It Keeps Rainin' - The Best Of

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Personnel: Bitty McLean (keyboards, drums, programming); Keith Beauvais (guitar, keyboards, drums); Skaila Kanga (harp); Liz Edwards, Mark Berrow, Peter Oxer, Christopher Tombling, James McLeod , David Woodcock, Wilfred Gibson, Ben Croft, Vaughan Armon, Roger Garland, Boguslav Kostecki, Gavyn Wright (violin); Robert Smissen, George Robertson , Bill Hawkes, Peter Lale (viola); David Daniels , Paul Kegg, Helen Liebmann, Martin Loveday, Anthony Pleeth (cello); Mark "Saxa" Overton (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Patrick Tenyue (trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards); Colin Markland (trumpet); John "Woog" Johnson (trombone); Michael Paulo (horns); George "Fiji" Veikoso (keyboards, drums); Carl Nembhard (keyboards); Dee Johnson (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Troy Gonzalez; Bitty McLean. Recording information: 48 Bit Production House, Birmingham, England; Angel Studios, Islington, London, England; Dep Int Studios, Birmingham, England; Simon & Diamond; The Forge Studios, Oswestry; TK Disc Studios, HI. Photographer: Dave Hare. Arranger: Bitty McLean. With his warm and gentle vocal style and classic lovers rock approach to his material, Britain's Bitty McLean was somewhat of an antidote to the phobic slack attitude of much of dancehall reggae in the mid-'90s, and if this made him appear at the time like a lightweight on the scene, he stuck to the high road. The result, as this 17-track best-of anthology shows, is refreshing in its classic clarity of vision. Included are his 1994 hit covers of the Shirelles' "Dedicated to the One I Love" and Fats Domino's "It Keeps Rainin'," as well as a fine version of Justin Hinds' "Here I Stand" and a couple of his own compositions. Unassuming to a fault, McLean's approach makes him somewhat of a throwback in a hip-hop dancehall world, but it also gives his material an instant nostalgic familiarity, and it's clear that he loves what he does. ~ Steve Leggett