A Rigorous Retrospective Of Remarkable Reggae Songs, Vol. 2

If you liked yesterday's collection of reggae music, here's another set of 25 songs. I haven't planned on a Vol. 3, unless any of my reggae-loving friends want to suggest another batch of their favorite songs/artists I haven't featured yet. Which you're certainly welcome to do in the comments below. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Horace Andy  ~  "You Are My Angel"

2)  Hugh Mundell & Augustus Pablo  ~  "In The Hills (Clean Up Your Heart)" / "Nature Provides"

3)  Steel Pulse  ~  "Taxi Driver"

4)  Lucky Dube  ~  "Prisoner"

5)  Gyptian  ~  "Serious Times"

6)  Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley  ~  "Affairs Of The Heart"

7)  SOJA  ~  "Rest Of My Life"

8)  Toots & The Maytals  ~  "Reggae Got Soul"

9)  Yellowman  ~  "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng"  (Hands down, this song wins the weirdest song title ever to ever graces the pages of my blog.)

10)  Israel Vibration  ~  "My Master's Will"

11)  Culture  ~  "Addis Adabba"

12)  Ziggy Marley  ~  "Lighthouse"  (Not really all that reggae, but it's kinda beautiful nonetheless.)

13)  Junior Kelly  ~  "Love So Nice"

14)  Morgan Heritage  ~  "Tell Me How Come"

15)  Beres Hammond  ~  "I Feel Good"

16)  Black Uhuru  ~  "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"  (I wouldn't normally expect this level of guitar solo in a reggae song, but it's fantastic!)

17)  Tony Rebel  ~  "Fire"

18)  Anthony B  ~  "My Yes & My No"

19)  Benjah ft. Dillavou  ~  "Fly Away"

20)  Shelly Thunder  ~  "Break Up"

21)   Bunny Wailer  ~  "Cool Runnings"

22)  Signal Fire  ~  "Another Day"

23)  Don Carlos  ~  "Time"

24)  Dawn Penn  ~  "No, No, No"

25)  Shaggy  ~  "Boombastic"  (Okay, so it's reggae fusion, but it was a still big hit back in the day, so here it is...)

A Rigorous Retrospective Of Remarkable Reggae Songs, Vol. 1

Recently, I found myself craving some island flavor. And the best way I could figure to do that would be to listen to some good reggae music. I also noticed an appalling lack of representation of the genre on this blog over the past...well, forever, actually. So I enlisted the help of my friend Eric Murphy, a diehard reggae fan, to pick some of his favorite tunes/artists (all of which are included in this set), and added a lot more on my own that I liked and/or discovered along the way. The result is a 50-song collection (split up into two posts) of smooth jams that I had lots of fun compiling. I hope you'll enjoy them, too!  ~  JH

1)  Chronixx  ~  "Smile Jamaica"

2)  New Kingston  ~  "Life"

3)  Tribal Seeds  ~  "Moonlight"

4)  Stephen Marley ft. Capleton & Sizzla  ~  "Rock Stone"

5)  Sister Nancy  ~  "Bam Bam"

6)  Tarrus Riley  ~  "She's Royal"

7)  Peter Tosh  ~  "Downpressor Man"

8)  Eek-A-Mouse  ~  "Rude Boy Jamaican"

9)  Buju Banton  ~  "Murderer"

10)  Kabaka Pyramid  ~  "Worldwide Love"

11)  Protoje ft. Chronixx  ~  "Who Knows"

12)  Freddie McGregor  ~  "Push Comes To Shove"

13)  The Abyssinians  ~  "Satta Massagana"

14)  Johnny Clarke  ~  "Warrior"

15)  Bob Marley  ~  "No Woman, No Cry"

16)  Sara Lugo ft. Protoje  ~  "Really Like You"  (This is a fairly "poppy" reggae song, but it technically qualifies and I like it, so it's here.)

17)  Burning Spear  ~  "Slavery Days"

18)  Dennis Brown  ~  "Rocking Time"

19)  Max Romeo  ~  "Chase The Devil"

20)  Tanya Stephens ft. Sanjay  ~  "Corners Of My Mind"

21)   Gregory Isaacs  ~  "Tune In"

22)  Lady G  ~  "'Nuff Respect"

23)  Inner Circle ft. Junior Reid  ~  "Blood-A-Run"

24)  Chaka Demus & Pliers  ~  "Murder She Wrote"

25)  Shabba Ranks  ~  "Ting-A-Ling"

"Deny" & "Admit" Songs

Oh, look...more "Opposites" songs. Yes, indeedy! Here's a bunch of songs with either the word "Deny" or "Admit" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Default  ~  "Deny"

2)  Esmée Denters  ~  "Admit It"

3)  Salty Beats  ~  "Deny Them Pain"

4)  The Flaming Lips  ~  "Okay, I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand"

5)  Think Again  ~  "Deny You"

6)  Kristi Salas  ~  "Admit It"

7)  Quintino ft. Mitch Crown  ~   "You Can't Deny"

8)  Mike Viola  ~  "You're Alright, But You Never Admit When You're Wrong"

9)  Sly Foxx  ~  "I'll Never Deny You"

10)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  "Can't Admit It"

11)  Half Chance Heroes  ~  "Deny"

12)  Breaking Even  ~  "You Won't Admit"

13)  Kayser  ~  "I'll Deny You"

14)  Myka Relocate  ~  "Admitting The Truth"

15)  Lyrycyst  ~  "Deny Him"

16)  Winnie Hsin  ~  "Admitting"

17)  Pelican  ~  "Deny The Absolute"

18)  Cabinet  ~  "Admitting"

19)  J. Monty  ~  "Can't Deny"

20)  Paolo Albertazzi  ~  "I Hate To Admit It"

21)   Yasmine Hamdan  ~  "Deny"

22)  Bonnie Loo  ~  "Don't Want To Admit"

23)  Nothing Without  ~  "Can't Deny"

24)  Sixto Rodgriguez  ~  "You'd Like To Admit It"

25)  The Dear Hunter ft. Andy Hull  ~  "Deny It All"

26)  Eggs Laid By Tigers  ~  "Admit The Sun"

"Wet" & "Dry" Songs

I bet you thought I had run out of "Opposites" to make into blog posts, didn't you? Well, you were wrong! Here's a collection of songs with either the word "Wet" or "Dry" (or both) in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Metric  ~  "Wet Blanket"

2)  Hunters & Collectors  ~  "When The River Runs Dry"

3)  METZ  ~  "Wet Blanket"

4)  Neil Diamond & The Band  ~  "Dry Your Eyes"

5)  Psapp  ~  "Wet Salt"

6)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines"

7)  Tania Bowra  ~  "Wet Wood"

8)  Radiohead  ~  "High & Dry"

9)  The Weave  ~  "Cold, Wet, And Sockless"

10)  Boyz II Men  ~  "Water Runs Dry"

11)  Marillion  ~  "Warm Wet Circles"

12)  PJ Harvey  ~  "Dry"

13)  Goldfish  ~  "Wet Welly"

14)  The Streets  ~  "Dry Your Eyes"

15)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Wet Sand"

16)  Fever Ray  ~  "Dry And Dusty"

17)  Barbra Streisand  ~  "Wet"

18)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Dry Lightning"

19)  Funland  ~  "City Of Wet Angels"

20)  Casey Abrams  ~  "Dry Spell"

21)   Holy Wave  ~  "Wet And Wild"

22)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry"

23)  Pursesnatchers  ~  "Wet Cement"

24)  Don Williams  ~  "Till The Rivers All Run Dry"

25)  Sesame Street  ~  "Wet Or Dry"