Uptown Top Ranking [Original recording remastered]

Althea & Donna | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Frontline
• Run Time: 35 minutes
• ASIN: B00005BJC5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #252,933 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ALL TIME CLASSIC, July 22, 2002

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ReggaeOne (Eroktik City, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uptown Top Ranking (Audio CD)

UpTown Top Ranking is a classic song by Althea & Donna which was a BIG hit in 1977. Althea Forrest and Donna Reid were 17 and 18 respectively when the song was bubbling on the charts. This cd is full of the style from the Golden Age of reggae. Althea & Donna helped blaze the trail for other female artists. Produced and engineered with Karl Pitterson at the controls. Musicians like Sly & Robbie, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Bernard "Touter" Harvey, Scully, Tommy McCook, Vin Gordon and Herman Marquis provide the crucial instrumental journey. Even though I already had the classic song (it's included on various complilations) this cd is an essential addition to my collection. This release is an All Time Classic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uptown Top Rating!, November 15, 2001

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"rootsfan" (OAKLAND, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uptown Top Ranking (Audio CD)

Killer roots from the late 70's backed by Sly and Robbie and a great horn section. All the tunes are rootsy, slow and conscious, and of course includes the hit title track which you may have heard before on various rootes reggae comps. Highly recommended.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist", August 2, 2004

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Derek Warren "collegerock" (Manchester, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uptown Top Ranking (Audio CD)

Uptown Top Ranking.
Best.Reggae.Song.Ever.

This is a great roots album, sounding like much of the roots music from the mid to late 70's. Sly & Robbie riddim section aboard and heavenly harmonies from Althea & Donna. A classic that needs to be in any reggae lover's collection.