Marcia Friends (2012)
| Artist: Marcia Griffiths |
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. Automatic (Keeping It Real) - (featuring Busy Signal) ~ Marcia Griffiths
2. I See Love ~ Marcia Griffiths
3. Desperate Lover - (featuring Gentleman) ~ Marcia Griffiths
4. Love Is a Treasure [Remix] - (remix) ~ Marcia Griffiths
5. Childish Games - (featuring Buju Banton) ~ Marcia Griffiths
6. Dearest ~ Marcia Griffiths
7. Just You And Me - (featuring Peetah Morgan) ~ Marcia Griffiths
8. Sense of Purpose ~ Marcia Griffiths
9. Knew You Were Waiting For Me - (featuring Duane Stephenson) ~ Marcia Griffiths
10. When the Lights Are Low ~ Marcia Griffiths
11. It's Not Too Late - (featuring Beres Hammond) ~ Marcia Griffiths
12. If You Give Me Your Heart - (featuring Freddie McGregor) ~ Marcia Griffiths
13. Round and Round ~ Marcia Griffiths
14. Number One - (featuring Gregory Isaacs) ~ Marcia Griffiths
15. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - (featuring Da'Ville) ~ Marcia Griffiths
16. Riddim Affi Roll ~ Marcia Griffiths
17. Oh No Not My Baby - (featuring Zumjay) ~ Marcia Griffiths
18. Loving Jah - (featuring Tony Rebel) ~ Marcia Griffiths
19. Want Love - (featuring Tanya Stephens) ~ Marcia Griffiths
Disc 2
Song Title
1. Stand By Your Man - (featuring Assassin) ~ Marcia Griffiths
2. If Only You Knew - (featuring Mikey Spice) ~ Marcia Griffiths
3. All Of My Life - (featuring Da'Ville) ~ Marcia Griffiths
4. Undying Love - (featuring Anthony B) ~ Marcia Griffiths
5. True, A - (featuring Richie Stephens) ~ Marcia Griffiths
6. Woman - (featuring Lady G) ~ Marcia Griffiths
7. Check It Out - (featuring Cutty Ranks/Tony Rebel/Buju Banton) ~ Marcia Griffiths
8. Half Idiot - (featuring Cutty Ranks) ~ Marcia Griffiths
9. Things Not So Right - (featuring Tony Rebel) ~ Marcia Griffiths
10. Live On - (featuring Beres Hammond) ~ Marcia Griffiths
11. Closer - (featuring Buju Banton) ~ Marcia Griffiths
12. Really Together - (featuring Bunny Rugs) ~ Marcia Griffiths
13. Give Me Your Loving - (featuring Cutty Ranks) ~ Marcia Griffiths
14. It's Not Funny - (featuring Bunny Rugs) ~ Marcia Griffiths
15. Special Gift - (featuring Lieutenant Stitchie) ~ Marcia Griffiths
16. Ebony & Ivory ~ Marcia Griffiths
17. Stepping Out Of Babylon - (featuring Cobra/Tony Rebel/Beenie Man/Buju Banton) ~ Marcia Griffiths
18. What About That ~ Marcia Griffiths
19. Ready To Go - (featuring Tony Rebel) ~ Marcia Griffiths
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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In a decades-long career, Marcia Griffiths has become one of the best-known female reggae artists of all time, scoring hit after hit in a wide range of styles. Griffiths has covered dancehall, doo wop, rocksteady, and a variety of other subgenres of reggae over the years, and part of her versatile nature has always been how open she's been to collaboration and working with guests. Marcia Griffiths and Friends is an almost overwhelming testament to that fact, with 38 duets culled from her enormous discography and featuring a who's who of Jamaican music. Highlights are plentiful, and the songs are all over the spectrum. Griffiths' work with iconic reggae hall-of-famers is some of the most exciting material here, including duets with John Holt, Beres Hammond, and the gorgeous digital rocksteady groove of "Number One" featuring Gregory Isaacs. Dancehall stars like Cutty Ranks, Annette Brissett, Assassin, and Beenie Man make appearances on some of the more fired-up tracks. Buju Banton shows up on no less than five tracks, adding his gruff dancehall character in contrast to Griffiths' smooth and reflective vocals. Busy Signal guests on the inspired "Automatic," a slice of slinky soul-reggae that shows the artists complementing one another's disparate styles with seamless fluidity. Clocking in at well over two hours, this collection is a lot to digest in one sitting, and it's not without a few duds here and there. Half-hearted stabs at '80s soundtrack pop singles like "Knew You Were Waiting for Me" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" sound especially hollow and plastic compared to her burning versions of soul tracks like "Oh No Not My Baby" and the more party-starting dancehall tracks. Her duet with Bob Andy on Stevie Wonder's "Ebony & Ivory" sounds especially dated and saccharine as well. Marcia Griffiths and Friends is also absent of any of her late-'60s and early-'70s material, focusing on the higher-fidelity production and more R&B-tinged later recordings. Fans of contemporary reggae will find much to love in this weighty collection, but those enamored with Griffiths' stormier early work might miss the moody production and more organic rhythm tracks. Despite that, the collection is brimming over with more than enough strong selections to make it worthwhile to even the casual reggae fan. ~ Fred Thomas |
Producer: Donovan Germain |
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Musical Guests | |
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Busy Signal |
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Buju Banton |
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Gentleman |
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Esco Levi |
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Sanchez |
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Peetah Morgan |
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Bunny Rugs |
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Duane Stephenson |
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John Holt |
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Beres Hammond |
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Freddie McGregor |
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Queen Ifrica |
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Gregory Isaacs |
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Da'Ville |
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Zum Jay |
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Tony Rebel |
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Tanya Stephens |
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Assassin |
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Mikey Spice |
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Anthony B |
Compilation Appearances
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Can't Stop A Man |
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Patriots |
Associated Artists and Works
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Cutty Ranks |
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Kwabena Nip |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 10/29/2012 |
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Original Release Date : 2012 |
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Catalog ID : VPPHCD 1834 |
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Label : VP |
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Number of Discs : 2 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00054645183420 |
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