/Home T. ~ Various Artists 16. Bounty Hunter - Barrington Levy ~ Various Artists 17. Jah Love Is With I - Johnny Clarke ~ Various Artists 18. Chip In - Wayne Jarrett ~ Various Artists 19. Poor & Humble - Wayne Wade ~ Various Artists 20. Who No Waan Come - Wailing Souls ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Oh Carolina - Shaggy ~ Various Artists 2. Too Young - Buju Banton/Cocoa Tea ~ Various Artists 3. Down In the Ghetto - Bounty Killer ~ Various Artists 4. Lord Watch Over Our Shoulders - Garnett Silk ~ Various Artists 5. Over You - Beres Hammond ~ Various Artists 6. Black Woman & Child - Sizzla ~ Various Artists 7. Who Am I - Beenie Man ~ Various Artists 8. Heads High - Mr. Vegas ~ Various Artists 9. Blood Stain - Ward 21 ~ Various Artists 10. Log On - Elephant Man ~ Various Artists 11. No Letting Go - Wayne Wonder ~ Various Artists 12. Under Mi Sensi - Mr. Vegas/Alozade/Hollowpoint ~ Various Artists 13. Tekk - Vybz Kartel ~ Various Artists 14. Hail the King - Fantan Mojah ~ Various Artists 15. Dutty Wine - Tony Matterhorn ~ Various Artists 16. Love A Dub - Ranking Dread ~ Various Artists 17. Mr. Chin - Yellowman ~ Various Artists 18. Trying To Turn Me On - Johnny Osbourne ~ Various Artists 19. Eventide Fire A Disaster - General Echo/Barrington Levy ~ Various Artists 20. Tribute To General Echo - Cilnt Eastwood/General Saint ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Audio Remasterer: Peter Norman. This is a more important album than it looks on the surface. The 40 tracks here -- and as the cover says, they were are all massive Top Ten hits -- essentially mark the start of the transition from roots reggae to the dancehall style; a passing of the torch as definitive in Jamaican music as the passage from rocksteady to reggae in the '60s. Yellowman, Barrington Levy, and Wailing Souls are all heavily represented, and really, more than any others (such as Dennis Brown), they signaled what was happening. Yellowman was the new style of toasting star, turning the focus to 'slackness' or sexuality that would become the prime subject of dancehall lyrics. Levy was the new signing-star (check "Mary Long Tongue," another piece with slack lyrics), both solo and in duets, such as "Eventide Fire A Disaster," with General Echo. The Wailing Souls, on the other hand, were very much a roots reggae band, giving what was, largely, a final shout-out to the old style on songs like "Who No Waan Come," and "Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall." This album nods to all aspects of the aural change, such as Hugh Mundell, a huge talent who was killed in 1983 before he'd even fully blossomed. And the music? Well, when you have Levy performing "Shine Eye Gal," one of his biggest cuts, Wailing Souls with the classic "Firehouse Rock," or Johnny Osbourne with "Trying To Turn Me On," you know you're onto a winner. ~ Chris Nickson Producer: Ward 21; Alex G; Danny Browne; Steven "Lenky" Marsden; King Jammy; Riprock; The Crew; Heenry 'Junjo' Lawes; Andre Saunders; Delano Thomas; Prince Jammy; Xterminator; Sting International; Josef Bogdanovich; Dow Jones; Robert Livingston; W. Thompson; Two Fr   Technical Info Release Date : 08/20/2002 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : GREZCD-401 Label : Greensleeves Records Number of Discs : 2 Runtime : 110m : 56s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00601811841129   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (11/29/02, p.107) - "...[The songs] lope along with heavy reverb and crisp drum patterns while a new generation - sexual, political, vital - makes itself heard..." - Rating: A Q (11/02, p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...These sounds prove that there was life after Marley..."    Product Image