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All rights reserved.U-Roy - Dread In A Babylon (CD 1990)
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| Track Listing 1. Runaway Girl 2. Chalice In The Palace 3. I Can't Love Another 4. Dreadlocks Dread 5. Great Psalms 6. Natty Don't Fear 7. African Message 8. Silver Bird 9. Listen To The Teacher 10. Trenchtown Rock
Album Notes Includes liner notes by Trevor Herman.The flourishes of sound manipulation throughout DREAD IN A BABYLON make it obvious why U Roy is considered the man who established the role of the DJ in reggae and Western pop music. But what gives the album its staying power is the passion that he brings to his singing and toasting. U Roy's ad-libbed additions--whether in peals of song or spurts of rapid-fire toasting--to "Runaway Girl," "Chalice in the Palace," and "I Can't Love Another" work a laid-back, amorous vein. Those of "Dreadlocks Dread," "The Great Psalms," and "African Message" are more heated, as U Roy frequently breaks out into James Brown-like squelches. Instrumentally, the most impressive track is "Natty Don't Fear," a dense, reverb-heavy offering spiked with jarring "Scratch" Perry-like echoes. "African Message" even seems to presage hip-hop, with the kind of insistent, rolling bassline that became commonplace in hip-hop in the late '90s. A synthesizer-rich treatment of "Trench Town Rock" makes for a suitable closing track. | |||||||||||
Reviews  Poor beyond beliefReview created: 10/05/07 by:  I bought this cd the day before I went abroad on holiday as I've been after it for a while,sadly due to packing etc I forgot to pay for it before I went. When I checked on my ebay account at an internet cafe abroad I saw that the seller had opened a non paying bidder complaint so I sent the money immediately with apologies that it had slipped my mind.Sadly since then the seller has vanished off the face of the earth & has acquired numerous negative feedbacks so not sending items so I have had to open a dispute with paypal so my money back,my rating of poor is truly too high,this seller is lower than a worms' willy. Review ID: 10000000003573310 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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