Dennis Brown - Tribulation Times (CD) 2011 -ARtiSt...... : Dennis Brown
AlbUM....... : Tribulation Times
GENRE....... : Reggae
lAbEl....... : Kingston Sounds
CAtNR....... : KSCD025
SoURcE...... : CDDA
RiP.dAtE.... : 14-05-2011
StREEt.dAtE. : 02-02-2011
QUAlitY..... : VBR/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
URl......... : http://www.myspace.com/dennisbrown
SiZE........ : 93.67MB
Track List
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01. Smile Like An Angel 3:14
02. Poor Side Of Town 4:09
03. Money In My Pocke 2:36
04. This World Is Troubled 3:31
05. Silverwords 2:39
06. Play Girl 2:42
07. Tribulation 3:35
08. Westbound Train 3:05
09. Let Me Live 3:02
10. Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend 2:46
11. Summertime 3:31
12. My Kind 2:59
13. Golden Streets 2:53
14. We Will Be Free 3:14
15. If I Follow My Heart [Bonus Track] 3:45
16. Rasta Children [Bonus Track] 3:58
Runtime..: 51:39 min
Notes
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Dennis Brown has always been cited
as Jamaica's favourite singer.
While Bob Marley set out to conquer
the world, Dennis' popularity on
the island grew with every year.
Overseas success also came Browns
way with crossover hits like the
massive 'Money In My Pocket'. He
will always be fondly remembered on
the sound systems across the
caribbean as the Crown Prince of
Reggae.
Dennis Brown (b Dennis Emanuel
Brown,1957, Kingston, Jamaica)
began his illustrious career at the
grand age of eleven like many of
the other child singers at Coxsonne
Dodds Studio One stable. His first
hit in 1969 a cover of Van Dykes
'No Man Is An Island' still stands
the tests of time and also its
follow up cut 'If I Follow My
Heart' as Reggae classics. The
1970's saw Dennis build on his
reputation by working with all the
top Jamaican producers and studio's
perfecting his sound. Lloyd Daley,
Impact, Joe Gibbs, Aquarius and
Derrick Harriott to name but a few.
But it was his work with producer
Winston 'Niney' Holness that he
enjoyed the most success and many
say recorded his best work for.
Where many of the other producers
stayed with the tried and tested
Lovers Rock formula that did prove
so popular with Dennis' voice,
producer Niney the Observer as he
is fondly called,pushed him into a
more roots led direction, over
stark rhythms created by Niney's
studio band Soul Syndicate.
Two outstanding albums were put
together 'Just Dennis' (1975) built
on a collection of singles they had
recorded together, 'Cassandra',
'Westbound Train', 'No More Will I
Roam' and 'Conqueror'. The second
1977 set 'Wolf and Leopards' made
up again of singles the prolific
two had cut including, 'Here I
Come' (a live favourite that Dennis
always liked to start his set with)
and 'Children of Israel' made these
both strong roots era albums. We
have stayed with this period for
our Dennis Brown album.
Some of the above mentioned cuts
are present alongside the timeless
crossover hit 'Money In My Pocket'
(1979) produced by Niney but often
credited as a Joe Gibbs production
as it was released (and sweetened
by adding Orchestration for the
foreign market place) on his label.
By the way this is the original
Jamaican version (unsweetened) that
you will find on this album a more
truthful version in our humble
opinion. His voice reigns supreme
across these Niney produced cuts
'Smile like An Angel' 'Silver
Words', 'Play Girl' and the
fantastic 'Poor Side Of Town'
(helped along by the great
harmonies of the Heptones group),
'Tribulation' and 'We Will Be
Free'.
Dennis Brown's prolific catalogue
of tunes that also found an outlet
on his own DEB inprint (named after
his initials) stands to show what a
great artist he was and what a fine
team he and Niney made when in the
studio creating these magical
moments. So sit back and enjoy a
killer set of tunes compiled by
Niney himself... Tribulation Times
indeed and long may the records of
the Crown Prince of Reggae Dennis
Brown rule the world.....
enjoy!!!
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