Pure Reggae

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 14, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 14, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Utv Records
• ASIN: B000009DGZ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,963 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #72 in Music > World Music > Reggae > Rocksteady

Track Listings

1. Stir it Up

2. Don't Turn Around

3. Many Rivers To Cross

4. Boom Shakalak

5. Now That We Found Love

6. Rivers Of Babylon

7. Israelites

8. My Boy Lollipop

9. Tease Me

10. Hot,Hot, Hot

11. I Shot The Sheriff

12. Bad Boys

13. Electric Avenue

14. No, No, No

15. Montego Bay

16. Kingston Town

17. Baby I Love Your Way

18. Exodus

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars THE WORST "REGGAE" COMPILATION I'VE EVER HEARD, March 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pure Reggae (Audio CD)

WHOEVER PUT THIS TOGETHER HASN'T A CLUE! I AM A JAMAICAN. I GREW UP WITH REGGAE. THIS ALBUM SHOULD BE CALLED "25% REGGAE", CERTAINLY NOT "PURE REGGAE".

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "Pure Reggae"for who? Boring white people?, March 3, 2000

By 

Tom Tuerff (That there Phoenix place) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pure Reggae (Audio CD)

"Pure Reggae?" Please. Whoever put this together was so scared of offending Joe Armchair (who, by the way, buys TV CDs more than any other group), that they've managed to take all the fun and adventure out of Jamaican music.

"Montego Bay" is about as reggae as the Osmond Brothers. Just because you're FROM Jamaica (Bobby Bloom, Eddy Grant, e.g.) doesn't mean you necessarily do reggae music. Did you EVER for a SECOND think of "Electric Avenue" as anything but a rock song?

Skip this and order "Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music" on Mango. It has almost 100 tracks in all and is worth every darn penny.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Correct Order of the Track Listing, May 5, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Pure Reggae (Audio CD)

That Track Listing is wrong. Here is the track listing in the correct order:

1. Stir It Up-Bob Marley & The Wailers

2. Don't Turn Around-Aswad

3. Hot Hot Hot-Arrow

4. Now That We've Found Love-Third World

5. Bad Boys (Theme From "Cops")-Inner Circle

6. I Shot The Sheriff-Eric Clapton

7. Israelites-Desmond Dekker

8. Rivers Of Babylon-The Melodians

9. Many Rivers To Cross-Jimmy Cliff

10. Tease Me-Chaka Demus & Pliers

11. Montego Bay-Freddie Notes & The Rudies

12. Kingston Town-Lord Creator

13. My Boy Lollipop-Millie Small

14. Boom Shakalak-Apache Indian

15. Electric Avenue-Eddy Grant

16. Baby, I Love Your Way-Big Mountain

17. You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)-Dawn Penn

18. Exodus-Bob Marley and The Wailers

Although Tracks 1, 2, and 18 are correct.