War Ina Babylon: An Island Reggae Anthology

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1: The Harder They Come: Ska to Reggae: 1959-1973
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Boogie in My Bones
Laurel Aitken2:49
2We're Gonna Love
Jackie Edwards2:53
3Darling Patricia
Owen Gray2:54
4Forward March
recording of:
Forward March
composer:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan2:51
5Housewives Choice
recording of:
Housewife's Choice
composer:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick & Patsy2:42
6Honour Your Mother and Father
Desmond Dekker2:25
7King of Kings
Jimmy Cliff3:26
8Exodus
Ernest Ranglin2:39
9Eastern Standard Time
recording of:
Eastern Standard Time
Don Drummond & The Skatalites3:12
10My Boy Lollipop
cover recording of:
My Boy Lollipop
writer:
Morris Levy, Johnny Roberts (US songwriter, "My Boy Lollipop") and Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
Millie2:01
11Carry Go Bring Come
recording of:
Carry Go Bring Home
composer:
Justin Hinds (Jamaican ska vocalist with his backing singers the Dominoes)
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes2:45
12Bonanza Ska
cover recording of:
Bonanza
orchestrator:
David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (US lyricist)
composer:
Jay Livingston
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
Bonanza (American Western TV series 1959–1973)
Carlos Malcolm & His Afro-Jamaican Rhythms43:04
13Sweet William
Millie1:47
14Dance Crasher
Alton Ellis & the Flames2:41
15Guns Fever
Baba Brooks Band2:54
16Take It Easy
Hopeton Lewis2:55
17On the Beach
The Paragons2:37
18You Don't Care (You'll Want Me Back)
The Techniques2:40
19Stop That Train
Keith & Tex3:16
20Rock Steady
Alton Ellis & the Flames2:39
21My Conversation
The Uniques3:29
22Ride Your Donkey
The Tennors2:02
23Take Five
Val Bennett3:42
24Hold You Jack
Derrick Morgan2:44
25The Harder They Come
producer:
Jimmy Cliff
publisher:
Island Music (Island Music Ltd.)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 342) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 361)
recording of:
The Harder They Come
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cliff
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc., Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Island Music Ltd. (for music publishing use only, formerly Island Music Ltd.)
Jimmy Cliff4.653:41
26Breakfast in Bed
cover recording of:
Breakfast in Bed
lyricist and composer:
Donnie Fritts and Eddie Hinton
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Eddie Hinton Music and EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present)
part of:
50 First Dates
Lorna Bennett3:05
27This Is Reggae Music
Zap Pow3:02
▼CD 2: Party Time, Roots, Dub & Lovers: 1973-1979
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Book of Rules
The Heptones3:32
2Marcus Garvey
producer:
Lawrence "Jack Ruby" Lindo
background vocals:
Delroy Hines and Rupert Wellington
lead vocals:
Winston Rodney
performer:
The Black Disciples
recording of:
Marcus Garvey
writer:
Phillip Fullwood and Winston Rodney
Burning Spear53:28
3King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown
producer:
Augustus Pablo and Horace Swaby
mixer:
Errol Thompson (Jamaican reggae/dub producer & engineer) and King Tubby (dub/reggae producer Osbourne Ruddock)
performer:
Rockers All Stars
mixed at:
King Tubby's Studio in Kingston, Jamaica
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 266)
Augustus Pablo42:34
4Carry Go Bring Come (reggae version)
recording of:
Carry Go Bring Home
composer:
Justin Hinds (Jamaican ska vocalist with his backing singers the Dominoes)
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes6:10
5Reggae Got Soul
producer:
Chris Blackwell (Island Records) and Warwick Lyn
Toots & The Maytals3:09
6Police and Thieves
producer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
part of:
Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 11)
recording of:
Police and Thieves
writer:
Junior Murvin and Lee “Scratch” Perry
Junior Murvin53:55
7Soldier and Police War
producer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
recording of:
Soldier and Police War
writer:
Junior Murvin and Lee “Scratch” Perry
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music Ltd
Jah Lion3.354:10
