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This is the discography for Jamaican reggae production duo Sly and Robbie. [1] [2]
Artist | Title | Year | Label |
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Sly and Robbie | Crucial Reggae | 1981 | Island Mango |
Sly and Robbie | Present Taxi | 1981 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | Rebel Soldier [Soljie] | 1982 | Taxi |
Sly and Robbie | Kings of Reggae | 1983 | Keystone |
Sly and Robbie | Sounds of Taxi | 1984 | Taxi |
Sly and Robbie | Language Barrier | 1985 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | A Dub Experience | 1985 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | The Sting | 1986 | Moving Target |
Sly and Robbie | Electro Reggae | 1986 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | Taxi Fare | 1987 | Heartbeat |
Sly and Robbie | presents Sound of Taxi 3 | 1987 | Taxi |
Sly and Robbie | Rhythm Killers | 1987 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | Taxi Connection Live in London | 1987 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | Fire / Ticket To Ride | 1987 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | The Summit | 1988 | Greensleeves |
Sly and Robbie | present Gregory Isaacs | 1988 | RAS |
Sly and Robbie | Two Rhythms Clash | 1989 | RAS |
Sly and Robbie | Silent Assassin with KRS-ONE and BDP | 1989 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | Rhythm Killers | 1990 | Polygram Records |
Sly and Robbie | Hits 1978–1990 | 1990 | Sonic Sounds |
Sly and Robbie | DJ Riot | 1990 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | Dubs for Tubs | 1990 | Rohit |
Sly and Robbie | Sixties Seventies and Eighties | 1991 | Mango |
Sly and Robbie | Dub Rockers Delight | 1991 | Magnum Music Group |
Sly and Robbie | Sound of Sound | 1991 | Pow Wow |
Sly and Robbie | Remember Precious Times | 1992 | RAS Taxi |
Sly and Robbie | Ragga Pon Top | 1993 | Pow Wow |
Sly and Robbie | Many Moods of | 1994 | Sonic Sounds |
Sly and Robbie | present Mykall Rose | 1995 | Taxi |
Sly and Robbie | Funkcronomicon | 1995 | Axiom |
Sly and Robbie | Hail up the Taxi | 1996 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | Mysteries of Creation | 1996 | Axiom |
Sly and Robbie | meet King Tubby | 1996 | House of Reggae |
Sly and Robbie | The Punishers | 1996 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | Mambo Taxi | 1997 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | Hail up Taxi 2 | 1998 | Tabou1 / Taxi |
Sly and Robbie | present Taxi Christmas | 1998 | RAS |
Sly and Robbie | Friends | 1998 | Island |
Sly and Robbie | Drum and Bass Strip to the Bone by Howie B | 1999 | Palm Pictures |
Sly and Robbie | Massive | 1999 | nyc music |
Sly and Robbie | Sly & Robbie | 1999 | Rhino |
Sly and Robbie | Version Born (produced by Bill Laswell) | 2004 | Palm Pictures |
Sly and Robbie | Blackwood Dub | 2012 | groove attack |
Sly and Robbie | Rhythm Doubles | 2006 | Rootdown Records |
Sly and Robbie | Underwater Dub | 2014 | groove attack |
Sly and Robbie | Dubmaster Voyage | 2014 | Tabou1 / Taxi |
Sly and Robbie | Dubrising | 2014 | Tabou1 |
Sly and Robbie | Sly & Robbie vs. Roots Radics: The Final Battle | 2019 | Serious reggae / Afro records |
Sly and the Revolutionaries | Black Ash Dub | 1978 | Trojan |
Sly Dunbar | Simply Slyman | 1978 | Virgin Frontline |
Sly Dunbar | Sly Wicked and Slick | 1979 | Virgin |
Sly Dunbar | Sly-Go-Ville | 1982 | Island |
