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Toots and The Maytals Album: “Monkey Man”
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Release Date:2001-04-02
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Reggae, Ska
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Label:ZYX
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:0090204721986
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Review - :
For those {\reggae} fans who took so quickly and proudly to {^Reggae Got Soul}, {$Toots & the Maytals}' 1976 debut for {@Island Records}, these sides on {@Trojan} may prove to be quite a shock. What is contained on this re-release of {^Monkey Man}, {$the Maytals}' true debut album from 1971, is just how raw and immediate the group's sound was. Having cut the first single that mentioned {\reggae} music in 1968 with {&"Do the Reggay,"} and coming back with another winning single in {&"Sweet and Dandy"} a year later, {$the Maytals} before {$the Wailers} were the first Jamaican band to distill {\soul} and {\ska} into something very different, something that would change music forever on the island. Among the highlights on {^Monkey Man} are {&"Peeping Tom,"} the deep {$Otis Redding}-inflected {&"Gold and Silver,"} a delightfully bastardized version of {&"Give Peace a Chance,"} and the classic {\reggae} scorcher cum {\ska} barnburner {&"Pressure Drop,"} made infamous by {$the Clash} some seven years later. This is highly recommended, no, necessary for any fan of early, authentic, unsmoothed-over {\roots reggae}. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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