Name: Love So Nice
Brand: V.P. Records
SKU: 262406
Price: 9.01 USD
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Love So Nice

Rating

Album: Love So Nice
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Clean Heart	More Info...	0:04
2)	Love So Nice	More Info...	0:03
3)	Sunshine	More Info...	0:04
4)	Boom Draw	More Info...	0:04
5)	Juvenile	More Info...	0:03
6)	Hungry Days	More Info...	0:04
7)	Faith (feat. Brian & Tony Gold)	More Info...	0:04
8)	Paradise	More Info...	0:04
9)	Sleep Last Night	More Info...	0:04
10)	Jah Nuh Dead	More Info...	0:04
11)	Standing Firm	More Info...	0:02
12)	Black Woman	More Info...	0:04
13)	Well Runs Dry	More Info...	0:04
14)	Jewel Of The Nile	More Info...	0:03
15)	Go Down Satan	More Info...	0:04
16)	Hotta Fi Get	More Info...	0:04
17)	Clean Heart-Semi Accapella	More Info...	0:04
18)	Hotta Fi Get Remix	More Info...	0:03

Album: Love So Nice
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Clean Heart	More Info...	0:04
2)	Love So Nice	More Info...	0:03
3)	Sunshine	More Info...	0:04
4)	Boom Draw	More Info...	0:04
5)	Juvenile	More Info...	0:03
6)	Hungry Days	More Info...	0:04
7)	Faith (feat. Brian & Tony Gold)	More Info...	0:04
8)	Paradise	More Info...	0:04
9)	Sleep Last Night	More Info...	0:04
10)	Jah Nuh Dead	More Info...	0:04
11)	Standing Firm	More Info...	0:02
12)	Black Woman	More Info...	0:04
13)	Well Runs Dry	More Info...	0:04
14)	Jewel Of The Nile	More Info...	0:03
15)	Go Down Satan	More Info...	0:04
16)	Hotta Fi Get	More Info...	0:04
17)	Clean Heart-Semi Accapella	More Info...	0:04
18)	Hotta Fi Get Remix	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Personnel: Junior Kelly (vocals); Ba'k Beat Crew (various instruments); Michael Fletcher (acoustic & electric guitars, bass); Strickland Stone (guitar, bass); Wayne Armond, Winston "Bo-Pee" Bowen, Robert Angus, Robert "Dubwise" Brown (guitar); Dean Fraser (saxophone); Chico Chin, Roland "Nambo" Robinson (horns); Wayne "Nico" Hinds (keyboards, drums, programming); Christopher Birch, Lloyd "Obeah" Benton, Dwight "Duke" Dawes (keyboards); Lowell "Sly" Dunbar, Paul Kastick, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Shawn "Mark" Darson (drums); Alvin Haughton (percussion); Rohan Dwyer, Shane Brown (programming); Brian & Tony Gold, Carol Dexter, Igina Samuels, Harmony Shark (background vocals); The Taxi Gang.
Producers include: Rohan Dwyer, Shane Brown, Front Page Crew, Michael Spanford, Sherwin Gordon.
Engineers include: Shane Brown, Rohan Dwyer, Roland McDermott.
Personnel: Michael Fletcher (guitar, acoustic guitar); Winston Bope Bowne, Wayne Armond (guitar); Dean Fraser (saxophone); Christopher Birch (keyboards); Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Paul Kastick (drums); Alvin Haughton (percussion); Rohan Dwyer, Shane Brown (drum programming); Carol Dexter, Tony Gold, Brian Gold (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Chester; Garfield Spencer; Jason Sterling; Rohan Dwyer; Roland McDermott; Shane Brown.
Recording information: HC&F Recording Studio; Leggo Studio; Mixing Lab Studio; Tuff Gong Recording Studio.
Arrangers: Rohan Dwyer; Shane Brown.
Junior Kelly is one of the new breed of reggae singer/DJs who meld conscious reggae lyrical concerns with contemporary musical dancehall developments. Love So Nice is a solid, varied disc marked by a strong sense of song craftsmanship that touches most bases of reggae's broad musical spectrum without losing focus or interest. Kelly is equally adept at delivering a rapid-fire DJ rap over punchy ragga on "Jewel of the Nile" or singing straight songs like a title track built on Bob Marley's "Stir It Up." And he's equally at home blending roots music with dancehall patois lyrics ("Boom Draw"), taking the operatic keyboard route ("Hotta Fi Get"), or going fully acoustic ("Standing Firm"). But that versatility doesn't stop with the wide-ranging material; he's got two distinct vocal deliveries, smooth and sensual or rough and gruff, and alternates them on every other line of "Sunshine." Love So Nice is an excellent slice of modern reggae that maintains the conscious stance of roots reggae without turning its back on the musical developments in contemporary reggae. ~ Don Snowden

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (8/02, p.21) - "...Establishes the Spanish town sing-jay as one of Jamaica's most vital new Rasta minstrels..."