Track Listing

1. Honour Your Mother And Your Father
2. This Woman
3. 007 (Shanty Town)
4. Keep A Cool Head
5. Unity
6. Wise Man
7. Mother Long Tongue
8. Fu Manchu
9. Israelites
10. It Is Not Easy
11. Intensified Festival 68
12. A It Mek
13. My Precious World (The Man)
14. Rude Boy Train
15. Mother Pepper
16. Pickney Gal
17. You Can Get It If You Really Want
18. Licking Stick
19. Reggae Recipe
20. Warlock

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17082 in Music
• Released on: 1992-05-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Best of
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

From Amazon.com
While he's generally classed as a ska artist, Dekker's biggest hits, which he recorded with producer Leslie Kong, were prime examples of rock steady and early reggae. But what hits! "Israelites," "007 (Shanty Town)," "It Mek" wrapped the cool riddims around some glorious pop music to become international hits, all led by Dekker's high distinctive voice. To be fair, when you get past the prime period, not everything here is USDA, but most of the tracks here are juicy enough to get you salivating. And when he was great, Dekker was up there with the giants; 30 years later, the best still sounds wonderful. --Chris Nickson