Pressure Drop: The Definitive Collection
Artist(s):
Toots & the Maytals
Label: Trojan Records UK
Publisher(s):
Trojan Records UK
Studio: Trojan Records UK
Manufacturer: Trojan Records UK
Binding: Audio CD
Format(s): Extra tracks, Import
List Price: $38.99
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Track Listing
Number of discs: 2
1.
My Daily Food
2.
If You Act This Way
3.
You Make Me Feel the Way I Do
4.
It's You
5.
Daddy
6.
Never You Change
7.
What's on Your Mind
8.
When I Laugh
9.
My New Name
10.
She Will Never Let Me Down
11.
Peggy
12.
Bam Bam
13.
54 46 That's My Number
14.
Struggle
15.
Just Tell Me
16.
We Shall Overcome
17.
Bim Today (Bam Tomorrow)
18.
Schooldays
19.
Do the Reggay
20.
Scare Him
21.
Alidina
22.
Pressure Drop
23.
Sweet and Dandy
24.
Monkey Man
25.
She's My Scorcher
26.
Bla Bla Bla
27.
Doctor Lester (aka African Doctor)
28.
54-46 Was My Number
29.
Peeping Tom
30.
It Must Be True Love
31.
One Eye Enos
32.
Monkey Girl
33.
It's You
34.
Walk with Love
35.
Johnny Cool Man
36.
Never You Change
37.
Redemption Song
38.
Louie, Louie - Toots & the Maytals, Berry
39.
Pomps and Pride
40.
It Was Written Down
41.
Sit Right Down
42.
(Take Me Home) Country Roads
43.
Funky Kingston
44.
In the Dark
45.
Sailing On
46.
Fever
47.
Time Tough
48.
Reggae Got Soul
49.
Broadway Jungle
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Tracing Toots & The Maytals' development from Ska kings to international stars, Pressure Drop brings together an incredible selection of hits from a time when Toots & The Maytals rivaled Bob Marley & The Wailers as Jamaica's premiere vocal group. Two CD set Includes the bonus track 'Broadway Jungle' (2000 Version). Trojan. 2005.
Customer Reviews
Exellent music and great value for money!
Toots and the Maytals were one of 'the' reggae groups of all time. While Bob Marley could inspire millions throughout the world with his lyrics Toots and the Maytals could do likewise but had a style and rhythm that seemed to also borrow from American soul.
While Trojan often sacrifice quality for quantity (and by that I mean sound quality) This double CD is of fairly strong solid quality. It includes many of their well known tracks and some lesser known.
Toots and the Maytals were always popular in the UK riding both on the crest of Ska musics popularity (especially the Ska revival of the 80s with the Specials who brought new interest to many classic Ska bands) and also through the legend himself Bob Marley.
This CD is well worth getting for anyone who has a love of good music or anyone who wants a good quality introduction to reggae music. Especially as this is such good value for money.
struggle to overcome!
Serious reggae listeners argue a lot about these Trojan albums, especially in regards to the sheer amount of times new label bosses Sanctuary release the same songs on different compilations -- but surely these are minor and relatively insignificant objections when one considers the value for money and the enduring quality of the music on these albums.
(A possible objection to this otherwise comprehensive and worthy compilation is that "Six and Seven Books of Moses" and the Maytals Rasta/Rockers late 70's interpretation of "Bam Bam" are -- sadly-- excluded.)
"When I Laugh" will be a minor revelation for Delta blues fans, with it's distinctly Robert Johnson blues vocal style and brass section reminiscent of The Dirty Dozen New Orleans octet.
"My New Name" -- like "Six and Seven Books" -- has a Cajun abandon to the vocal and rhythm.
The version of "Bam Bam" on CD 1 is the mid 60's cut, not the later confident, confessional Rasta meditation which appeared on the Island anthology. (It is worth noting that Chaka Demus and Pliers also released their own digital interpretation of this tune on the same backing track as "Murder She Wrote.")
"Bim Today" has a thudding b line reminiscent of Junior Delgado's "Tichion." "Scare Him" has a full speed and reckless Rockers rimshot snare pattern.
Cd 2 moves -- from jazz influenced bluebeat and ska -- into Toot's distinctive soulful reggae incarnation .
"It's You" on this 2nd cd gets the reggae treatment over a slower b line, contrasting with the earlier frantic ska interpretation. "Time Tough" is a stand out track here, with its fearful, yet stoic lyric about the struggle of life.
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