8War Ina Babylon
producer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
recorded at:
The Black Ark in Kingston, Jamaica
recording of:
War ina Babylon
writer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry and Max Romeo
Max Romeo54:52
9Back to Africa
Aswad5:44
10Roast Fish and Corn Bread
recording of:
Roast Fish and Corn Bread
lyricist and composer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
publisher:
Island Music, Inc. (work publisher - NOT related to the Island imprint now owned by UMG)
Lee “Scratch” Perry3:38
11Cokane in My Brain
producer:
JoJo Hookim
recording of:
Cokane in My Brain
lyricist and composer:
Lester Randal Bullock
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music and Rykomusic Ltd
Dillinger42:48
12Ballistic Affair
Leroy Smart3:09
13Party Time
producer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
recorded at:
The Black Ark in Kingston, Jamaica
recording of:
Party Time
writer:
Leroy Sibbles
The Heptones4:05
1496 Degrees in the Shade
Third World4:29
15Ska Wars
Rico Rodriguez4:08
16Prodigal Son
Steel Pulse5:07
17Want Fi Goh Rave
engineer:
Dennis 'Blackbeard' Bovell (reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer)
bass guitar:
Floyd Lawson
drums (drum set):
Jah Bunny
flugelhorn:
Dick Cuthell
guitar:
John Kpiaye (John Ogetti Kpiaye)
keyboard and piano:
Dennis Bovell (reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer)
percussion:
Everald Forrest and Jah Bunny
trombone:
Rico (Jamaican trombonist)
lead vocals:
Linton Kwesi Johnson
recording of:
Want fi Goh Rave
writer:
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson4:21
18Love and Devotion
Jimmy Riley4:13
19Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Black Uhuru4:56
▼CD 3: Welcome to Jamrock: 1980-2005
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1(Stalk of) Sensimilla
Black Uhuru5:12
2Warrior Charge
Aswad5:53
3The Bed's Too Big Without You
Sheila Hylton7:59
4Fort Augustus
Junior Delgado4:07
5One Love Jamdown
Michigan & Smiley4:03
6Sitting and Watching
Dennis Brown3:18
7Night Nurse
Gregory Isaacs4:03
8Pass the Kouchie
recording of:
Pass the Kouchie
writer:
“Deadly” Headley Bennett, Lloyd “Judge” Ferguson, Huford Brown (Jamaican reggae deejay), Robbie Lyn, Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles and Fitzroy “Bunny” Simpson
part of:
My Kind of People
The Mighty Diamonds3:36
9What Is Life
Black Uhuru5:44
10Revolution
Dennis Brown4:02
11Trouble You a Trouble Me
Ini Kamoze3:59
12Oh What a Feeling
Gregory Isaacs3:49
13Don't Turn Around
producer:
Aswad
cover recording of:
Don’t Turn Around
lyricist and composer:
Albert Hammond and Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
Empire Music Ltd. and Intersong Music Ltd.
Aswad43:41
14Tease Me
recording of:
Tease Me
writer:
Everton Bonner (a.k.a. Pliers from "Chaka Demus & Pliers"), Joseph Bonner (reggae artist), Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare, John Taylor (Chaka Demus) and Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis
Chaka Demus & Pliers34:06
15Boom Shack a Lack
Apache Indian4:33
16Murder She Wrote
associate producer:
Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis
producer:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar and Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
arranger:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar and Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
recording of:
Murder She Wrote
writer:
Everton Bonner (a.k.a. Pliers from "Chaka Demus & Pliers"), Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, John Taylor (Chaka Demus) and Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis
Chaka Demus & Pliers54:07
17Whine and Grine
Prince Buster3:38
18Welcome to Jamrock
recording engineer:
James Caruso and Marc Lee (US recording engineer)
drums (drum set) programming:
Damian Marley
producer:
Damian Marley and Stephen Marley (Jamaican American reggae musician)
mixer:
James Caruso
keyboard:
Stephen Marley (Jamaican American reggae musician)
samples:
World‐A‐Music by Ini Kamoze
recording of:
Welcome to Jamrock
writer:
Ini Kamoze, Damian Marley, Stephen Marley (Jamaican American reggae musician) and Robert Russel (reggae artist aka Brigadier Jerry)
Damian Marley3.53:35

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