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Desmond Dekker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Culture Press
• ASIN: B00004T268
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,186,432 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Mother Pepper

2. Don't Blame Me

3. You've Got Your Troubles

4. Personal Possession

5. Unity

6. 007 (Shanty Town)

7. It Pays

8. Young Generation

9. Mother Long Tongue

10. Sabotage

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Ah It Mek

2. Too Much Too Soon

3. Coconut Water

4. Sweet Music

5. My Lonely World

6. Rude Boy Train

7. Israelites

8. It Is Not Easy

9. Intensified

10. Nincompoop

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Hymns to Positive Thinking, March 21, 2003

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Action (Audio CD)

Some great stuff from the ska and rocksteady era by Desmond Dekker and the Aces. This is some really great stuff. Obviously influenced, as were most Jamaican groups of the era (1960s), by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions. Many of these tunes such as It Pays, Keep a Cool head, Unity (the inspiration for Queen Latifah's early 1990s hit), and Young Generation, sound like upbeat hymns to positive thinking, with the Aces providing lovely background harmony to Desmond's lead and the backing of Beverly's All Stars. Of course there is also the classic "007" which is easily available elsewhere, but it certainly belongs on this collection. Good intro to Jamaican music immediately prior to what we now know as reggae. Enjoy some easy skanking with this.