Best of Desmond Dekker: The Israelites [Import]

Desmond Dekker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 13, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: AIM RECORDS
• ASIN: B00000AOR7
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,640 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #55 in Music > World Music > Reggae > Jamaican Ska

Track Listings

1. Israelites

2. You Can Get It If You Really Want

3. It Mek

4. Problems

5. That's The Way Life Goes

6. Peace Of Mind

7. Tips Of My Fingers

8. For Once In My Life

9. I Believe

10. It's Not Easy

11. Perseverance

12. Intensified

13. Pickney Girl

14. Too Much, Too Soon

15. Nincompoop

16. You Got Soul

17. Rude Boy Train

18. My Precious Love

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars you must get this, September 17, 2000

By 

Sean M. Kelly (Portland, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Desmond Dekker: The Israelites (Audio CD)

Folks, if more than a "best of" cd is what you crave for your rocksteady or Dekker collection, this is the album to get, and let me tell you, it sounds as incredibly fresh now as it must have sounded then. Jah smiled broadly on Dekker when this lp was being made.

Anyone who has an "oldies" format radio station and who listens to it has heard the classic "Israelites" at least once on it, but probably didn't recognize the rocksteady beats propelling it. Now you will know!! and you can impress your friends with you new-found knowledge. A good thing! :)

The rest of the lp is top notch, as well. Numerous hits grace this lp, including Jimmy Cliffs' "You Can Get It If You Really Want," "It Mek," "That's the Way Life Goes," "Pickney Girl," "Rude Boy Train," "I Believe," "Nincompoop," and "Peace of Mind." All of the aforementioned were top 20 (at least) hits for Dekker. How many lps can you think of that have that many hits on it?! Even the Beatles can't claim that!

I can't stress enough the importance of this cd for your rocksteady, Jamaican, or ANY collection. Get it! It really is THAT good.