Frontline #1 [CD-single] [Import]

Product Description
Two Totally Exclusive Demo Tracks from Machine Head's "More Things Change"Sessions. Plus Two Tracks by the French Band Out.

Tracks:

Right Time
Why Me Black Brother Why
Shame And Pride
Gnashing Of Teeth
Them Never Love Poor Marcus
I Need A Roof
Go Seek Your Rights
Have Mercy
Natural Natty
Africa

Customer Reviews:

One Love.......2007-03-12

Of the more than 2,000 CD's in my collection (which cover many genres/musical styles: Punk, Metal, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Soul, and, of course, Reggae music), ranking within my TOP 5 is "The Right Time" by The Mighty Diamonds. Adding to its excellence is the bonus that all 3 members autographed the CD cover booklet during a 2007 visit to the Rock Hall in Cleveland.

...Okay, now that my gloating is over, let's talk about the album.

The album (circa, 1976) is a collection of early Diamonds' singles, so it's a 'hits collection' in a way. The vocal trio (Tabby, Bunny, & Judge) have been described as "velvet razor" reggae, which is to say that the smooth reggae vocal harmonies represent the "velvet" side, while the socio-political, edgy lyrical content proves "razor" sharp.

The Mighty Diamonds are reggae's version of a Soul-music trio: check out "Shame & Pride," "Them Never Love Poor Marcus," and, of course, "Have Mercy."

"I Need A Roof" is another fine example of the "velvet razor" label: "I Need A Roof Over My Head/And Bread On My Table/This Love In My Heart/It's For Everyone" is a line from the tune that is heavy, catchy & soulful all at once. The pure harmony draws the listener in, while, at the same time, provides a strong message. It's this duality that makes "The Right Time" such a complete album.

All ten tracks on this album are memorable reggae classics!! REQUIRED LISTENING (even for the casual reggae fan)!!

*As always, I have to keep hoping that the Mighty Diamonds (or whoever rightfully owns some of their early classic albums) will see the light & release the great Diamonds albums: PLANET EARTH, TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG & LEADERS OF BLACK COUNTRIES. Diehard fans are eagerly awaiting these classics on CD!!!!!

If you like Reggae, this is ESSENTIAL! Some of the best harmonies on CD!.......2006-05-07

I'm a serious Reggae fan and especially love the close harmony groups: the Abysinnians, the Gladiators, the Heptones, etc. However, this CD, hands down, is my favorite, second only to the Congos' "Heart of the Congos." However, where "Congos" is awash in Lee "Scratch" Perry's signature echo and sound effects, "Right Time" is produced very simply, uncluttered, letting the beautiful harmonies take center stage. Of course, the gorgeous singing wouldn't impress half as much if the Mighty Diamonds didn't have good material to perform. Luckily, not only do they have Grade A songs here, every track is a killer. Standouts for me are "Shame & Pride," "Right Time," and "Why Me Black Brother Why?," but, honestly, they're all fantastic. The vocals are angelic, pure bliss, and the riddims are the perfect complements. You cannot go wrong with this one. This is the Diamonds' shining moment; though they would release other good stuff, they never acheived the perfection they achieved on "Right Time." If you like this, also check out stuff from the aforementioned artists, as well as CDs from the Wailing Souls and Culture.

Don't Buy It Just Yet!.......2005-12-01

This album is without doubt top quality reggae, and it pushed the Mighty Diamonds to the top of my harmony favorites. However, the album "Go Seek Your Rights" - issued by the Front Line label, features this entire plus an additional 6 tracks [One Brother Short, Bodyguard, Let the Answer Be Yes, Sweet Lady, Master Plan, Got To Get Away], and is usually found at a surprisingly cheap price! Try to find that one first...

One other CRUCIAL thing to mention: One of the very best Toast albums I have ever heard, produced by the Godfather himself, URoy, is called "Right Time Rockers: The Lost Album". It is very difficult to find, but well worth the effort, as it contains some of the most vintage toast ever recorded. It was recorded in Channel One the same year as "The Right Time" was released (1976), but not released until 1998 by SoundSystem, and features absolutely sensational toasting, perfect engineering (Hookim), as well as The Mighty Diamonds, Tommy McCook, and the Revolutionaries (with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespear). If you're into Toast, or want to check out something truly unique to Reggae, this is one to own.

