release date: 1996
format: 2 cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5]
producer: various
label: Island Jamaica - nationality: Jamaica
2 -disc best of compilation album by Toots & The Maytals. The album consists of a total of 41 tracks (23 on disc 1, and 18 on disc 2) put in chronological order. A few tracks are unreleased recordings but the majority of the songs here are written by Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert, which is a nice thing about the selection of songs. Disc 1 is clearly the most interesting of the two parts, and my biggest complaint is that there simply aren't enough compositions from the early period, which again explains the lower quality of the second disc. Focus seems to narrow in on the true reggae roots instead of the greatness of rocksteady and ska.
[ allmusic.com 5 / 5 stars ]
