Name: Best Of Reggae (3CD)
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Best Of Reggae [3 Discs]

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Album: Best Of Reggae
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Tomorrow People - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
2)	Uptown Top Ranking - Althea & Donna
3)	In the Summertime
4)	Don't Let It Pass You By - UB40
5)	Johnny B Goode - Peter Tosh
6)	This Land Is For Everyone - The Abyssinians
7)	Trenchtown Rock - U-Roy
8)	African Herbsman - I-Roy
9)	Throw Away Your Gun - Prince Far I
10)	Sun Is Shining - Sly Dunbar
11)	Come WI Go Dung Deh - Linton Kwesi Johnson
12)	Soul Rebel - The Gladiators
13)	Declaration of Rights - Johnny Clarke
14)	Holy Mount Zion - Culture
15)	Freedom Fighters - Delroy Washington
16)	Wild World - Maxi Priest
17)	Equal Rights - Peter Tosh
18)	Mr Brown - Gregory Isaacs
19)	Dread Beat & Blood - Linton Kwesi Johnson
20)	Natty Rebel - U-Roy
21)	Crazy Baldhead - Johnny Clarke
22)	Behold - Culture
23)	No More War (Dub) - Prince Far I
24)	Looks Is Deceiving - The Gladiators
25)	If I Don't Have You - Gregory Isaacs
26)	Satta Amasa Gana (Sette Messgana) - I-Roy
27)	Prophecy a Fulfilled - Johnny Clarke
28)	Strollin' On - Maxi Priest
29)	Right Time - The Mighty Diamonds
30)	Never Get Burn - Twinkle Brothers
31)	African Herbsman - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
32)	Jah War - Ruts
33)	King - UB40
34)	Gangsters - The Special A.K.A.
35)	Prince - Madness
36)	Three Minute Hero - The Selecter
37)	People Do Rock Steady - Bodysnatchers
38)	That Girl - Maxi Priest
39)	Jah Son of Africa - U-Roy
40)	International Herb - Culture
41)	Universal Tribulation - Gregory Isaacs
42)	Africa - The Mighty Diamonds
43)	Dem a Come - The Abyssinians
44)	Dirty Harry - Sly Dunbar
45)	Five Nights of Bleeding - Linton Kwesi Johnson
46)	Wear You to the Ball - U-Roy
47)	Message From the King - Prince Far I
48)	Love Don't Come Easy - Maxi Priest

Album: Best Of Reggae
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Tomorrow People - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
2)	Uptown Top Ranking - Althea & Donna
3)	In the Summertime
4)	Don't Let It Pass You By - UB40
5)	Johnny B Goode - Peter Tosh
6)	This Land Is For Everyone - The Abyssinians
7)	Trenchtown Rock - U-Roy
8)	African Herbsman - I-Roy
9)	Throw Away Your Gun - Prince Far I
10)	Sun Is Shining - Sly Dunbar
11)	Come WI Go Dung Deh - Linton Kwesi Johnson
12)	Soul Rebel - The Gladiators
13)	Declaration of Rights - Johnny Clarke
14)	Holy Mount Zion - Culture
15)	Freedom Fighters - Delroy Washington
16)	Wild World - Maxi Priest
17)	Equal Rights - Peter Tosh
18)	Mr Brown - Gregory Isaacs
19)	Dread Beat & Blood - Linton Kwesi Johnson
20)	Natty Rebel - U-Roy
21)	Crazy Baldhead - Johnny Clarke
22)	Behold - Culture
23)	No More War (Dub) - Prince Far I
24)	Looks Is Deceiving - The Gladiators
25)	If I Don't Have You - Gregory Isaacs
26)	Satta Amasa Gana (Sette Messgana) - I-Roy
27)	Prophecy a Fulfilled - Johnny Clarke
28)	Strollin' On - Maxi Priest
29)	Right Time - The Mighty Diamonds
30)	Never Get Burn - Twinkle Brothers
31)	African Herbsman - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
32)	Jah War - Ruts
33)	King - UB40
34)	Gangsters - The Special A.K.A.
35)	Prince - Madness
36)	Three Minute Hero - The Selecter
37)	People Do Rock Steady - Bodysnatchers
38)	That Girl - Maxi Priest
39)	Jah Son of Africa - U-Roy
40)	International Herb - Culture
41)	Universal Tribulation - Gregory Isaacs
42)	Africa - The Mighty Diamonds
43)	Dem a Come - The Abyssinians
44)	Dirty Harry - Sly Dunbar
45)	Five Nights of Bleeding - Linton Kwesi Johnson
46)	Wear You to the Ball - U-Roy
47)	Message From the King - Prince Far I
48)	Love Don't Come Easy - Maxi Priest

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Performer Notes

This three-disc 48-track compilation of Jamaican reggae is all over the map, but there is a general feeling of cohesiveness to it since many of the songs address matters of social and political unrest while still retaining a bright, summery tone. Collected here are intriguing sides like Shaggy's trash can ragged "In the Summertime," I-Roy's dubbed-out toast on "African Herbsman," Delroy Washington's "Freedom Fighters," the Mighty Diamonds' gorgeous and earnest "Right Time," and the Abyssinians' "Dem a Come." It doesn't add up to an essential survey of Jamaican reggae or anything like that, and if one were truly to call this "The Best of Reggae" then there sure are a lot of critical songs and artists absent (Bob Marley, for one obvious instance), but what is here is engaging enough to make this set worth picking up at a budget price. ~ Steve Leggett