Fever

Tenor Saw | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B000000PXA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,696 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lots of Sign

2. Shirley Jones

3. Pumpkin Belly

4. Eni Meeni Mini Mo

5. Roll Call

6. Fever

7. Jah Guide and Protect Me

8. Rub-A-Dub Market

9. Run Come Call Me

10. Who's Gonna Help Me Praise

11. Surely Dub [*][Dub]

12. Run Come Dub Me [*][Dub]

13. Lots of Dub [*][Dub]

14. Jah Guide Dub [*][Dub]

15. Rub-A-Dub Dub [*][Dub]

16. Dub Fever [*][Dub]

17. Eni Meeni Mini Mo Dub [*][Dub]

18. Praise Jah With Dub [*][Dub]

Editorial Reviews

The introduction of the Casio keyboard to Jamaica in 1985 began a shift in reggae music that would bring about the digital era. During that time, Tenor Saw made himself a star and provided a bridge between live and digital recording. With all the skill of earlier dancehall stars like Barrington Levy, Saw used the updated digital versions of familiar riddims to become a dancehall phenomenon in a very short period of time. His hypnotic vocals floated over digital tracks, helping to deliver dancehall into the modern era. Fever, his only full-length album release during his life, is a testament to the strength of Saw's voice as well as his songwriting. The updated riddims are made fresh with simple melodies that are repeated with the smoothness of the best roots singers who came before him. Saw's take on the seminal digital riddim "Stalag" became one of the riddim's best-known versions. "Pumpkin Belly" and the title track, "Fever," are dancehall hits with melodies that were eventually used to create Saw's (and dancehall's) late-'80s signature song, "Ring the Alarm." The absence of "Ring the Alarm" from Fever doesn't diminish the quality of the package in any way. It allows for a balance to be struck and the album to play from start to finish with overwhelming consistency. "Stalag," "Sleng Teng," Joe Gibbs' "Armageddon Time," and Carlton Livingston's "Chalice in Mind" are all riddims versioned by Saw with new melodies draped over the top. Fever captures a moment in reggae history with a clean crisp singer who oversaw the massive changes that swept the genre with track after track of dancehall hits. Tenor Saw was a singer of incredible talent who honed his skills with the Youthman Promotion sound system and was able to transfer his energy in the sound clash directly to an album format. The CD release of Fever includes eight dub versions of the tracks on the album. These versions lack any vocals but are still a worthwhile companion to the original album. ~ Matt Whalley, All Music Guide --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tenor Saw, January 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Fever (Audio CD)

Tenor Saw's lyric's were first heard in 1985 with LOTS OF SIGNS (a version of the original sung by Bob Marley)and PUMPKIN BELLY to the Sleng Teng Rythym which dominated the dancehalls or sessions at that time, under the JAMMYS Label of Jamaica. By 1986 with Fever, he had created his own style of music and was well on his way to reggae stardom. However, his life was short lived upon his death in the late eighties. His smooth voice is a miss to the reggae world and is still missed up until today!!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the greatest Reggae album and one of the greatest albums of all times., March 6, 2006

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Don Talon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fever (Audio CD)

The music of my boyhood idol..Tenor Saw 1966-1988. He recorded one album while he was alive and it immortalised him in the pages of reggae history.


Tenor saw burst onto the scene via Sugar Minnotts youth promotions label with the greatest of all dancehall songs; Ring the alarm.

This song was one of the first of the reggae digital era on the great stalag riddim and many songs have been sung to this riddim but Ring the alrm stands above them all.


Shortly after he recorded this song he produced this album fever which is the greatest dancehall album that will vere be made....all the songs are hits and to listen to it and to know that he was killed by a hit and run driver and left on the streets of Houston Texas thus bringing an end to the life of this 22 year old legend simply brings me to tears of sorrow.



Simply a great album ...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YOU MUST HAVE IT, November 13, 2001

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rinske (Netherlands, europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fever (Audio CD)

this masterpiece is unfortunatly not very known. it's a shame 'cause it's definetly one of my favorites! esp. ring the alarm and fever are worth listning to so....
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