Since you are interested in Essential Reggae, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Bob Marley and The Wailers
Legend - The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers [ Island Records / CD - released 6/Oct/1990 ] There are few musicians whose music has indisputably advanced humanity. Reggae figurehead Bob Marley--a songwriter, poet, activist, and visionary--is one of them. The idea that a single-disc collection could represent the depth, breadth, and power of... |
Shaggy
The Boombastic Collection: The Best of Shaggy [ Island Records / CD - released 17/Nov/2008 ] This is the definitive Shaggy Collection with 18 tracks including five #1's and 11 Top Tens - including "Oh Carolina", "Boombastic", "In the Summertime", "It Wasn't Me", "Angel", "Hey Sexy Lady" and "Feel the Rush". |
UB40
The Very Best Of UB40 1980 - 2000 [ Virgin Records / CD - released 27/Nov/2000 ] Here are 20 of the best from UB40 - all their greatest hits, on one digitally re-mastered CD - choice! |
Various Artists
Dancehall - The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture [ Soul Jazz Records / 2 CD - released 18/Nov/2008 ] 'Dancehall - The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture' released on Soul Jazz Records is an essential guide and who's who to the phenomenal explosion of Dancehall in Jamaica in the 1980s and its subsequently rise throughout the world. |
Various Artists
Ziggy Marley in Jamaica [ District 6 Records / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Featuring love songs like "Money In My Pocket" by Dennis Brown, spiritual songs like Satta Masagana by The Abyssinians and party songs like "You Can Get It" by Jimmy Cliff. |
Youssou N'Dour
Dakar-Kingston [ Universal Music / CD - released 8/Mar/2010 ] Youssou N'Dour music is pan-African yet his career was bound to lead to a form of musical expression that has become universal: Reggae. |