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Music : Chant Down Babylon: The Island Anthology
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Chant Down Babylon: The Island Anthology by: Burning Spear |
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Binding: Audio Cassette EAN: 0731452419040 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Polygram Records Manufacturer: Polygram Records Publisher: Polygram Records Release Date: June 18, 1996 Studio: Polygram Records Sales Rank: 961508 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Between 1975 and 1978, while he was on Island, Burning Spear, aka Winston Rodney, recorded his classic albums. The combination of Spear and producer Jack Ruby seem unstoppable, bringing forth heavy, spiritual reggae and some wicked dub, making him one of the most influential reggae figures of the period. Chant Down Babylon cherry-picks the best from his six records for Island, and two CDs is barely enough to contain it, with gems like "Slavery Days," "Man in the Hills," "Mek We Dweet," and "Social Living." As an introduction to the man at his very best, this can't be beat. Chris Nickson Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - River Jordan gonna roll, roll, roll, rollThis anthology has everything and gives a very complete record of the incomparable Burning Spear. The first disc has the older stuff from the Marcus Garvey era that most fans die for. The second disc is weaker and has more of a crossover feel that is less interesting. Some of the later songs like 'Social Living' are very good however. The live version of 'Jordan Live' especially is classic. In college I used to use the opening to that song for my reggae show. This is definitely a CD worth having. Rating:  - One Fine Disc, Lots of Bad PoetryLike another reviewer, I greatly prefer Disc One. I prefer "old school" reggae, in particular the 70's sound. Earlier stuff is too ska or too derivative of American soul; later stuff is too techno. Just so you can know my perspective, I like Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Toots & the Maytals, Bob Marley. Disc one lives up to that high standard. Disc Two, to my ear, is self-indulgent poetry recitals over dub music. Not offensive, but nothing that makes me want to hear it twice. Disc One would be 4.5 stars, Disc Two is one or two stars. A very important collection, nonetheless. Rating:  - I great place to start your Burning Spear collectionChant Down Babylon: The Island Anthology is an amazing collection of all the best Burning Spear. This CD contains 35 Burning Spear classics, starting from his early days. Winston Rodney has hypnotizing chants mixed with some of the best reggae music your ears will ever be lucky enough to hear. The Invasion (A.K.A Black Wa-Da-Da), Tradition, Slavery Days and the live Jordan River are the best tracks on the first CD. Social Living, My Roots and Jah Kingdom are the best tunes to grace the second CD. Another great option if you prefer live Spear is "Live In Paris: Zenith '88." Rating: - First disc is much betterThis is going to sound like a mildly negative review, but it would truly be hard to slag the first disc on this set. Some of these tunes are high water marks in reggae. I'm a fan of early 70's reggae and late 60's ska. I don't care for watered-down, drum machine (1980's) reggae music. The problem with this collection is that the first disc makes the second one sound weak. Too many songs on the second disc slide into UB40 territory w/out the hooks. And I can only take so much Marcus Garvey talk... it's harder to take the music seriously when you kind of just want to roll your eyes over the worship of this guy (or ANY man). I would suggest looking into his early albums before purchasing this set for full price. Rating: - Awesome !!!!This is a great 2 CD set by a man second only, in my mind, to Bob Marley in the annals of Reggae music. Burning Spear tells it; Burning Spear knows Reggae; Burning Spear has an awesome musical consciousness. The only problem I have with Bob and Winston is that they say that Haile Selassie is the Lord Almighty. No, Haile Selassie was just a man. Jesus Christ is the Lord and Saviour. Every knee shall bow. I do believe that Bob is aware of the Truth, though, now that he is on the other side. |
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