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Item specifics Condition: New Title:EnglishmanDuration:5 tracks both sidesGenre:Reggae & SkaRelease Date:1979Sub-Genre:Dancehall & RaggaRecord Label:Greensleeves RecordsArtist:Barrington LevyUPC:601811000915Format:Record Detailed item info Album FeaturesUPC:601811000915Artist:Barrington LevyFormat:LPRelease Year:1979Record Label:Greensleeves RecordsGenre:Dancehall/Ragga, Reggae
SIDE ONE
1. Englishman
2. If You Give to Me
3. Sister Carol
4. Don't Fuss Nor Fight
5. Look Girl

SIDE TWO  
1. Look Youthman
2. Send a Moses
3. Black Heart Man
4. Money Makes Friends
5. Bend Your Back


DetailsNew condition part of a vintage stock item.  New with paper sleeve and cardboard sleeve.

Album Notes
Whether due to his warm-hearted, almost androgynous vocals or to the simple fact that cynics resent any musician that records anything past 1979, perennial reggae icon Barrington Levy has never reached the sort of crossover Marley-dom that some of his peers enjoy. However, with such a striking piece of stress-free ability so early in his career, historical concerns like these should probably be abolished. Most of Englishman finds Levy in a supernaturally relaxed state of mind, vocalizing an alluring range of sentiment, intelligence, and ghetto patois that more than keep up with the eclectic production hands of Henry "Junjo" Lawes. "Bend Your Back" is pure dancehall geniality (with an affecting rhythm perhaps closer to American blues than anything else), "Look Girl" is disco-reggae merriment, and better still, "Sister Carol" is the kind of song that will quite possibly continue to break hearts forever. Some occasional lapses into failed modernization do put a crimp on things, but this is the sort of album that instantly befriends and immediately signals an important talent. In Levy's own words, this is nothing less than "sweet reggae music." ~ Dean Carlson

Editorial Reviews
ENGLISHMAN is one of his earliest and best....A nice reminder of what Barrington sounded like as a youth on the move.
The Beat 

He caught the spirit of the times perfectly with his fresh vocals on rhythms from The Roots Radics, here with their original drummer...
The Wire 

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