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The Sly & Robbie installment in Mango's Reggae Greats series is a skimpy and not terribly exciting collection of dub versions culled from their work with various reggae singers. The raw material is beyond reproach -- "Destination Unknown," for example, is a remix of Black Uhuru's "Chill Out," "Assault on Station 5" is based on "Revolution" by the great Dennis Brown, and "Jailbreak" is a version of Junior Delgado's "Fort Augustus." Perhaps the most effective of these tracks is "Skull & Crossbones," an excellent dub version of "Danger Zone" by Flabba Holt. In all cases, the trademark Sly & Robbie sound -- the rock-solid, minimalist basslines and the snare drum that sounds like a bullet hitting concrete -- is in full effect. However, most of these dub mixes sound tame, almost enervated, as if they were put together by someone with a hangover. All of them are pleasant enough, but few of them say anything new or especially interesting about a reggae subgenre that should always, at a minimum, be interesting.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Sly Dunbar, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Rose, ComposerLyricist - Sly & Robbie, MainArtist - Robbie Shakespeare, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Duckie Simpson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sly Dunbar, Producer - Dennis Brown, ComposerLyricist - Sly & Robbie, MainArtist - Robbie Shakespeare, Producer
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sly Dunbar, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sly & Robbie, MainArtist - Robbie Shakespeare, Producer
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sly Dunbar, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sly & Robbie, MainArtist - Robbie Shakespeare, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sly Dunbar, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sly & Robbie, MainArtist - Robbie Shakespeare, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sly Dunbar, Producer - Sly & Robbie, MainArtist - Junior Delgado, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Robbie Shakespeare, Producer
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sly Dunbar, Producer - Sly & Robbie, MainArtist - Robbie Shakespeare, Producer - Errol "Flabba" Holt, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sly Dunbar, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sly & Robbie, MainArtist - Robbie Shakespeare, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The Sly & Robbie installment in Mango's Reggae Greats series is a skimpy and not terribly exciting collection of dub versions culled from their work with various reggae singers. The raw material is beyond reproach -- "Destination Unknown," for example, is a remix of Black Uhuru's "Chill Out," "Assault on Station 5" is based on "Revolution" by the great Dennis Brown, and "Jailbreak" is a version of Junior Delgado's "Fort Augustus." Perhaps the most effective of these tracks is "Skull & Crossbones," an excellent dub version of "Danger Zone" by Flabba Holt. In all cases, the trademark Sly & Robbie sound -- the rock-solid, minimalist basslines and the snare drum that sounds like a bullet hitting concrete -- is in full effect. However, most of these dub mixes sound tame, almost enervated, as if they were put together by someone with a hangover. All of them are pleasant enough, but few of them say anything new or especially interesting about a reggae subgenre that should always, at a minimum, be interesting.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:17
- Main artists: Sly & Robbie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)
- Genre: World
© 1985 Island Records Inc. ℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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