Funky Kingston

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Funky Kingston
Toots and the Maytals studio album

Publication
(s)

1973

Label (s) mango

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Roots reggae

Title (number)

8th

running time

38 minutes

production

Chris Blackwell

Funky Kingston was the first album by the Jamaican reggae band Toots and the Maytals . It was produced by Chris Blackwell and was released in 1973. The album is the band's first that does not consist of pre-recorded singles .

style

The album contains “hypnotic grooves ” and “powerful rhythms”. The style of music played is roots reggae .

reception

In 2003 it was named the 378th most important album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine . Allmusic called the album the best of the band. Robert Christgau as "a gift". If you 've " discovered Bob Marley and want to explore his Roots contemporaries," Funky Kingston is the next "go-to" point, according to the BBC .

Re-use

Funky Kingston is the theme song of the American television series Miami Ink - Tattoos for Life .

The song Louie, Louie was used in the British film This is England .

Track list

Original version

  1. "Sit Right Down" ( Frederick Hibbert )
  2. "Pomp And Pride" (Hibbert)
  3. " Louie, Louie " ( Richard Berry (musician) )
  4. "I Can't Believe" ( Ike Turner )
  5. "Redemption Song" (Hibbert)
  6. "Daddy's Home" (Hibbert)
  7. "Funky Kingston" (Hibbert)
  8. "It Was Written Down" (Hibbert)

US version

  1. "Time Tough" ( Frederick Hibbert )
  2. "In the Dark" (Hibbert)
  3. "Funky Kingston" (Hibbert)
  4. "Love is Gonna Let Me Down" (Hibbert)
  5. " Louie, Louie " ( Richard Berry (musician) )
  6. "Pomp and Pride" (Hibbert)
  7. "Got to Be There" (Hibbert)
  8. " Country Road " ( Bill Danoff , John Denver , Taffy Nivert )
  9. " Pressure Drop " (Hibbert)
  10. "Sailing On" (Hibbert)

The better known US version is a compilation of the original with the band's second album, In the Dark . It contains Maytal's biggest hit, Pressure Drop , as well as unusual covers such as B. John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads , replacing " West Virginia " with "West Jamaica".

swell

  1. ↑ a b Mark Deming: Review at Allmusic (accessed June 8, 2010)
  2. ^ A b Angus Taylor: One of the most uplifting albums of all time (Retrieved June 8, 2010)
  3. ↑ Rolling Stone : 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Funky Kingston (accessed June 8, 2010)
  4. ↑ Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Reviews: Toots and the Maytals (accessed June 8, 2010)

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