Give Them The Rights

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Total Tracks: 11   Total Length: 45:28

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Slicked Up

fleasbaby

After listening to "The Heart of the Congos" incessantly for months and obsessing shamelessly over Lee "Scratch" Perry's influence on the whole affair, telling anyone who would listen about the lowing of the cow in the background that also appeared on Perry's "Roast Fish, Collie Weed..." album I was only too happy to slurp up anything else I could find by these folks. I was a little heart-broken to find they parted ways with Perry so soon, but gave it a go anyway, and cannot say I was disappointed. In the words of my good friend Matt though..."it sounds like reggae". Nothing revolutionary here, just a slicked up version of what the boys do well, with an almost visible sheen of good production, smooth base and of course those crazy vocals. I give it a few stars, but only because I know where they have come from and I respect my elders.

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murder

sickrasta

i have to say, i was suprised... it's a killer.

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Classix

EyEz99

It doesnt get better than this...Roots at its finest...Big up the Congoes.

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The century’s first Congos album of all new material, 2005′s Give Them the Rights, comes a full six years after the spotty Revival, and leader Cedric Myton has used the time off to construct a much stronger set of tunes than that album could manage. More importantly, Myton has assembled nearly all of the old crew: Sly & Robbie produce, and the musician credits are like reading the starting lineup of someone’s fantasy roots reggae team, from guitarist Earl “Chinna” Smith on down. The result is an impressive simulacrum of classic ’70s roots reggae, and yet while it studiously ignores commercial trends and misbegotten attempts to “update” the familiar Congos sound, nor does it sound like a boring period piece. Instead, there’s “Praise H.I.M.,” pure devotional roots reggae set to a gently swaying beat over which Myton trills a call-and-response lead vocal in his inimitable falsetto; the cutting character study “Mr. Shark”; and the thrilling anthemic opener, “It Can’t Work.” Give Them the Rights is no Heart of the Congos — you only get an album like that once in a career — but it’s far better than naysayers might expect. – Stewart Mason

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