Reggae Collection, The - Various Artists

Advantages: Old favourites remixed as "urban duets"
Disadvantages: Not for the purists; this isn't real reggae

...patois. God knows what he's saying, but it brings a bit of much-needed authenticity to proceedings. ---LIKE THIS? TRY THESE!--- Artist: Sean Paul Album: Dutty Rock Year: 2003 Why: A modern reggae face who successfully uses RnB influences Artist: Bob Marley Album: Legend Year: 1984 Why: Marley's better known tracks in their original form Artist: Lauryn Hill Album: The Miseducation Of... Year: 1998 Why: The mother of Marley's grandchild weighs in with some thoughtful soul Artist: Various Album: Reggae Is King Year: 2001 Why: Indispensible collection of 12 reggae classics from 1975 - 1982. Artist: Various Album: Trojan Bob Marley Box Set Year: 1999 Why: Early Marley tracks with rare stuff from The Wailers and even his wife, Rita ---OVERALL--- I love 60's and 70's reggae. I also love 90's soul and rap. But the two make surprisingly... Read review

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Advantages: Some great songs
Disadvantages: Some duff tracks

...This album covers virtually all of Clapton’s career, starting with Cream and ending with some of his solo work. Personally I feel that there are many better tracks that could represent his solo career (Change the World for example). No matter who plays it, cod reggae versions of I Shot the Sheriff have no place on a CD! Happily all the Cream tracks are good, and yes – Layla and Sunshine of Your Love are all present and correct. However, the solo work outnumbers the band work and a lot of it is quite weak and not really representative of Clapton’s talent. There are other, superior, collections of Claptons work and I would recommend you buy one of those instead.... Read review

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Advantages: Different Reggae sound
Disadvantages: All the same to the non reggae lover

...There music is filled with conscious lyrics and a change between soft and hard riddims Jamaican and German made. Never have they made a boring album yet. Very uplifting with many Jamaican artists you would not expect to see on a German album, Jack Radics being one of them. They are respected in Jamaica and accepted for the reason of being musicaly gifted and giving reggae a boost to Germany's music. Now 27-year old German singjay Gentleman - born Tilmann Otto - first left for Jamaica ten years ago. In those days he was a reggae-novice who owned but a couple of reggae records, most of which he had found in his brother's record collection. On the Island, he got to know the rough country life where the living standard is more than poor when you compare it to western countries. A few years later, Europe's culture television channel Arte... Read review

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Advantages: You won't get bored of it
Disadvantages: Could come out with more songs

...Guess what? Summer's here!! And its time to P A R T Y!! Well don't just stop there and think whats it gonna be like....if you care enough to shake a leg with your partner and bring back those memories of allsuch summers together... then you have it. Your wish has been fulfilled because you have all those tunes packed as a collection of this wonderful Cd set. You want it you got it dance beats...reggae ..Pop and the right rhythm. You really won't have to give yourself a reason to dance as you play this On and On.. Yes there could have been more hits of the era gone by but that would give you a reason to look for another party cd set. Well go ahead and Own it.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful