Everything I Own: Best of Ken Boothe [Original recording remastered]

Ken Boothe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 22, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B0000A4GF0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #518,452 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Gem, August 12, 2006

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Eclectic fan (Denver) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everything I Own: Best of Ken Boothe (Audio CD)

This is an excellent collection of tunes from the "Otis Redding of Jamaica." We are so lucky that this soulful singer was born in Jamaica and has pure reggae sensibility. I believe that this music can never be made again. It is a collection of early rocksteady tunes which are interesting, but do not add anything spectacular to the genre. Where Ken Boothe shines is in the cover versions of soul music. The difference is that he takes songs that are excellent in their own right ("Everything I Own," "Love Don't Love Nobody," "That's the Way Nature Planned It") and lays them down in smooth reggae style. He is not derivative and trying hard to twist the song to fit into his style. He is simply interpreting the songs in his own way, straight from the heart. And the production is excellent, from instrumentation to perfectly mixed harmonizing backing vocals.
Any fan of soul music or 70's reggae needs to hear this album.

5.0 out of 5 stars How is a singer this good not more well known?, February 20, 2011

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K. Kim - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everything I Own: Best of Ken Boothe (Audio CD)

I was moved enough by this wonderful album to login to Amazon via my phone to type this review. Truly amazing. Jamaican Otis Redding indeed. His style is original and the musical range is varied on this album with a splash of soul, dub, reggae, rock steady ballads, politics, its all here. Get this if you can!