| Various Artists / Rock 'n' Roll Reggae: Original Trojan And Creole Recordings |
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| Album: | Rock 'n' Roll Reggae: Original Trojan And Creole Recordings | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Mar 2007 | |
| Label: | Sanctuary Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-03-18 | Pull Date: | 2007-05-20 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | May 13 | Apr 29 | Apr 22 | Apr 15 | Apr 8 | Apr 1 | Mar 25 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-03-19 | ||
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[coll]: Rock ‘n’ Roll Reggae Reviewed by Sadie O., 3/15/007 Reggae (actually, mostly Rock Steady) covers of well-loved oldies. Some of the biggest stars of the rock steady era, but nothing historically significant – just plain for fun! No FCCs. Everything is at least fun, 5 and 14 are really good. 1. 2:37 *midtempo rock steady, super-sweet tenor vocals. Gets fairly overwrought. 2. 2:08 *uptempo rock steady, almost ska, terrible sound quality, but still a fun slice of history. 3. 3:23 *midtempo rock steady, smooth tenor vocals, sung about half the speed of the original. Alton isn’t very good at faking an American accent! 4. 2:09 **uptempo rock steady, rather shrill female vocals. 5. 3:31 ****midtempo bouncy skank, odd noises. Jackie Edwards loved to cover Elvis – this is great fun. 6. 2:48 **midtempo rock steady, sweet vocals. 7. 2:49 *uptempo ska, slower vocals than the original, nice R&B delivery. 8. 3:09 **midtempo rock steady cover of New Orleans R&B classic, with Wilson’s lovely baritone vocals. 9. 3:28 **midtempo rock steady, solid band. 10. 2:11 ***uptempo rock steady, great delivery by Alton Ellis. 11. 2:30 ***jaunty midtempo skank, good band, fun. 12. 2:15 ***terrific bouncy midtempo rock steady instrumental – not much “Raunchy”, more like “My Boy Lollipop”… 13. 2:42 ***midtempo boppy shuffle, goofy noises and somewhat mangled lyrics, but who’s counting… 14. 3:07 ****fine uptempo skank from tremendously popular duet (Marcia became one of Marley’s I-Threes later – she can sing!) 15. 2:46 *somewhat downtempo rock steady, almost falsetto tenor vocals. 16. 2:09 **rather downtempo rock steady shuffle, classic sound, mangled lyrics but nice delivery. 17. 2:42 ***same bells at start as original, then fine midtempo skank. 18. 2:11 *uptempo skank, nice stuff. 19. 2:37 ***dramatic intro, midtempo Reggae bubble, cool baritone vocals. 20. 3:29 *midtempo bubble, tenor vocals that sound like they were recorded in the shower. | ||
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