Toots & the Maytals - Very Best of Toots & the Maytals
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Artist: Toots & the MaytalsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-04-25
Music Label: Island
Soundtracks:
- Broadway Jungle
- Bam Bam
- 54-56 Was My Number
- Do The Reggay
- Pressure Drop
- 54-46 That' s My Number
- Sweet & Dandy
- Monkey Man
- Pomp & Pride
- In The Park
- Funky Kingston
- Time Tough
- Reggae Got Soul
- Never You Change
- Living In The Ghetto
- Never Get Weary
- (I've Got) Dreams To Remember
- Spiritual Healing
- Peace, Perfect Peace
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Free Music Review: I don't know reggae but I know I like this album
Hit: 5 Stars
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R229ALBVJLPV03 I've been collecting what I consider to be good reggae since the movie:The Harder They Come (includes Soundtrack CD). My favorites off this album are 'Pressure Drop' and 'Sweet and Dandy', but everything is listenable. I don't like most reggae so nineteen songs from one artist with no losers says a lot about the artist.
Some may say that means it's commercial - first of all I don't think it is other than in the sense you don't have to be an enthusiastic reggae fan to enjoy it. In the second place, 'commercial', except in the really crass cases is usually a musical term for 'sour grapes', in my old but otherwise uninformed opiion.
Very Best of Toots & the Maytals Poster
Toots Hibbert is often compared to Otis Redding, and since Hibbert was greatly influenced by classic American R&B as well as the music of his own Baptist church, that comparison is certainly apt. But while he owes a debt to the intense, high-octane vocal approach of Redding, there is also a great deal of similarity between Toots and the great James Brown. In many ways and at roughly the same time, Hibbert did for Jamaican soul what Brown did for its American cousin--he made it funky and nasty! One listen to the chunky guitar riffs underneath and Hibbert's repetitive vocal chants on top of 1968's "Do the Reggay" and this much is clear: while the energy of ska remains, the deep groove has become supreme ruler. This awesome collection goes back to an early Prince Buster-produced single from 1964 and follows the Maytals--and with them, the history of Jamaican pop--from sweet-harmonizing, horn-driven ska to steadfast rock steady to archetypical roots reggae. And don't forget that Hibbert wrote 18 of these 19 jewels himself (there's one Redding cover here), showing himself to be highly effective with both topical tunes and cheerful rave-ups. --Marc GreilsamerInternational Music CDs
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