Article Details

Article ID

LP-14747

Format

2x LP

Artist

Various Artists

Title

Lovers Rock: The Soulful Sound of Romantic Reggae

Track list

Pos.	Artist	Title
1	Janet Kay	Silly Games
2	Carroll Thompson	Hopelessly In Love
3	Brown Sugar	I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks
4	Marcia Aitken	I'm Still In Love With You
5	Louisa Mark	Keep It Like It Is
6	Marie Pierre	Can't Go Through With Life
7	Louisa Mark	Caught You In A Lie
8	Sugar Minott	We've Got A Good Thing Going
9	Dennis Brown	Money In My Pocket
10	Ruddy Thomas & Susan Cadogan	You Make Me Feel So Good
11	Winston Reedy	Dim The Light
12	June ‘JC' Logde	Someone Loves You, Honey
13	Leroy Brown	Taxi
14	Gregory Isaacs	Night Nurse
15	Carroll Thompson	I'm So Sorry
16	The In Crowd	Getting Cozy
17	Freddie McGregor	When Push Comes To Shove
18	Sugar Minott	Lovers Race
19	Dennis Brown & John Holt	Wildfire
20	Delroy Wilson	I'm Still Waiting
21	Marie Pierre	Walk Away
22	Dennis Brown	Love Has Found A Way
23	Winston Reedy	Paradise (In Your Eyes)
24	John Holt	Ghetto Queen
25	Ruddy Thomas	Key To The World

Style(s)

Lovers Rock, Reggae

Label

Trojan 77199

Year

2022

Country

GB - United Kingdom

Quality

m/m

Remarks

Gatefold 2xLP
The first British reggae sub-genre to achieve ‘outernational’ success and influence the music of Jamaica, lovers rock was a dominating force in the UK scene, from the mid-Seventies through to the close of the Eighties.

Developed largely as a counterpoint to the more militant style of roots reggae, the romantically-themed genre was heavily influenced by the styles of US R&B and the predominantly soulful Jamaican rock steady sound of the Sixties.

Despite the style achieving mainstream success with a number of major UK chart hits, lovers rock received scant attention in the mainstream media until the screening of Steve’s McQueen’s award-winning 2020 BBC TV series, “Small Axe”, the highlight of which was an aptly titled episode that paid tribute to the style and its impact upon British culture.

Since then, interest in the genre has continued to grow internationally and reflecting this trend comes this handsomely packaged album which is presented in 2 physical formats – 2x LP and 3CD.

Comprising the most popular and influential recordings in the style, the collection includes works by such legendary British performers as Janet Kay, Carroll Thompson and Louisa Mark, alongside established Jamaican reggae royalty, notably Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, John Holt and Sugar Minott.

With its focus firmly upon the best-loved romantic reggae sounds of the Seventies and Eighties (whilst the 3CD set also digs deep into the archive), this essential collection of dancefloor favourites provides the most authentic representation of lovers rock sounds yet to see issue.

Price

EUR 27.25

Available

out of stock