Artist | Title | Year | Label |
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Amp Fiddler | Inspiration Information | 2008 | Strut Records |
Barry Reynolds | I Scare Myself | 1982 | Island |
Beenie Man | Maestro | 1996 | Shocking Vibes |
Black Uhuru | Positive | 1987 | Greensleeves |
Black Uhuru | Brutal | 1986 | Greensleeves |
Black Uhuru | Anthem | 1984 | Island |
Black Uhuru | The Dub Factor | 1983 | Island |
Black Uhuru | Chill Out | 1982 | Island |
Black Uhuru | Tear It Up | 1982 | Island |
Black Uhuru | Red | 1981 | Island |
Black Uhuru | Sinsemilla | 1980 | Island |
Black Uhuru | Showcase | 1979 | Virgin |
Bob Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | Columbia |
Bob Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | Columbia |
Brent Dowe | My Everything | unknown | Circulation Music/Records |
Bunny Wailer | Food/Serious Things | 1986 | Solomonic |
Bunny Wailer | Dubdisco | 1980 | Solomonic |
Bunny Wailer | Marketplace | 1984 | Solomonic |
Bunny Wailer | sings The Wailers | 1980 | Solomonic Island |
Bunny Wailer | Roots Radics Rockers Reggae | 1983 | Shanachie |
Chaka Demus & Pliers | Tease Me | 1993 | Mango |
Chaka Demus & Pliers | For Every Kinda People | 1996 | Island |
Charlie Chaplin | Que Dem | 1986 | Powerhouse |
Cornell Campbell | Follow Instructions | 1982 | Mobiler |
Culture | Two Sevens Clash | 1978 | Joe Gibbs |
Culture | Harder than the Rest | 1978 | Virgin |
Cutty Ranks | Can I Touch U Baby | 1999 | Circulation Music/Records |
Dennis Brown | Brown Sugar | 1988 | RAS |
Don Carlos | Spread Out | 1983 | Channel One (Kingston, JA) |
Eljuri | El Aire | 2008 | Manovill Records |
Eljuri | Empuja | 2012 | Manovill Records |
Fiona Branson with Sly & Robbie | London Country Girl | 2015 | NutCase Records |
Foundation | Heart feel it | 1989 | Island |
Frankie Paul | Strictly ReggaeMusic | 1983 | Londisc |
Grace Jones | Living My Life | 1982 | Island |
Grace Jones | Nightclubbing | 1981 | Island |
Grace Jones | Warm Leatherette | 1980 | Island |
Grace Jones | Hurricane | 2008 | Wall of Sound, PIAS |
Gregory Isaacs | Showcase | 1980 | Taxi |
Gregory Isaacs | Cool Ruler | 1978 | Front Line |
Gregory Isaacs | Soon Forward | 1979 | Front Line |
Gwen Guthrie | Gwen Guthrie | 1982 | Island |
Half Pint | In fine Style | 1982 | Sunset |
Half Pint | Victory | 1988 | RAS |
Half Pint | Greetings | 1987 | Jet Star |
Half Pint | showcase w. Michael Palmer | 1986 | Greensleeves |
Half Pint/Junior Delgado | I want your love | 1987 | Powerhouse |
Herbie Hancock | Rockit 12 inch maxi | 1983 | CBS |
Home T4 | Sly & Robbie present | 1984 | Taxi |
I Wayne | Lava Ground | 2005 | VP |
I Wayne | Book of Life | 2007 | VP |
Ian Dury | Lord Upminster | 1981 | Polydor |
Ini Kamoze | Pirate' | 1986 | Island |
Ini Kamoze | Statement | 1985 | Island |
Ini Kamoze | Ini Kamoze | 1984 | Island |
The Itals | Brutal out Deh | 1981 | Nighthawk |
Jacob Miller | Jacob Killer Miller | 1980 | Island |
Jimmy Cliff | Follow My Mind | 1975 | Warner |
Jimmy Riley | Rhythm Driven | 1981 | Island |
Joe Cocker | Sheffield Steel | 1982 | Island |
Kazumi Watanabe | Mobo 2 | 1983 | Gramavision Records |
Kazumi Watanabe | Mobo 1 | 1982 | Gramavision |
Ky-Mani Marley | Like Father Like Son | 1996 | Warner Bros. Records/Rhino |
Linval Thompson | Starlight | 1988 | Mango |
Linval Thompson | Linvall | 1977 | Vista Sounds |
Linval Thompson | Rockers From Channel One | 1979 | Trojan |