Roots all the Way.......2005-06-03

This album is essential for any roots reggae fan. The Mighty Diamonds are a feast for the ears and classic roots. The cover may throw you off a bit as it did me, but, once you get past the ultra-lame cover, the album is total magic. Very spiritual head-candy.

Incredible.......2004-12-04

I love reggae music and it seems that every time i buy a reggae cd my expectations are so high that no matter how good it is I'm a little let down. Until now that is. This album is simply fantastic. It definitely belongs in the same category as classic reggae albums like Marcus Garvey, Satta Massagana, and Heart of the Congoes, and in my opinion it actually eclipses all of them.

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A quick dose of roots reggae in punklike form.
great album
Crucial Reggae
Great Album
A reggae masterpiece! Simply Essential!

Trench Town Mix Up
The Gladiators
Manufacturer: Frontline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Satta Massagana
Who Say Jah No Dread
Dreader Dread 1976-1978
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Heart of the Congos

ASIN: B00004W1DW
Release Date: 2000-10-31

Tracks:

Mix Up
Bellyfull
Looks Is Deceiving
Chatty Chatty Mouth
Soul Rebel
Eli Eli
Hearsay
Rude Boy Ska
Know Yourself Mankind
Thief In The Night
Hello Carol

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of the Gladiators Landmark Album on Virgin's Front Line. Includes 'Belly Full', 'soul Rebel', 'Rude Boy Ska' and Many More.

Customer Reviews:

A quick dose of roots reggae in punklike form........2007-03-13

This is a seminal album one that transferred well to the punk scene in London and helped influence the Clash the pistols and others. Its pure roots reggae but alittle slicker and shorter- and includes the stunner Soul Rebel. This album is quick and propulsive- with most songs dancing around the 3 minute mark at true Jamaican pace but seems to blow by despite being 11 or 12 tracks. Im not implying that the songs are fast at all- its the spirit and the mixing of the songs down to an almost poplike form instead of six minute mantras. Great vocals great tunes and relevant lyrics make this a must own for all reggae fans especially considering this is a classic among the last dying days of the height of reggae-Bom MArley excluded. The cover captures the mood at the time not only in Kingston but in London as well. A must have!

great album.......2004-08-04

excellent album to add to any collection. sweet tunes and heavy rhythms. always a steady reggae beat and strong rhthym 'chink'. everyone likes this album, no cheese anywhere on it.

Crucial Reggae.......2004-04-14

At times I just laugh at the harmony these guys lay down, at first listen it sounds downright out of key. So you wonder why I would rate it so high? This album is soulfull, sweet reggae at its best, the more you listen the more you groove. You cant help but love it for its sincerity and innocence. HIGH on my list of must haves.

Great Album.......2003-12-21

Great album, my only complaint is that it's a little short. Excellent beats, catchy tunes, great vocals... i definitely recommend this one. Even if you haven't heard of the Gladiators before, their sound is right up there with other much more famous reggae bands.

A reggae masterpiece! Simply Essential!.......2002-10-08

In the late 1980's I purchased The Gladiator's LP "On the Right Track". Big mistake. I did not like this album as I thought it was weak and irritating. The result was that for 10+ years I stayed away from The Gladiators all together. Another big mistake. I finally bought "Trenchtown Mix Up" after reading the review in the Rough Guide, and I have since been kicking myself for ignoring it all this time. Every song is perfect and the musical backing and production by Prince Tony is stunning. A cornerstone reggae album on par with The Congos "Heart of the Congos", Sylford Walker's "Lambsbread" and Burning Spear's "Marcus Garvey". A perfect, hard driving, rootsy mix of the heroic and the spiritual.

