Look at Love

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Look at Love
Studio album by
Judy Mowatt
Released1991
Genre Reggae
Label Shanachie [1]
Producer Sly and Robbie, Michael Bennett
Judy Mowatt chronology
Love Is Overdue
(1987)		Look at Love
(1991)		Rock Me
(1993)

Look at Love is an album by the Jamaican musician Judy Mowatt, released in 1991. [2] [3] Mowatt supported the album with a North American tour. [4]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Sly and Robbie and Michael Bennett. [5] After realizing that she could tour successfully without new music to promote, Mowatt took her time thinking about the album and selecting its songs. [6] Many of the songs touch on themes of female equality and empowerment. [7]

"Watchdogs" is a cover of the UB40 song. [5] Groovin' is a cover of the Young Rascals song. [8] "Jah Love" is a cover of the Bob Marley song; "Jah Love" is the song that Marley asked the I-Threes to sing at their audition for him. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Boston Herald B+ [11]
MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

The Gazette determined that "there's little to recommend Look at Love unless your tastes are reggae MOR." [13] The Washington Post noted that, "despite its pop ambitions and the dance hall grooves carved out by producers Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, there's no mistaking the album's inspirational and feminist bent." [14]

The Chicago Tribune stated that Mowatt "never loses sight of the classic reggae sound or its concern for socially conscious messages." [15] The Star Tribune thought that the album "finds her moving closer to a pop sound." [8] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch concluded that the album "presses Mowatt's search for a fusion between reggae and contemporary American black music ... She uses heavily electronic percussion beats with a pervasive undercurrent of hip-hop." [16]

AllMusic wrote: "Breezy seems a word tailor-made for Judy Mowatt, and her sweet vocals, bouncy delivery, and bright as sunshine optimism make Look at Love an upbeat charmer." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Fly African Eagle" 
2."Watchdogs" 
3."Groovin'" 
4."Guilty" 
5."Candle in the Window" 
6."Jah Love" 
7."Tomorrow Nation" 
8."Skin of My Skin" 
9."Look at Love" 
10."Lioness in the Jungle" 
11."Day by Day" 
12."Warrior Queen" 
13."Never Get Weary" 

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  2. ↑ Baird, Robert. "MARLEY'S GHOSTSJUDY MOWATT SPREADS HER WINGS BEYOND REGGAE". Phoenix New Times.
  3. ↑ Heim, Chris (12 July 1991). "Caribbean connection". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. P.
  4. ↑ Morse, Steve (25 Oct 1991). "REGGAE QUEEN HOLDS COURT". ARTS & FILM. The Boston Globe. p. 60.
  5. 1 2 "Album Reviews — Look at Love by Judy Mowatt". Billboard. 103 (39): 76. Sep 28, 1991.
  6. ↑ Mitchell, Justin (November 1, 1991). "PICKING UP WHERE MARLEY LEFT OFF". Rocky Mountain News. p. 104.
  7. ↑ Mitchell, Rick (November 20, 1991). "Mowatt: Reggae's independent". Houston. Houston Chronicle. p. 1.
  8. 1 2 Bream, Jon (29 Oct 1991). "Reggae royalty". Star Tribune. p. 1E.
  9. ↑ Hicks, Robert (October 18, 1991). "Beyond the beat". Weekend Guide. New Haven Register. p. 31.
  10. 1 2 "Judy Mowatt - Look at Love Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  11. ↑ Convey, Kevin R. (January 3, 1992). "DISCS". Boston Herald. p. S10.
  12. ↑ MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 2000. p. 538.
  13. ↑ Feist, Daniel (17 Oct 1991). "JUDY MOWATT Look at Love". The Gazette. p. E7.
  14. ↑ Joyce, Mike (18 Oct 1991). "Reggae Women In Loving Color". The Washington Post. p. N13.
  15. ↑ Heim, Chris (1 Nov 1991). "Judy Mowatt with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. O.
  16. ↑ Harris, Paul A. (October 18, 1991). "Liberation: Judy Mowatt Adds A Feminine Voice To Reggae Tradition". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4G.
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