Til Shiloh

Buju Banton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 1995)
• Original Release Date: July 18, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001E8B
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,986 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #53 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Jamaica
  • #57 in Music > World Music > Reggae > Dance Hall

Track Listings

1. 'Til I'm Laid to Rest

2. Murderer

3. Champion

4. Untold Stories

5. Not an Easy Road

6. Only Man

7. Complaint

8. Chuck It So

9. How Could You

10. Wanna Be Loved

11. It's All Over

12. Hush Baby Hush

13. What Ya Gonna Do?

14. Champion [Remix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Reggae Album, April 27, 2000

By 

supastar (brooklyn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Til Shiloh (Audio CD)

This album gets from rough dancehall anthems like Champion and Murderer to rootsy devotional themes that Buju's rough voice acts like sandpaper on, smoothing out tracks like Untold Stories and Til I'm Laid to Rest. The Late Great Garnett Silk is heard on Complain to great effect, and even fun things like Staaay just a little bit Longer are great. It's well produced and it shows the full diversity of Buju's abilities, what separates him from all other competition, as a straight chatter and as an artist and a singer. What a step up from Voice of Jamaica and even Mr. Mention, which WERE great albums, but this is what forever put Buju in a different category. Beenie Man might be the hottest thing out and sure, he's great and he's trying different things, but none of his albums can touch this. Buju also happens to put on the best show ever as I got to see in Boston amongst a bunch of hardheads and screwfaces throughout a whole "reggae fest" of good artists, and when he gets out he melts everyone. This album's good for you. (so is this review so give me a "helpful".)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nuff respect to a genuinely creative artist, August 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Til Shiloh (Audio CD)

I went home to Jamaica in 1996 and was chillin' with some friends at the university when I could hear somebody on campus blasting "It's not an easy road", the first time I ever heard the song.

As soon as I got back to the States, I bought it. I continue to love this cd three years later. Unlike some djs, Buju has always had something to say, and in this album, he says it eloquently and honestly. In every line, from "Til I'm Laid to Rest" to "Untold Stories", he tells the story of the uncelebrated Jamaicans who simply try to make a living everyday amidst incredible obstacles. He awakens the conscience in "Murderer" but still knows how to plea to be a woman's "Only Man". His range on this album is simply astonishing, and while everyone sings the praises of Lauryn Hill's originality, just take a look at this brave, honest testimonial of an album and you'll see that taking risks pays when you have a real story to tell.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars On a deserted island, January 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Til Shiloh (Audio CD)

If I were deserted on a island with one cd, this would be my first choice! I bought the cd cause I liked the "Untold Story" video. But when I heard the rest of the album I became a Buju junky. I love "Wanna be loved" and "When I'm laid to rest..." is off the hook when you are boomin on the highway. buy one for anyone not already praying to the altar of Buju Banton.