Tough Life

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:08:04
Personnel: Nick Fantastic (guitar, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, drums); Dalton Browne, Robbie Shakespeare, Mitchum Chin (guitar, guitars); Omar Clennon, Strickland Stone, Bernard Raymond, Leebert Morrison, Ian Coleman (guitar); Rohan "Macka" Gordon (guitars); Dean Fraser (saxophone); Trevor Skatta Bonnick, Lloyd Denton, Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson (keyboards); Donald Dennis, Glen Browne (bass guitar); Cleveland "Clevie" Browne, Anthony "Bass" Hibbert, Stephen Gibson, Sly Dunbar (drums); Althea Layne Hamilton, Connie Campbell, Maria Smith, Anthony "Amde" Hamilton, Leiba Hibbert, C. Campbell (background vocals); Robert Lyn, Paul Crossdale (keyboards); Sean Darson (drums); David Anglin (percussion); Pam Hall (background vocals). Additional personnel: Dennis Brown, J.C. Lodge. Audio Mixers: Joel Chin; Trevor Skatta Bonnick; Troy McLean; Cegricia Hamilton; Leebert Morrison; Lynford "Fatta" Marshall; Steven Stanley ; Barry O'Hare. Recording information: Anchor Recording Studio; Cell Block Recording Studio; Chadrock Studio; Digital-B Recording Studio; Fifth Element Recording Studio; Front Room Recording Studio; Gumption Studio; Joe Gibbs Recording Studio; One Pop Recording Studio; Soundism Studios; Studio 2000; Tuff Gong Recording Studio; Vendetta 2. Editors: Joel Chin; Paul Shields; Jeremy Harding; Murray Elias. Photographer: William Richards. Arrangers: Samuel Jonathan Johnson; Carlinton Morrison. There's nothing like a talented singjay to renew your faith in modern reggae music, and Junior Kelly is made to order in that department. His latest finds him continuing to develop his signature style, a roots-oriented yet sonically modern mix of cultural and lovers elements. The album opens powerfully with the energetically sung title track, and although "Blaze" then indicates an unfortunate flirtation with Bobo Dread "fiyah" rhetoric, he quickly steps back onto more solid ground, admonishing his own brethren on "Rasta Should Be Deeper" and showing off his considerable vocal prowess on "Receive." The album's finest moment comes on a gorgeous combination track, a DJ cut of J.C. Lodge's "Somebody Loves You," here titled "Love You Like That." It's hard to say which is more thrilling about that song -- Kelly's own fully committed performance or Lodge's seemingly ageless voice. "Not I" and the unusually rockish "Youths Dem Nah Cool" are also solid winners, as is the jazzy and funky "Jam for a While." Only the lackluster lovers number "The More I See Her" fails to impress. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)