Article Details

Article ID

CD-8772

Format

3x CD

Artist

Various Artists

Title

Lovers Rock: The Soulful Sound of Romantic Reggae

Track list

Pos.	Artist	Title
1	Janet Kay	Silly Games
2	Carroll Thompson	Hopelessly In Love
3	Brown Sugar	I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks
4	Sister Stern	Devoted To You
5	Dennis Bovell as African Stone	Choose Me (7" mix)
6	Carroll Thompson	Just A Little Bit
7	Winston Reedy	Baby Love
8	Hortense Ellis	(Love Comes From The Most) Unexpected Places
9	Sylvia Tella	Spell (7" mix)
10	The J Sisters	I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) (7" mix)
11	Marcia Aitken	I'm Still In Love With You
12	Marie Pierre	Can't Go Through With Life
13	Louisa Mark	Keep It Like It Is
14	Errol Campbell	African Queen
15	Barry Biggs & Ruddy Thomas	Reflections Of My Life (7” mix)
16	Winston Reedy	Moi Emma Ooh
17	Angelique	Cry
18	Ruddy Thomas	When I Think Of You (7" mix)
19	Fil Callendar & The In Crowd	Baby My Love
20	Louisa Mark	Caught You In A Lie
21	Dennis Brown	Money In My Pocket (1978 version)
22	Sugar Minott	We've Got A Good Thing Going
23	Ruddy Thomas & Susan Cadogan	You Make Me Feel So Good
24	Winston Reedy	Dim The Light
25	June ‘JC' Lodge	Someone Loves You, Honey
26	Leroy Brown	Taxi (7” mix)
27	Ruddy Thomas	Loving Pauper
28	John Holt	You Will Never Find Another Love Like Mine
29	The In Crowd	Sweet Man
30	Ken Boothe	Walk Away From Love (7” mix)
31	Marcia Griffiths	I'm Hurtin' Inside
32	Delroy Wilson	Hooked On You
33	Keith Rowe	Groovy Situation
34	Cornel Campbell	Investigator
35	The Sensations	Baby Love (1978 mix)
36	Dennis Brown	Have You Ever Been In Love
37	Delroy Wilson	People Are Doing It Every Day
38	Carroll Thompson & Sugar Minott	I Want To Make It With You (12" mix)
39	John Holt	Sweetie Come Brush Me
40	Dhaima	Can't Buy My Love
41	Gregory Isaacs	Night Nurse
42	Carroll Thompson	I'm So Sorry
43	The In Crowd	Getting Cozy (7” mix)
44	Freddie McGregor	When Push Comes To Shove
45	Sugar Minott	Lovers Race
46	Dennis Brown & John Holt	Wildfire
47	Winston Reedy	Personally Speaking
48	Ruddy Thomas	Just One Moment Away
49	Richard Ace	Supernatural Thing
50	Dennis Brown	Hold On To What You've Got (7” mix)
51	Barry Biggs	Side Show (dancehall mix)
52	TT Ross	My Last Date (With You)
53	Freddie McGregor	Lover's Rock In A JA Style
54	Gladwin Wright	Portrait of You
55	Delroy Wilson	I'm Still Waiting (12” mix)
56	Marie Pierre	Walk Away (7" mix)
57	Dennis Brown	Love Has Found A Way
58	Winston Reedy	Paradise (In Your Eyes)
59	John Holt	Ghetto Queen
60	Ruddy Thomas	Key To The World

Style(s)

Lovers Rock, Reggae

Label

Trojan 78260

Year

2022

Country

GB - United Kingdom

Quality

m/m

Remarks

digipack
The first British reggae sub-genre to achieve ‘outernational’ success and influence the music of Jamaica, lovers rock was a dominating force in the UK scene, from the mid-Seventies through to the close of the Eighties.

Developed largely as a counterpoint to the more militant style of roots reggae, the romantically-themed genre was heavily influenced by the styles of US R&B and the predominantly soulful Jamaican rock steady sound of the Sixties.

Despite the style achieving mainstream success with a number of major UK chart hits, lovers rock received scant attention in the mainstream media until the screening of Steve’s McQueen’s award-winning 2020 BBC TV series, “Small Axe”, the highlight of which was an aptly titled episode that paid tribute to the style and its impact upon British culture.

Since then, interest in the genre has continued to grow internationally and reflecting this trend comes this handsomely packaged album which is presented in 2 physical formats – 2x LP and 3CD.

Comprising the most popular and influential recordings in the style, the collection includes works by such legendary British performers as Janet Kay, Carroll Thompson and Louisa Mark, alongside established Jamaican reggae royalty, notably Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, John Holt and Sugar Minott.

With its focus firmly upon the best-loved romantic reggae sounds of the Seventies and Eighties (whilst the 3CD set also digs deep into the archive), this essential collection of dancefloor favourites provides the most authentic representation of lovers rock sounds yet to see issue.

Price

EUR 20.74

Available

from stock

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