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This collection highlights Jo Stafford's recordings for Capitol Recrods in the 1940's.
Jo Stafford walked the delicate line between jazz and pop as well as any singer in the immediate postwar period, and her smooth, elegant sense of melody always put the song she was singing first, so her vocals seem to glide as effortlessly as air through the arrangements, never drawing undue attention, but always there at the center of things. This set from her Capitol years in the 1940s and early '50s does have a couple of her biggest hits ("You Belong to Me," "Make Love to Me"), and duets with Gordon MacRae ("The Alphabet Song") and Johnny Mercer ("Candy"), as well as a wonderfully balanced and nuanced version of "Scarlet Ribbons," but it's really too brief a collection to be anything more than a teaser. ~ Steve Leggett
Personnel: Jo Stafford (vocals).
Liner Note Author: Don Ovens. Greatest Hits Review
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Purchase Greatest Hits CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Anthony B Universal Struggle CD (1998)
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This follow up to Anthony B's smash debut album SO MANY THINGS includes his hits "Damage" and "Waan Back." In a well-conceived album, here producer Richard "Bello" Bell and the DJ explore new directions. There's more stylistic variety than on B's previous album, more than simply one rebel tune after another. The album is broader in appeal than SO MANY THINGS, and that diversity is its delight.
"Nah Vote Again" is pure Anthony B with a twist of Peter Tosh, and "Zinc Fence Jungle" is a tuneful combination style with Luciano, while "Universal Struggle" and "Jerusalem" are both fine roots tunes. The Bell-written "Damage" is one of the DJ's toughest and most moving cultural songs, while the catchy "Waan Back," (over the singular "Night Nurse" rhythm) is his vividly descriptive yearning for back-in-the-day dancehall. Cuts also include his popular Bob Marley medley, "Marley ...
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INNA HEIGHTS was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Reggae Album.
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Banton uses '90s technology to carry on Marley's positive-song tradition--there's electronic percussion, but it blends in seamlessly. His voice is a bit similar to Marley's, but is somewhat raspier, and occasionally slips into a rap-influenced dancehall style. Banton even incorporates a bit of dub (echo, reverb and spacy special effects) into his songs, without losing the melodic flow ("My Woman Now"). INNA HEIGHTS will put some bounce into your day.
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