Marianne Faithfull | Lola R. For Ever (From the tribute album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited) | 2006 | Barclay |
Material | The Third Power | 1991 | Axiom |
Material | Seven Souls | 1989 | Island |
Matisyahu | Jerusalem (Out of the Darkness Comes Light) | 2006 | JDub |
Maxi Priest | Maxi | 1987 | Virgin |
Michael Franti & Spearhead | All Rebel Rockers | 2008 | ANTI- |
Michael Franti & Spearhead | Yell Fire! | 2006 | Boo Boo Wax & ANTI- |
Michael Palmer | showcase w. Half Pint | 1986 | Greensleeves |
Michael Rose | X-uhuru | 1998 | Tabou 1 / Taxi |
Mick Jagger | She's the Boss | 1985 | CBS |
Mighty Diamonds | Unruly Pickney | 1982 | MR |
Mighty Diamonds | Tell Me What Wrong | 1980 | JIL |
Mighty Diamonds | Vital Selection | 1981 | Virgin |
Mighty Diamonds | Money Love | 1982 | Powerhouse |
Mighty Diamonds | Backstage | 1982 | Music Works |
Mighty Diamonds | Dubwise | 1982 | Music Works |
Mista Savona | Havana Meets Kingston | 2017 | ABC Music |
Monty Alexander | meets Sly and Robbie | 2000 | Telarc |
Mr. Anonymous | Mr. Anonymous | 2005 | KAB America |
No Doubt | Hey Baby | 2001 | Interscope |
No Doubt | Underneath It All | 2002 | Interscope |
No-Maddz | Romance | 2014 | Taxi |
Peter Tosh | Wanted Dread and Alive | 1980 | EMI |
Peter Tosh | Live at Montreux | 1979 | |
Peter Tosh | Mystic Man | 1979 | EMI |
Peter Tosh | Bush Doctor | 1978 | Rolling Stones |
Peter Tosh | Equal Rights | 1977 | Columbia |
Prince Far I | Cry Tuff Dub encounter II | 1979 | Virgin's Front Line |
Prince Jammy | Kamikaze Dub | 1996 | Trojan |
Prince Jammy | A Dub Extravaganza | 1992 | Charley |
Revolutionaires | Goldmine Dub | 1979 | Greensleeves |
Revolutionaries | Outlaw Dub | 1979 | Trojan |
Revolutionaries | Dutch Man Dub | 1978 | Burning Vibrations |
Rico | Man from Wareika | 1977 | Island |
Ronnie Davis | Crucial | 1978 | Big Mac Soul Power |
Serge Gainsbourg | Negusa Nagast | 1981 | Polygram |
Serge Gainsbourg | Mauvaises nouvelles des etoiles | 1981 | Phillips |
Serge Gainsbourg | au Palace | 1980 | Phillips |
Serge Gainsbourg | Aux Armes | 1979 | Phillips |
Shabba Ranks | A Mi Shabba | 1995 | Epic |
Simply Red | Life | 1995 | East West Records |
Sinéad O'Connor | Throw Down Your Arms | 2005 | Chocolate and Vanilla |
Sugar Minott | A True | 1984 | Arrival |
Sugar Minott | Buy Off The Bar | 1983 | Powerhouse |
Sugar Minott | Sugar & Spice | 1990 | RAS |
Suggs | The Lone Ranger | 1995 | WEA |
Tiken Jah Fakoly | Coup de gueule | 2004 | Barclay |
Toots Hibbert | Toots in Memphis | 1988 | Island Mango |
Vanessa da Mata | Sim | 2007 | Sony BMG |
Viktor Lazlo | Back To Front | 1996 | East/West Records |
Wailing Souls | Live On | 1994 | Island |
Yami Bolo | Freedom and Liberation | 1998 | Tabou 1 / Taxi |
Yellowman | Yellow like Cheese | 1987 | RAS |
Artist | Title | Year | Label |
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Britney Spears | Piece of Me (Sly & Robbie Remix) (featuring Cherine Anderson) | 2006 | Jive Records |
Fugees | Fu Gee La Remix | 1996 | Columbia |
Madonna | Supernatural (Remix) | 1992 | Warner Bros. Records |
Madonna | Give It 2 Me (Remix) | 2008 | Warner Bros. Records |
Artist | Title | Year | Label |
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Various | Music Works Showcase | 1982 | Music Works |
Various | Raiders of the Lost Dub | 1981 | Mango |
Various | Down in Jamaica | 1990 | Invitation |
Various | La Trenga | 1997 | VP |
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