| Heptones, The / Sweet Talking |
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| Album: | Sweet Talking | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Heptones, The | Added: | 05/2007 | |
| Label: | Heartbeat | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-06-03 | Pull Date: | 2007-08-05 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 5 Aug | 29 Jul | 22 Jul | 15 Jul | 1 Jul | 24 Jun | 17 Jun | 10 Jun |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 08, 2008: | The Twilight Zone Equal Rights | 4. | Sep 17, 2007: | poo&pee Equal Rights | |
| 2. | Feb 08, 2008: | 6ft underground Let's Try (Extended Mix) | 5. | Aug 26, 2007: | poo&pee Equal Rights | |
| 3. | Nov 06, 2007: | poo&pee Equal Rights | 6. | Aug 04, 2007: | New World Disorder Equal Rights |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-06-19 | ||
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The Heptones – Sweet Talking Reviewed by Sadie O., 5/29/07 Very early Rock Steady/Reggae from one of the greatest Reggae vocal groups of all time. Unfortunately, this is a while before Leroy Sibbles penned classics like “Book of Rules”, and most songs are fairly standard love songs. Masters often seem a bit thin-sounding. That said, the Heptones are GREAT, and there are some real classics here. No FCCs. Track 1 is fantastic, 5, 12-14 and 18 fine as well. 1. *****Great, rollicking rock steady! Terrific lyrics and harmonies. 2. **downtempo rock steady, soaring backing harmonies, sweet lead vocal, lyrics have little to do with title – actually happy love song. 3. **uptempo but relaxed rock steady bubble, sweet love song. 4. **downtempo, pretty love song, not much backing harmony. 5. ***rather thin production, but nice uptempo roots bubble, fine harmonies. Good lyrics about self-sufficiency. Includes instrumental “version” which gets really dubby as it goes along. 6. **midtempo rock steady with horns, rather breathy love song. 7. **midtempo minor key skank, somewhat odd lyrics apparently about forgiveness. 8. **rather uptempo skank with horns, diatribe against bad woman. 9. *alarmingly jaunty rock steady, “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” type lyrics. 10. *mellow rock steady, cover of the Sam Cooke song popularized by Dr. Hook. 11. **midtempo rock steady, sweet love song, nice harmonies. 12. ***classic midtempo skank, very high vocals, love song, big hit. 13. ***midtempo bubble, Black power song, rather reminiscent of the Temptations political songs. Very sparce production, especially in the “version”. 14. ****upbeat bubble, strong beat, love song. 15. **baby crying at intro, then very uptempo bubble. Positive lyrics. 16. **midtempo skank, based on “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”. 17. **midtempo rock steady, solo vocals, heartbreak song. 18. ***classic midtempo rock steady, full harmonies, love song. | ||
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