The Congos make Album top 100 list

[Assasin]

Congos’ album make top 100 list


Monday, May 13, 2013

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THE Congos’ 1977 album, Heart of The Congos, is included in Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time.

The album is listed at number 82.
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According to the article — which appears on the publication’s website (rollingstone.com) — the album ranks among Lady Gaga’s The Fame, Madonna’s Madonna and Whitney Houston’s self-titled debut.
The recently published piece lauded the “unearthly harmonies” of original members Roydel ‘Ashanti Roy’ Johnson and Cedric Myton.
“The set is probably the most psychedelic and spiritually potent roots-reggae set ever made,” the article said.
Recorded at the height of the roots-reggae explosion, Heart of The Congos was produced by the eccentric Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry.
The diminutive Perry had produced cutting-edge songs by other roots artistes such as The Wailers, Junior Murvin and Max Romeo.
Heart of The Congos contains the hit song Row Fisherman Row and features background vocals by Gregory Isaacs, The Meditations, and Barry Llewellyn and Earl Morgan of The Heptones.
Heart of The Congos enjoyed a revival in the 1990s when it was reissued by British independent label Blood And Fire Records.
The Congos continue to tour, performing mainly in Europe and Brazil.



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[Bricktop]

Wickedest reggae album ever...and is a white American teenager introduce me to it...

[Historian]

Correction....

Wickedest reggae album ever...and is a white American teenager introduce me to it...

Correction: “One of” the wickedest reggae albums ever.

Not surprised that a white American teenager introduced you to it. White Americans accepted reggae music long before African-Americans did! To give an example, white Americans accepted Bob Marley long before their black counterparts.

By the way, there have only been a handful of reggae hits on the Billboard Pop Charts in the USA, including Paul Simon’s “Mother and Child Reunion,” Ini Kamoze’s “Here Comes the Hotstepper,” Carl Douglas’ “Kung Fu Fighting,” and stuff by Sean Paul and Shaggy (in Shaggy’s case both “It Wasn’t Me” and “Angel” rocketed to the Number One spot).

Some, like Jimmy Cliff’s “Wonderful World, Beautiful People” did quite well, but never reached Number One.

[Mosiah]

...Carl Douglas’ “Kung Fu Fighting,” and Shaggy’s “It Wasn’t Me”...

Are those reggae chunes?

[Assasin]

others including Beenie man, Chaka Demus and Plyers, Wayne Wonder, Patra, Super Cat, Frighty and Mike with "life" and I think Born Jamerians and Maxi Priest, and UB40, plus Big Mountain.

[Historian]

Trying to recall....

others including Beenie man, Chaka Demus and Plyers, Wayne Wonder, Patra, Super Cat, Frighty and Mike with "life" and I think Born Jamerians and Maxi Priest, and UB40, plus Big Mountain.

‘Sass, I was thinking of the Number One spot on the all-important Billboard Pop Charts. Only a handful of Jamaican music has ever made it all the way to the top, including #1 hits like Ini Kamoze’s “Here Comes the Hotstepper,” the two I mentioned by Shaggy, and so on.

By the way, I completely forgot about Frighty and Colonel Mite! I can’t recall where that recording ended, but their music video for “Life Is What You Make It,” to this day, ranks among my all-time favorite music videos by anyone.

While Sean Paul by himself, and also in collaboration with Beyonce, has had several Billboard Pop Charts Number One hits, The same cannot be said of Beenie Man, Patra, etc. That all-important Pop Chart has not exactly been friendly to Jamaican music.

[Historian]

You are absolutely correct

Are those reggae chunes?

You are correct, Mo.

The recording by the Jamaican university student (California) Carl Douglas (“Kung Fu Fighting”) and Shaggy and Rik Rok”s “It Wasn’t Me” are definitely not reggae. In Douglas’ case, for example, that was straight funk.

That was a lapse in judgement on my part.

[Mosiah]

No prob!

[Assasin]

check this out. Shaggy had to albums on the bilboard chart. The first one was reggae. Boombastic with "Oh Carolina" "Summertime" etc. The second one may not be all reggae but it has some cuts on it like the wone with Sasha and "Angel" with Rayvon.