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Carrying on the legacy of Robert Nesta
Back To The Roots
The greatest reggae ever
wow!
solid

Harder than the Rest
Culture
Manufacturer: Frontline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Who Say Jah No Dread

ASIN: B00004U8S4
Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

Behold
Holy Mountain Zion
Stop The Fussing And Fighting
Iron Sharpening Iron
Vacancy
Tell Me Where You Get It
Free Again
Work On Natty
Love Shine Bright
Play Skilfully

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of Joseph Hill's First Recorded Work for the Front Line Label, Following their Stupendous Debut 'Two Sevens Clash'. Includes 'Holy Mt. Zion', 'Love Shine Bright' and 'Behold'. a Must for Any Fan of Great Reggae.

Customer Reviews:

Carrying on the legacy of Robert Nesta.......2006-04-13

I am not going to say this album is as good as Bob, but it is powerfully good none the less. Closest thing I have heard to capturing that Wailer sound. I strongly recommend it for anyone interested in listening to classic reggae and wants to to stay away from the dance hall stuff.

Back To The Roots.......2004-02-14

Culture's lead singer, Joseph Hill is an unassuming, humble and friendly man, who is small in stature. Those who meet him are often unprepared for his tranformation onstage, when he sings with Culture. Somehow, Hill is tranformed into a towering giant, a lion, and avenger for the power of Rastafari when he picks up the microphone to sing. This kind of charisma that of a man who has rasta in his heart. To his credit, Joseph Hill has maintained a steady course, and both his Rastafarian philosophy and the music of Culture has remained with the roots of reggae music, despite over thirty years of strange mutations in Jamaican reggae music. "Harder Than the Rest" is exactly what the title purports it to be.... the hardest and most straight ahead collection of roots reggae when conscious music ruled, and Rastafari was the source of all reggae. Perhaps roots consciousness has fallen from fashion, but jah people will never forget how important Culture was and still is. I love Culture's "Two Sevens Clash" and "Baldhead Bridge" but this CD is truly harder than the rest and proves that reggae music neither began or ended with Bob Marley.

The greatest reggae ever.......2002-08-20

The is the best reggae album ever. "be careful of the things you do..."

Oh Behold! the greatest ever!

wow!.......2001-04-02

I don't own this album (yet), but whenever I hear it it makes me want to rush out and buy it, only I can't find it anywhere. It's so beautiful all the way through, but "play skillfully" almost brings a tear to my eye. It's lyrical content, melody and harmonies are out-of-this-world. Buy this now.

solid.......2000-12-23

I like this record. Positive vibes, never that cheesy sound. Good, smooth, slightly wah wah rhythms, with 3 part harmonies that remind me a little of the Abyssinians. This album is full of slow, catchy hooks. Listen to the samples - nuff said.

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A CLASSIC !!!!!!!
Classic and brilliant!
Truly Herbal Vibe

International Herb
Culture
Manufacturer: Frontline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Harder than the Rest
Two Sevens Clash
Cumbolo
Baldhead Bridge
Who Say Jah No Dread

ASIN: B00005BJC6
Release Date: 2001-07-27

Tracks:

The International Herb
Jah Rastafari
It A Guh Dread
Rally Around Jahoviah's Throne
The Land We Belong
Ethiopians Waan Guh Home
Chiney Man
I Tried
The Shepherd
Too Lohg In Slavery

Customer Reviews:

A CLASSIC !!!!!!!.......2007-03-01

First things first,IGNORE THE FIRST IGNORANT WRIITEN REVIEW ABOVE PLEASE!!! no one will EVER GIVE BOB A RUN FOR HIS MONEY.... EVER!!! SECOND.. YOU DON'T NEED POT TO ENJOY THIS CD... YOU SOUND SO STUPID AND IGNORANT.. ANYWAY, THIS CD IS A CLASSIC EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THIS, IT REMINDS ME OF MY DAD PLAYING THE RECORD WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.

Classic and brilliant! .......2005-02-23

One of the greatest reggae albums ever written! You don't even have to be a pot smoker to enjoy it. They give king Bob a run for his money with this album.

Truly Herbal Vibe.......2001-07-27

A stunner by culture - I saw the cover of the album, maked by a budding female, and checked out the first track 'International Herb'. Brilliant, on the basis of this track I purchased the album and I reckon it to be the best Ive heard yet. A stormer! To anyone who liked Two Sevens Clash, this is better!

