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1 Batty Rider Kelly/Myrie 3:56
2 Trying to Get to You Dodd/Stephenson 3:23
3 Saddest Day Browne/Johnson/Char 3:42
4 Complaint Johnson/Browne/Smit 3:51
5 Love Mi Haffi Get Dodd/Hammond/Thomas 3:03
6 No Retreat No Surrender Tucker/Campbell 3:54
7 Just Don't Want to Be Lonely Barrat/Eli/Freeman 3:36
8 One in a Million Goodman/Brown/Dodd/ 3:46
9 Half Idiot Anderson/Thomas/Dod 2:54
10 One Dance Won't Do Dodd/Hall 3:35
11 Yush Kelly/Brown 3:33
12 Don't Break Your Promise   4:18
13 Fresh Vegetable Barret/Dodd 3:58
14 Workie Workie Johnson/Taylor/Brow 2:55
15 El Shaddai Thomas/Marsden 3:33
16 Wicked Dickie Myrie/Sutherland/Tu 3:57
17 I Shall Sing Brisset/Dodd 3:48
18 Heads of Government Simpson/Ferguson 3:40
19 Bonafide Love Dodd/Myrie 3:06
20 After the Fight Hammond 3:50
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Reggae Anthology: Penthouse Classics

Audio Compact Disc

Label: VP

Style: Lovers Rock

Reggae Anthology: Penthouse Classics

UPC: 054645158329

Release Date: 09/11/2001

Original Release Date: 09/11/2001

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Batty Rider, Trying to Get to You, Saddest Day, Complaint, Love Mi Haffi Get, No Retreat No Surrender, Just Don't Want to Be Lonely, One in a Million, Half Idiot, One Dance Won't Do, Yush, Don't Break Your Promise, Fresh Vegetable, Workie Workie, El Shaddai, Wicked Dickie, I Shall Sing, Heads of Government, Bonafide Love, After the Fight]
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Jon Azpiri

Just as Coxsone Dodd's Studio One, was one of the most powerful forces in reggae in the 1960s and 1970s, the Penthouse label dominated dancehall reggae in 1980s and beyond. It seems just about every major dancehall artist has spent at least some time at Penthouse Studio in Kingston, Jamaica. Reggae Anthology: Penthouse Classics is an attempt to anthologize some of the material that has come out of the label since the 1980s. Arguably the biggest artist in the Penthouse stable is Buju Banton, and he is well represented here with three tracks. His ability to meld rough vocals with sweet melodies on songs like "Wicked Dickie," which features singer Nadine Sutherland, and "Bonafide Love," with singer Wayne Wonder, helped create a formula that dancehall artists would follow for years to come. That rough-and-ready formula is heard throughout the album, and nowhere is it done with greater effect than when Marcia Griffiths joins with Cutty Ranks' on "Half Idiot." Reggae veteran Beres Hammond's also provides a highlight with "After the Fight," an ageless classic that will hold up well over time, as will just about every other track on this album. ~ Jon Azpiri, Rovi

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