Toots And The Maytals - Light Your Light
ARTIST.....: Toots And The Maytals
TITLE......: Light Your Light
LABEL......: Fantasy
URL........: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7478299&BAB=E
RIP DATE...: Aug-29-2007
STORE DATE.: Aug-28-2007
GENRE......: Reggae
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 55,3 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Johnny Coolmand (Feat. Derek Trucks) 03:16
02 - Premature (Feat. Bonnie Raitt) 04:02
03 - Pain In My Heart 03:47
04 - Love So Strong 03:52
05 - Don't Bother Me 02:28
06 - Celia 02:52
07 - Image Get A Lick 02:50
08 - I Gotta Woman 03:28
09 - See The Light 03:22
10 - Tribute To Coxson , Guns Of Navarone 03:19
11 - Do You Remember 03:33
12 - Light U Light 03:30
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40:19 min
Release Notes:
There are, of course, no Maytals in Toots & the Maytals (the
actual group broke up in 1981), and it's all just Toots Hibbert
these days, which is fine, really, since his gospel and Memphis
soul-inflected vocals have made Toots one of the most explosive
and exciting performers ever to come out of Jamaica. Light Your
Light, like 2004's duets album True Love, was produced by Richard
Feldman, but unlike True Love, which diffused Toots' powerful
presence with a succession of rock star partners, this time out
Toots is completely center stage (which is always a good thing).
True, slide guitarist Derek Trucks is featured on the lead track,
a reworking of Toots' 1970s-era "Johnny Coolman," but he wisely
works the tune instead of trying to steal it. Bonnie Raitt turns
up on the second track, again a re-record, this time of the
poignant "Premature," Toots' cautionary tale about early
pregnancy, and again Raitt lets the song lead things. Everything
else is all Toots Hibbert, including a fine cover of Otis
Redding's "Pain in My Heart," a bouncing "Celia" (featuring Toots'
son Hopeton on bass and legendary island drummer Leroy
"Horsemouth" Wallace), a version of Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman"
(as "I Gotta Woman"), and the track that will probably get the
most attention here, a tribute to the immortal Skatalites and to
Studio One producer Coxsone Dodd called "Tribute to Coxson/Guns of
Navarone" that features sax from Dean Fraser. In all, Light Your
Light is a much better affair than the ill-advised True Love, with
a clean, clear, and bright sound -- and then, of course, the vocal
work of the remarkable Toots Hibbert, who just might be the most
powerful singer Jamaica has ever produced. Light Your Light
doesn't take things back to the glory days, but it doesn't
embarrass, either, and shows that this remarkable performer still
has plenty of gas in his tank and hopefully many more miles (and
albums) to go.