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A Happy Soundpiece From Yesteryear
Soulful pop at its very best

Forever Friends
Jon Gibson
Manufacturer: Frontline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Body and Soul

ASIN: B000008PJA
Release Date: 1992-01-01

Tracks:

You Are the One - Jon Gibson,
Can't Live Without Jesus
Found a Home
On My Way to Heaven
Forever Friends
Happy to Know Jesus - Jon Gibson, Allegra Parks, , Sandra Stephens
You've Gotta Love Somebody
Happier Than the Morning Sun
To My Father's House

Customer Reviews:

A Happy Soundpiece From Yesteryear.......2002-10-01

Jon Gibson did a really good job on his part in the CD. God was with him; I don't think I'll ever forget the way those songs soften me up everytime I here them.

Soulful pop at its very best.......2002-05-20

Let's get this out of the way quickly: Christian singer/songwriter/keyboardist Jon Gibson sounds like Stevie Wonder. A LOT like Stevie Wonder. So it's probably no surprise he covers (and very well, too) a Wonder nugget called Happier Than The Morning Sun. It's a highlight on an album overflowing with highlights. Gibson loves R&B and he loves pop and the two mesh to perfection on this 1992 recording. At times he'll being in a contemporary edge -- note the sequencing and rap on the opening track, You Are The One -- at other times he'll go way back to old-time gospel (the album's final song, a cover of the 1969 Edwin Hawkins classic To My Father's House). In between this boundaries are wonderous and joyful listening experiences like You've Gotta Love Somebody and Happy To Know Jesus. As the song titles make clear, Gibson isn't a lyrical Hemingway...he states his faith, the things that move him, with a direct simplicity. And that's fine, 'cause all the while you're grooving along with a smile on your face.

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My favorite Culture album
SOLID FOUNDATION
The Scoop!

Cumbolo
Culture
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ASIN: B00004XRX9
Release Date: 2000-10-31

Tracks:

They Never Love In This Time
Innocent Blood
Cumbolo
Poor Jah People
Natty Never Get Weary
Natty Dread Naw Run
Down In Jamaica
This Train
Pay Day
Mind Who You Beg For Help

Customer Reviews:

My favorite Culture album.......2006-10-29

I've always loved the Sonia Pottinger produced Culture albums, this one in particular. There's no filler material here, but Innocent Blood, Poor Jah People, Natty Never Get Weary and Down In Jamaica stand out for me. A lot of Jamaican history is told in this album, and history has never sounded sweeter. You might be moved to shed a tear or two if you listen to this while intoxicated, it's that powerful.

SOLID FOUNDATION.......2004-09-22

CUMBOLO: I've always said that BALDHEAD BRIDGE is my favourite Culture LP, and I stand by that statement. But CUMBOLO is also my favourite Culture LP - and for good reason. Sonia Pottinger's simple, straight-forward production work succinctly spotlights the trio's fantastic harmony singing - especially on the divine title track, and NATTY NEVER GET WEARY - and offers suitably solid foundation for a handful of exemplary story-in-song offerings, most notably INNOCENT BLOOD and DOWN IN JAMAICA. The roots pressure is firmly applied throughout, culminating in Joseph Hill's impassioned plea for PAY DAY ("Will this pay day be Monday? Will this pay day be Tuesday?...When will this pay day be for these retired slaves?"), and while the subject matter is deadly serious, the overall tone of CUMBOLO is never less than bouyant and upbeat - that's just what makes great reggae music so great!

CUMBOLO is quite widely available thanks to Virgin's recent reggae re-release program. I suggest you don't wait for pay day - go and buy a copy right away.

The Scoop!.......2000-12-29

Listen folks, I am a die-hard advocate of reggae music. Marley, Tosh and Spear are good, but Joseph Hill (Culture) is the toughest. If you are truly inspired by roots reggae and sweet harmonies. Buy this.... You will like every song...... From skankin' to burnin'....it has it all. I have over 300 reggae CD's and this is among my top five favorites..........Peace and Love........

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Early 80's Roots
COSMIC RASTA VIBRATIONS?
Excellent roots reggae
Lose the annoying sound effects
twinkles best

Countrymen
Twinkle Brothers
Manufacturer: Frontline
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Praise Jah
Live at Reggae Sunsplash: Since I Throw the Comb Away
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Rockers Time Now
Harder than the Rest

ASIN: B0000630VM
Release Date: 2002-08-20

Tracks:

I Don't Want To Be Lonely Any More
Patoo
Never Get Burn
Free Us
Free Us Dub
Jah Kingdom Come
Since I Threw The Comb
One Head
Bite Me
Babylon Falling

Album Description

Reggae pioneers since the dawn of the 60's, The Twinkle Brothers were a significant vocal trio. This album was originally released in 1980, yielding classic cuts like 'I Don't Want To Be Alone Anymore' & 'Jah Kingdom Come'. Remastered. Virgin. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Early 80's Roots.......2007-07-01

This Twinkles Brothers release keeps the roots reggae vibe of the 70's going strong into the 80's. In general, the songs are up-tempo with a touch R&B/gospel - somewhat like Third World, but without as much studio gloss. Fits in well with same-era Burning Spear, Itals, and Wailing Souls. Standout tracks are 'Never Get Burned' and 'Since I Threw the Comb Away.'

COSMIC RASTA VIBRATIONS?.......2007-01-07

This CD is BEAUTIFUL from start to finish! It has a very hypnotic-cOsmic vibration that had my head nodding involuntarily! Some of the cosmic noises in the tracks are so funky that I jumped up out of my chair in amazement like the Atl Falcons finally scored a d#mn touchdown!!! This is the greatest reggae CD I bought in 2006-hands down! If you can appreciate a reggae sound different than -Most- of what you hear & a soulful vibration that will transport you to the seashore under the moonlit skies of Negril with a Jamaican fruit punch in one hand & your "G" in the other, then grab this CD & judge for ya-self! I was Only dissapointed that I hadn't gotten it sooner!

Bless-Up Ya-self!

Excellent roots reggae.......2003-07-12

When I first listened to this CD, I was not really impressed. I listened to it again later that evening after becoming enlightened and I heard something totally different. This is some of the best roots reggae I've heard in a while. I never heard any other Twinkle Bros albums, but this is full of heavy hypnotic rhythms and really cool drumming. The strange noises that caller # 1 addressed are really not that annoying and they're only on a few tunes. Put this disc on a stero with some half decent speakers, it's really jamming.

Lose the annoying sound effects.......2003-03-16

Great music but too many distracting sound effects (chirping birds, etc). Not sure why some reggae mixing engineers insist on adding these sound effects over the music...they often ruin a great album such as this one. "Free Africa" is much better.

twinkles best.......2003-01-17

I think the other reviewer has got this one confused with another twinkle album. Alot of their cd's are average, but this is hands down the best one! With a dread punch heavy enough to knock down the walls of Babylon. Seriously I think that guy has his Twinkles mixed up. Check out the review in the "Reggae Rough Guide" by Steve Barrow. They also say it is their best. Their other Virgin release "Praise Jah" is also good, but has a alot of weak tunes, whereas this one smokes from start to finish. With a distinct style, soulful & organic. And check out their trademark trippy almost si-fi snyth. If you only get one Twinkle Brothers get this one.

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Best Ever Urban Dub
Dubroom Review

Dread Beat an' Blood
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Manufacturer: Frontline
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Binding: Audio CD

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Independant Intavenshan: The Island Anthology
Forces of Victory
Bass Culture
LKJ in Dub
Mi Revalueshanary Fren

ASIN: B00004W3LY
Release Date: 2000-09-11

Tracks:

Dread Beat An' Blood
Five Nights Of Bleeding
Doun Di Road
Song Of Blood
It Dread Inna Inglan (For George Lindo)
Come Wi Goh Dung Deh
Man Free (For Darcus Howe)
All Wi Doin' Is Defendin

Customer Reviews:

Best Ever Urban Dub.......2006-11-07

Not too much to add to previous reviews, except that this is arguably the best urban reggae-dub ever recorded. Unlike LKJ's Island output, which leaned too much towards sunny, upbeat lilting rhythms for my taste, this one throbs with menace, raw anger, and the pulse of the concrete jungle. Only one complaint: this reissue CD excludes the "All We Doin' is Defendin'" dub, which appeared on the original Virgin 12" single; a dub that will break your spine.

Dubroom Review.......2001-11-09

Listen to the man called Linton Kwesie Johnson, because he's got a lot to say and he is saying it in a hard dubwize style! LKJ doesn't sing, and he doesn't rap, he is a poet from the city of London and he recites his poems over some of the hardest dub riddims ever laid down. The Legendary Dennis "Blackbeard" Bovell and his band is responsible for this monumentum of black music that will thrill you to the bones, I guarantee! This is the sound of the crying sufferer: Hard reality of today comes through your speakers as Linton introduces you to the blackman's suffering in modern day babylon. As heavy as the basslines are LKJ's accusations against the police, government, and the sufferers themselves. Although he is not a Rasta this is a Black Consciousness Reggae Album from the first degree. It is the 2nd track called five night of bleeding that made me hooked on reggae and especially dub. This happened back then in 1981 and this album is still among my favorites! Dread beat and blood is Linton's debut album, I consider it his best. You can find his music in several collections that consist of only essential albums. It is one of the first in the genre that is now know as "dub poetry". Like U Roy is to be considered the godfather of toast, Linton Kwesie Johnson must be credited as the godfather of dub poetry. Dread Beat And Blood: consider this to be your next purchase!

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Used to U-Roy
An unusual album

Dread in a Babylon
U-Roy
Manufacturer: Frontline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Open The Iron Gate: 1973-1977

ASIN: B000000HUJ
Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

Runaway Girl
Chalice in the Palace
I Can't Love Another
Dreadlocks Dread
Great Psalms
Natty Don't Fear
African Message
Silver Bird
Listen to the Teacher
Trench Town Rock

Customer Reviews:

Used to U-Roy.......2006-03-13

U-Roy's Dread in Babylon is another in line of classics for the unorthadoxed singer/writer. Even though its a rather old cd, many of its songs are used in soundtracks for recent films. I.e. High Tension, After the Sunset, and City of God. For those of you unfamiliar with his style I caution you before buying this cd. Be prepared for elonggated scats and pseudo-harmonic melodies. The structure of the songs follow the traditional syncapation more familiar with reggae, but he primaraly talks the listener through each vocal journery, never jumping octaves or escalating in pitch. If you're expecting a Bob Marley, Ky-mani, Buju Bantu or I-Wanye sort of musician, this is not the cd for you. If on the other hand you enjoy "live" sounding bands, with improvised melodies, vocals and tunes then you'll defeniately want to buy this cd.

An unusual album.......2003-09-22

I'm not a reggae expert...though I've been a fan for nearly 30 years (yikes!), but there's one thing I'm sure of: this is not your father's nice, easy-going, Bob Marley-type of reggae.

U-roy is like being sucked into a swirling vortex of trippy acid-induced Rasta fervor. If you suspect that your kid likes to smoke LOTS of pot and is one step away from joining the Taliban (just to be REALLY different), this might not be the best record to have near the Cheese Doodles. But if you want to hear a facinating historical artifact that somehow fuses the peaceful, lilting beat with jarring reverb and other "interesting" production tricks, this just may be the record you've always been looking for.

Tracks:

Message from the King
Dream
Reggae Music Moving
Black Man Land
Marble Stone
Wish I Have a Wing
Armegeddon
Commandment of Drugs
Badda Card
Moses, Moses
Some With Roof
Foggy Road
Put It Out
King of Kings
Ghetto Living
River of Jordan

Customer Reviews:

The Best reggae can not br forgotten!.......1999-04-20

Blackman Land is some of the best reggae I have heard. Prince Far I is truly ambient in his music and rythem. Please inquire about this cd to Amazon or any other source to get yourself this album you won't regret it. I am looking for another copy for myself and for gift. Please help my get Amazon to offer this cd again.

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