Crucial! Roots Classics

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Crucial! Roots Classics
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Compilation album by
Released1994
Genre Reggae
Label RAS

Crucial! Roots Classics is a compilation album by Bunny Wailer, released through RAS Records in 1994. The album collects many non-album singles from the early 1980s and also several tracks from the album 'Struggle', which has otherwise not appeared on CD. In 1995, the album won Wailer the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. [1]

Bunny Wailer Jamaican musician

Neville O'Riley Livingston, OM, best known as Bunny Wailer, is a Jamaican singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A three-time Grammy award winner, he is considered one of the longtime standard-bearers of reggae music. He is also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately Jah B.

RAS Records

RAS Records, also known as Real Authentic Sound, is a reggae record label.

Grammy Award Accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States

A Grammy Award, or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the music industry. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest. The Grammys are the second of the Big Three major music awards held annually.

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Track listing

All songs by Bunny Wailer.

  1. "Boderation" – 3:58
  2. "Baldheaded Woman" – 4:01
  3. "Old Dragon" – 6:29
  4. "Crucial" – 3:41
  5. "Innocent Blood" – 3:25
  6. "Trouble on the Road Again" – 3:25
  7. "Peace Talks" – 4:38
  8. "Unity" – 4:29
  9. "Togawar Game" – 2:50
  10. "Struggle" – 6:22
  11. "Free Jah Jah Children" – 5:22
  12. "Power Strugglers" – 3:36
  13. "Bright Soul" – 4:10
  14. "Here in Jamaica" – 3:34

Note: The original U.S. release of this album was on SHANACHIE RECORDS in 1994 (Shanachie 45014). The R.A.S. release was in 2003.

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References

  1. "The 1995 Grammy Winners". The New York Times . The New York Times Company. March 3, 1995. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
  2. "Crucial! Roots Classics". Allmusic . Retrieved November 16, 2010.