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1 Johnny Coolman Hibbert 3:16
2 Premature Hibbert 4:01
3 Pain in My Heart Neville 3:47
4 Love So Strong Hibbert 3:52
5 Don't Bother Me Hibbert/Feldman 2:28
6 Celia Hibbert 2:51
7 Image Get a Lick Hibbert 2:49
8 I Gotta Woman Richard/Charles 3:28
9 See the Light Hibbert 3:21
10 Medley: Tribute to Coxson/Guns of Navarone [Medley] Tiomkin/Hibbert 3:19
11 Do You Remember Hibbert 3:33
12 Light U Light Hibbert 3:30
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Light Your Light

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Fantasy

Style: Rocksteady

Light Your Light

UPC: 888072303362

Release Date: 08/28/2007

Original Release Date: 08/28/2007

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Johnny Coolman, Premature, Pain in My Heart, Love So Strong, Don't Bother Me, Celia, Image Get a Lick, I Gotta Woman, See the Light, Medley: Tribute to Coxson/Guns of Navarone [Medley], Do You Remember, Light U Light]
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Steve Leggett

There are, of course, no Maytals in Toots & the Maytals (the actual group broke up in 1981), and it's all just Toots Hibbert these days, which is fine, really, since his gospel and Memphis soul-inflected vocals have made Toots one of the most explosive and exciting performers ever to come out of Jamaica. Light Your Light was produced by Toots in conjunction with with Zadig, but unlike 2004's duets album True Love (produced by Richard Feldman, who mixed this one), which diffused Toots' powerful presence with a succession of rock star partners, this time out Toots is completely center stage (which is always a good thing). True, slide guitarist Derek Trucks is featured on the lead track, a reworking of Toots' 1970s-era "Johnny Coolman," but he wisely works the tune instead of trying to steal it. Bonnie Raitt turns up on the second track, again a re-record, this time of the poignant "Premature," Toots' cautionary tale about early pregnancy, and again Raitt lets the song lead things. Everything else is all Toots Hibbert, including a fine cover of Otis Redding's "Pain in My Heart," a bouncing "Celia" (featuring Toots' son Hopeton on bass and legendary island drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace), a version of Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman" (as "I Gotta Woman"), and the track that will probably get the most attention here, a tribute to the immortal Skatalites and to Studio One producer Coxsone Dodd called "Tribute to Coxson/Guns of Navarone" that features sax from Dean Fraser. In all, Light Your Light is a much better affair than the ill-advised True Love, with a clean, clear, and bright sound -- and then, of course, the vocal work of the remarkable Toots Hibbert, who just might be the most powerful singer Jamaica has ever produced. Light Your Light doesn't take things back to the glory days, but it doesn't embarrass, either, and shows that this remarkable performer still has plenty of gas in his tank and hopefully many more miles (and albums) to go. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi