Various Artists - The Reggae Box - The Routes of Jamaican Music (2001)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: The Reggae Box - The Routes of Jamaican Music
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Hip-O Records
Genre: Reggae
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log)
Total Time: 5:04:03
Total Size: 1.76 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: The Reggae Box - The Routes of Jamaican Music
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Hip-O Records
Genre: Reggae
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log)
Total Time: 5:04:03
Total Size: 1.76 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1:
01. Derrick Morgan - Forward March (2:51)
02. Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop (2:02)
03. The Baba Brooks Band - Bank to Bank - Pt. 1 (2:07)
04. Count Ossie - Count Ossie Special (2:43)
05. The Maytals - Broadway Jungle (2:50)
06. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come (2:51)
07. Don Drummond - Eastern Standard Time (3:14)
08. Prince Buster - Hard Man Fe Dead (3:22)
09. The Skatalites - Confucius (2:54)
10. The Paragons - Tide Is High (2:44)
11. Hopeton Lewis - Take It Easy (2:50)
12. The Jamaicans - Baba Boom (3:20)
13. Derrick Morgan - Tougher Than Tough (2:27)
14. The Techniques - Queen Majesty (3:32)
15. The Pioneers - Long Shot (2:45)
16. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites (2:36)
17. Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number (3:12)
18. The Ethiopians - Reggae Hit The Town (2:24)
19. The Uniques - My Conversation (2:39)
20. The Melodians - Rivers of Babylon (4:16)
21. Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (2:50)
22. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own (3:45)
23. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (3:07)
24. The Techniques All Stars - Stalag 17 (2:58)
25. The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana (3:39)
CD2:
01. The Wailers - Trench Town Rock (3:28)
02. Niney - Blood & Fire (3:06)
03. Eric Donaldson - Cherry Oh Baby (3:01)
04. Delroy Wilson - Better Must Come (2:44)
05. The Heptones - Book of Rules (3:28)
06. Dennis Brown - Westbound Train (3:01)
07. Jacob Miller - Baby I Love You So (2:31)
08. U Roy - No. 1 in the World (2:40)
09. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown (2:32)
10. Big Youth - All Nations Bow (2:53)
11. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (3:25)
12. Johnny Clarke - Don't Trouble Trouble (3:43)
13. I. Roy - War & Friction (3:21)
14. Leroy Smart - Ballistic Affair (3:09)
15. Max Romeo - War ina Babylon [single verion] (4:50)
16. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Roots, Rock, Reggae (3:39)
17. Third World - 1865 (96 degrees in the Shade) (4:06)
18. The Congos - At the Feast (3:40)
19. Gregory Isaacs - My Number One (3:44)
20. Junior Murvin - Police & Theives (4:12)
21. Sugar Minott - Black Roots (2:32)
22. Black Uhuru - Guess WHo's Coming to Dinner [12' version] (6:01)
CD3:
01. Papa Michigan & General Smily - One Love Jam Down (4:01)
02. Triston Palmer - Entertainment (3:26)
03. Dennis Brown - Sitting & Watching (3:19)
04. Eek-A-Mouse - Ganja Smuggling (3:51)
05. The Might Diamonds - Pass the Kouchie (3:34)
06. Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse (4:02)
07. YellowMan - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng (4:10)
08. Johnny Osbourne - Water Pumping (3:07)
09. Frankie Paul - Pass the Tu-Sheng-Peng (3:31)
10. Barrington Levy - Here I Come (3:47)
11. Wayne Smith - Under Me Sleng Teng (4:10)
12. Tenor Saw - Ring the Alarm (3:14)
13. Anthony Red Rose - Tempo (3:31)
14. Half Pint - Greetings (3:35)
15. Super Cat - Boops (3:59)
16. Admiral Bailey - Punanny (3:24)
17. Red Dragon - Hol' a Fresh (3:54)
18. Gregory Isaacs - Rumours (3:20)
19. JC Lodge - Telephone love (3:29)
20. Pinchers - Bandolero (3:31)
21. Shinehead - Strive (4:14)
CD4:
01. Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote (4:04)
02. Shabba Ranks featuring Chevelle Franklin - Mr. Loverman (5:40)
03. Mad Cobra - Flex (4:01)
04. Beenie Man featuring Chevelle Franklyn - Dancehall Queen [Delano Renaissance Mix] (4:34)
05. Bounty Killer - Down in the Ghetto (3:31)
06. Capleton - Tour (4:00)
07. Luciano - It's Me Again Jah (3:59)
08. Buju Banton - Untold Stories (4:34)
09. Anthony B. - Fire Pon Rome (3:52)
10. Starkey Banton - I & I Saw Them Coming (4:11)
11. Cocoa Tea featuring Luciano - Rough Inna Town (3:57)
12. Dr. Israel - Armagideon Time (4:05)
13. Tony Rebel - Warning (3:38)
14. Morgan Heritage - Set Yourself Free (3:46)
15. Everton Blender - Ghetto People Song (3:47)
16. Stone Love featuring Ky-Mani, Beenie Man, Buju Banton & Mr. Vegas - Party in Session [main mix] (3:46)
17. Bushman - What's the Matter with the World (3:51)
18. Beres Hammond featuring Flourgon - I Love Jah (3:47)
19. Sizzla - Taking Over (4:04)
Across four discs and 87 songs, The Reggae Box tells the tale of Jamaica's modern social and political history through a well-rounded survey of the island nation's popular music. Disc 1 begins at the height of the independence movement in the 1960s, celebrated here with the exuberant, optimistic ska that blended the tropical sounds of mento and calypso with American R&B. Ska morphed into the smoother rock steady style, as artists began discovering the subtlety of the grooves while further exploring the sweetness of American soul. By disc 2, roots reggae and Rastafarianism moves to the fore. Delroy Wilson's 1971 hit "Better Must Come" displays the slowed-down, slinky rhythms and social messages that would define this period. By 1974, Augustus Pablo's dub enters the picture, an echo-laden psychedelic style. A new sound emerges on disc 3, lighter in both lyrical content and musical depth. Dancehall was geared to locals looking for fun, losing its political and social agenda, adding synthesized sounds, digital trickery, and a "singjay" vocal style that was half-spoken, half-sung. By disc 4, the deejays and sound systems of dancehall are firmly entrenched as reggae's most prominent forces, often reviving "old-school" tunes in a modern style. While some artists returned to social commentary and Rastafarianism, many others sang of the grim realities of sex and violence.
The democratic approach to this set--each disc focuses on a single decade from the '60s through the '90s--gives listeners a broad and inclusive look at the genre's development and the shifts of popular taste. On the other hand, this goal of breadth may come at the expense of quality in some cases, especially if you believe that the '60s and '70s were clearly reggae's heyday. Still, as a comprehensive overview of Jamaican popular music of the last 40 years, complete with detailed song notes, informative essays that put the music in historical context, and attractive artwork and packaging, The Reggae Box has few flaws.
The democratic approach to this set--each disc focuses on a single decade from the '60s through the '90s--gives listeners a broad and inclusive look at the genre's development and the shifts of popular taste. On the other hand, this goal of breadth may come at the expense of quality in some cases, especially if you believe that the '60s and '70s were clearly reggae's heyday. Still, as a comprehensive overview of Jamaican popular music of the last 40 years, complete with detailed song notes, informative essays that put the music in historical context, and attractive artwork and packaging, The Reggae Box has few flaws.
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