JAH CURE - TRUE REFLECTIONS A NEW BEGINNING

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TRUE REFLECTIONS A NEW BEGINNING


TRACKLIST


1. True Reflections
2. Dem Nuh Build Great Man (Feat Fantan Mojah)
3. Longing For
4. To Your Arms Of Love
5. What Will It Take
6. Love You
7. Same Way
8. Searching For A Girl
9. Jamaica
10. Cease All War
11. Share The Love (Feat Gentleman)
12. Love Is
13. The Sound
14. Conga Man
15. Most High Cup Full


Label VP
Orig Year 2007
Discs 1
Release Date Aug 07, 2007
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo


Producer


Josef Bogdanovich; Ricky Genious; Maurice DeLauney; Arif Cooper; Delmar Drummond; Donovan Vendetta Bennett; Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin Quee; Mitchum "Khan" Chin; Wayne "DJ Wayne" Morris; Edward Warren; Superintendent Gladstone Wright; Dean Drummond; Wee Pow; Chad "Goofy" Simpson; Sonita Walker; Andrew Prendergast; Andrew Prendergast; Joseph Bogdanovich; Superintendent Gladstone Wright; Sonita Walker; Josef Bogdanovich; Chad 'Goofy'; Michael 'Mikey John' Johnson; Rae Edwards; Wee Pow; Ricky Genious; Ray Stephens; Maurice DeLauney; Arif Cooper; Edward Warren; Delmar Drummond; Duane Stephenson; Donovan Vendetta Bennett; Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin Quee; Mitchum "Khan" Chin; Wayne Morris
Recording Time 58 minutes


Personnel


Dean Fraser - horns
Tony Thompson
Pam Hall - background vocals
Dwight Pinkney - guitar
Kirk Bennett
Billy Lawrence - congas, unknown instrument
Billy Lawrence - congas, unknown instrument
Bongo Herman - drums, bass drum, bongos
Donald Dennis - keyboards, bass guitar
Ian Coleman - acoustic guitar
Melbourne Miller - drums
Carol McLaughlin
Randevon Patrick - drums
Nigel Staff
Aeion Hoilet
Donovan Thompson
Michael 'Angel' Adams
Owen Renmalls - bass guitar
Rick Pier O'Neil - keyboards, bass guitar, drums
Wayne Morris


Also: Gentleman, Fantan Mojah


The title of his fifth album is likely a veiled reference to the fact that Jah Cure emerged from a prison sentence only days before it was released. However, the songs are not filled with the kind of bitter resentment that one might expect from ... Full Descriptiona young man imprisoned for a rape he swears he didn't commit; nor does it descend into the kind of harsh, anti-Babylonian imprecation that usually typifies Bobo Dread-inspired reggae. Jah Cure has recently come over to a more mainstream brand of Rastafarianism, and it's reflected in the gentler tone of his songs -- titles like "Love Is" and "Most High Cup Full" are indicative of his current mood, as is the prevalence of love songs on this program. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be completely back at full strength yet: his rather whiny delivery undermines the smooth and romantic groove of "To Your Arms of Love," and "Love You" sounds like a demo, and a bad one at that -- it features only acoustic guitar and Cure's ratty, out-of-tune singing. Weird and imbalanced mixes mar several other songs. There are high points, notably the brilliant one-drop anthem "Most High Cup Full" and the righteously catchy "Cease All War," but overall this album feels like it was rushed out to market before it was really ready. ~ Rick Anderson


Recording information: Downsound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica; