Reggae Classics: Uptown Top Ranking

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Tide Is High
producer:
Duke Reid
background vocals:
Howard Barrett and Tyrone Evans
vocals:
John Holt
performer:
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics and The Paragons (Jamaican rocksteady band)
recording of:
The Tide Is High
additional writer:
Howard Barrett and Tyrone Evans
writer:
John Holt
publisher:
B & C Music Corp., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Embassy Music Corporation, Gemrod Music Inc., Sparta Florida Music Group and Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd.
lyrics quoted on:
Numba 1 (Tide Is High) (Keri Hilson feature)
lyrics quoted on:
Numba 1 (Tide Is High) (Rihanna feature)
The Paragons52:45
2Train to Skaville
The Ethiopians2:53
3Stop That Train
Keith and Tex3:17
4Return of the Django
The Upsetters2:32
5Angel of the Morning
Joya Landis3:05
6Ain't No Sunshine
cover recording of:
Ain’t No Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
Horace Andy2:16
7Unchained Melody
Greyhound4:02
8Israelites
recording of:
Israelites
writer:
Desmond Dacres and Leslie Kong
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc. and Sparta Music (publisher) (in 1978)
Desmond Dekker and the Aces2:36
9Lets Get It OnKen Boothe3:11
10Wet Dream
Max Romeo2:49
11Too Experienced
Eddie Lovette3:16
12Elizabethan Reggae
Boris Gardiner and the Love People2:39
13Monkey Man
recording of:
Monkey Man
lyricist and composer:
Toots Hibbert
The Maytals3:46
14Liquidator
recording of:
Liquidator (Ain't No-One Greater)
composer:
Harry Johnson
publisher:
Cari-Blue Music
Harry J All Stars2:54
15Sweet Sensation
The Melodians3:54
16Kingston Town
recording of:
Kingston Town
lyricist and composer:
Kentrick Patrick
Lord Creator3:12
17To Be Young, Gifted and Black
producer:
Harry Johnson
cover recording of:
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
lyricist:
Weldon Irvine
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
Bob & Marcia3:10
18Love of the Common People
Nicky Thomas2:20
19My Girl
The Blues Busters3:25
20Rivers of BabylonThe Melodians3:24
CD 2