Pure Pleasure

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Pure Pleasure
Shaggy Pure Pleasure.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 30, 1993
Recorded1992-1993
Genre
Length60:02
Label Virgin
Producer O. Burrell
Shaggy chronology
Pure Pleasure
(1993)
Original Doberman
(1994)

Pure Pleasure is the debut album released by Jamaican singer Shaggy. The album was released on July 30, 1993. The album spawned four singles: "Oh Carolina", which was a dancehall remake of a ska hit by the Folkes Brothers, reached number one on the UK Singles Chart; "Nice and Lovely", which reached number 46 on the UK Singles Chart; "Soon Be Done", which peaked at number 39, and "Big Up", which was released as the main theme from the movie Made in America .

Contents

Reception

Elena Oumano of Los Angeles Times wrote, "This Brooklyn-based reggae rapper has two areas of interest--the bedroom and the dance floor. That’s evident from the opening track and title song, a cheerfully irreverent reworking of a classic spiritual. Producer Sting International frames Shaggy’s lighthearted rapping with fat, squishy beats and unexpected samples--like a “Carmen” aria on “Bedroom Bounty Hunter” and the “Peter Gunn” theme on “Oh Carolina”." [1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-neither.png [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
NME (6/10) [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Smash Hits Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Vibe (favorable) [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Soon Be Done"4:00
2."Give Thanks and Praise"3:53
3."Lust"3:49
4."Oh Carolina"3:10
5."Tek Set""4:01
6."Bedroom Bounty Hunter"4:00
7."Nice and Lovely" (featuring Rayvon)3:43
8."Love How Them Flex"3:56
9."All Virgins"3:11
10."Ah-E-A-Oh" (featuring Sylva)4:06
11."It Bun Me"3:36
12."Big Up" (featuring Rayvon)3:26
13."Bow Wow Wow"3:39
14."Follow Me"3:58
15."Mampie"3:44
16."Oh Carolina" (Raas Bumba Claat Version)3:50 [6]

Charts

Chart performance for Pure Pleasure
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 98
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 75
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [10] 46
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 42
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 32
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 67

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