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Time Tough: The Anthology (2CD)
 
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Time Tough: The Anthology (2CD) [Best of]

Toots and the Maytals Audio CD
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Disc: 1
1. Six And Seven Books Of Moses
2. Broadway Jungle
3. It's You
4. Never You Change
5. John And James
6. 54-46, That's My Number
7. Do The Reggay
8. Desmond Dekker Came First
9. Sweet & Dandy
10. Monkey Man
See all 23 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Get Up, Stand Up
2. My Love Is So Strong
3. Chatty, Chatty
4. Gee Whiz
5. Just Like That
6. Careless Ethiopians
7. Never Get Weary
8. Spend The Weekend
9. Beautiful Woman
10. Bam Bam
See all 18 tracks on this disc

Product Description

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The 30-year career of Frederick "Toots" Hibbert and his Maytals is in many ways the story of Jamaican pop music. A ska originator who adapted early '60s soul into an original and irresistible island groove, Toots slowed ska's staccato chops and shuffle beats to create a midtempo rock-steady. As the '70s approached, Toots's music eased even more and evolved into reggae (with his 1968 single "Do the Reggay," he even named the genre). Through the '70s and '80s, as other styles appropriated reggae, Toots pulled in the opposite direction to bring funk, R&B, rock, and pop into his music. The two-disc, 41-track Time Tough: The Anthology, which extends from Toots's earliest single, 1963's "Six and Seven Books of Moses", to his 1988 album Toots in Memphis, covers all of the reggae survivor's transformations. More than Toots's lack of rastaman dreadlocks, what distinguishes him from countrymen Bob Marley and Peter Tosh is his continual embrace of American music. Throughout his career, his comfort with mainland forms worked both for and against him. On Disc One's early singles ("54-46 That's My Number," "Sweet & Dandy"), Toots's crooning and the Maytals' classic soul hooks make for first-rate ska and rock-steady. Disc Two, though, documents how, while Marley turned reggae into protest music, Toots remained largely apolitical and recorded pale versions of American hits like "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (yes, John Denver) and "Spiritual Healing" (reworking Marvin Gaye). By the '80s, his embrace of slick R&B ("Just Like That") and use of Memphis musicians made his sound at times barely recognizable as reggae. Disc One's glory, though, easily compensates for Disc Two's late-career shortcomings; Toots's rightful place in reggae royalty was secured long ago. --Roni Sarig

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Better than Marley!!!! April 10 2005
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Real raw reggae at its best!
Freddie Hibert's music is soul stirring and gets you moving.
Definately one of my top ten favorite artists of all time!
This double CD is priceless... I had it then bought a single disc greatest hits, and I miss every other track in this set that the single disc I bought doesnt have.
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One Of THE Best, Period! Jun 10 2001
Format:Audio CD
Toots is simply an incredible performer and his music needs to be heard. This 2CD set is probably the best way to hear it. It covers 25 years and has a fantastic song selection. Listen to the way he reworks Joh Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" and makes it totally his own. "Pressure Drop" and "Funky Kingston" are just two of my favorite songs from him.

Just a side note; "Get Up, Stand Up" is NOT the Bob Marley/Peter Tosh classic but Toot's composition. Still, it's a great song.

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Amazing Jun 29 1999
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Best Toots CD....a must for all reggae fan
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