Simply the Best Reggae Album

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

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Oh Carolina
cover recording of:
Oh Carolina
lyricist and composer:
John Folkes
Shaggy2.153:12
2Do You Feel My Love
recording of:
Do You Feel My Love?
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Grant
publisher:
Intersong (publisher) (in 1980) and Marco Music Ltd. (publisher) (in 1980)
Eddy Grant52:59
3Boom Shack-A-Lak
producer:
Wooligan
recording of:
Boom Shack-A-Lak
writer:
Steven Kapur and Ervin Barrington Woolley
Apache Indian2.653:49
4Baddest Ruffest
recording of:
Baddest Ruffest
Backyard Dog3:46
5Sun Is Shining
recording of:
Sun Is Shining (original version)
lyricist and composer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music, Bob Marley Music and Bronjo Music
Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe2.653:55
6Sweat (a La La La La Long)
additional producer:
Per Adebratt and Tommy Ekman
producer:
Bernard “Touter” Harvey (Jamaican keyboard player and engineer), Ian Lewis (Inner Circle) and Roger Lewis (founder and member of Inner Circle)
remixer:
Per Adebratt and Tommy Ekman
arranger:
Bernard “Touter” Harvey (Jamaican keyboard player and engineer), Ian Lewis (Inner Circle) and Roger Lewis (founder and member of Inner Circle)
recording of:
Sweat (A La La La La Long)
lyricist and composer:
Ian Lewis (Inner Circle) and Roger Lewis (founder and member of Inner Circle)
Inner Circle33:47
7You Don't Love Me
recording of:
You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)
writer:
Clement “Coxsone” Dodd and Dawn Penn
music quoted on:
No No No
version of:
You Don’t Love Me
Dawn Penn3:21
8Dub Be Good To Me
guest vocals:
Lindy Layton
performer:
Lindy Layton
recording of:
Dub Be Good to Me
composer:
Norman Cook, James Harris III and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
version of:
Just Be Good to Me
Beats International2.354:01
9Jamaican In New York
Shinehead3:49
10Compliments on Your Kiss
producer:
Sly & Robbie
guest vocals:
Brian & Tony Gold
vocals and performer:
Brian & Tony Gold
recording of:
Compliments on Your Kiss
writer:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, Winston George Harris and Leroy May (Red Dragon)
Red Dragon feat. Brian & Tony Gold23:32
11Informer
recording of:
Informer
lyricist:
Darrin Kenneth O’Brien (Canadian reggae artist Darrin O'Brien (single: "Informer")), Edmond Leary and Shawn Moltke (old-school US rapper Shawn Moltke)
writer:
Darrin O'Brien (Canadian reggae artist Darrin O'Brien (single: "Informer")), Edmond Leary and Shawn Moltke (old-school US rapper Shawn Moltke)
Snow4:05
12Shy Guy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH (not for release label use! for © & ℗ or distributor only, defunct since 2005/03/09) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1994)
recording of:
Shy Guy
writer:
Kingsley Gardner, Diana King (Jamaican-American singer-songwriter) and Andy Marvel
publisher:
Diana King Music, Kinsley Gardner Nation of Soul Music, W'nR Music and World of Andy Music
Diana King23:40
13Night Nurse
Gregory Isaacs4:03
14Money In My Pocket
Dennis Broen4:39
15Silly Games
recording of:
Silly Games
lyricist and composer:
Dennis Bovell (reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer)
Janet Kay3:54
16Wonderful World Beautiful People
recording of:
Wonderful World, Beautiful People
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff53:08
17Don't Look Back
cover recording of:
Don’t Look Back
writer:
Smokey Robinson and Ronald White (soul singer, founding member of The Miracles)
publisher:
Jobete Music and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Peter Tosh3:44
18Police & Thieves
producer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
recorded at:
The Black Ark in Kingston, Jamaica
recording of:
Police and Thieves
writer:
Junior Murvin and Lee “Scratch” Perry
Junior Murvin4:04
19Hurt So Good
Susan Cadogan3:16
20The Israelites
producer:
Leslie Kong
recording of:
Israelites
writer:
Desmond Dacres and Leslie Kong
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc. and Sparta Music (publisher) (in 1978)
Desmond Dekker42:37
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ASIN:UK: B00005N6SE [info]