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- Date Released: July 24, 2007
- Genre: International
- Label: rockr / Quango / Tuff Gong / IODA
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There have been so many really atrocious (or, at best, really tedious) Bob Marley remix projects that it comes as a deep surprise to encounter one that truly hits the spot. Interestingly, this one succeeds because the remix artists featured -- an all-star cast featuring such notables as the Fort Knox Five, Cordovan, Bombay Dub Orchestra and DJ Spooky -- approach the source material with love and respect, rather than using it as a jumping-off point from which to showcase their own mad skills. Each of them puts a unique fingerprint on one of Marley's songs, but each also manages to keep the focus on the song itself rather than on the treatment. Thus, we get a brilliantly skittery and funky mix of "Small Axe" from Paul & Price and a rich but restrained reading of "Soul Shakedown Party" by Afrodisiac Sound System, and DJ Spooky even manages to make a silk purse out of the sow's ear that is "Rainbow Country," one of Marley's least compelling compositions. Not everything is brilliant: Afrodisiac Sound System drops the ball just a bit on their ho-hum version of "Soul Rebel," and Trio Elétrico's mix of "Trenchtown Rock" saps more energy than it adds to the original. But for the most part, this album is like a seminar in how to bring new life to already top-notch material. Highly recommended overall.
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| 01. |  |
Soul Shakedown Party (Afrodisiac Sound System Remix) |
4:04 |
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| 02. | |
Lively Up Yourself (Bombay Dub Orchestra Remix) |
4:07 |
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| 03. | |
Duppy Conqueror (Fort Knox Five Remix) |
4:30 |
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| 04. | |
Sun Is Shining (Yes King Remix) |
5:18 |
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| 05. | |
Soul Rebel (Afrodisiac Sound System Remix) |
4:38 |
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| 06. | |
African Herbsman (King Kooba Remix) |
4:05 |
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| 07. | |
Don't Rock My Boat (STUHR Remix) |
4:41 |
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| 08. | |
Small Axe (Paul & Price Remix) |
4:52 |
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| 09. | |
Rainbow Country (DJ Spooky's Subliminal Funk Remix) |
4:21 |
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| 10. | |
Trenchtown Rock (Trio Elétrico Remix) |
4:53 |
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| 11. | |
400 Years (Jimpster Remix) |
6:20 |
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| 12. | |
Sun Is Shining (DJ Dolores Remix) |
3:42 |
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12 Total Tracks, 55:31 Total Length
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Credits
- Billy Straus - Executive Producer // Corin Nelsen - Mastering // Adrian Boot - Photography // Mathieu Bitton - Art Direction // Mathieu Bitton - Design // Bruno Guez - A&R // David Hargis - Producer
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