Reggae Floorfillers (2000)

About this title: These 16 tracks, all taken from the Trojan catalog, were recorded between the late 1960s and late 1970s. While the premise for the compilation is slim -- much reggae, after all, can be used for the dancefloor -- it's a decent CD that will likely expose listeners to a good deal of stuff they haven't heard, unless they're deep reggae specialists. That probably could not be said of one of the performances, Desmond Dekker's "The Israelites" (one of the few big reggae crossover hits ever), and Dennis Brown, Big Youth, and Toots & the Maytals are pretty big names. Most of the cuts, however, are ... read more

Tracks:

1. 54-46 Was My Number [Hibbert/Kong]
2. Money in My Pocket [Brown]
3. Hit the Road Jack [Mayfield]
4. Loving You [Riperton/Rudolph]
5. Israelites [Dekker/Kong]
6. Prisoner of Love [Ferry]
7. Ride Your Donkey [Davis/Murphy]
8. Black Pearl [Spector/Levine/Wine]
9. Hurt So Good [Mitchell]
10. Lord Creator [Patrick/Eccles]
11. Crying over You [Charmers]
12. Kansas City [Leiber/Stoller]
13. Uptown Top Ranking [Thompson/Forrest/Re]
14. Singer Man [Harriott/Bernard]
15. Better Must Come [Wilson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.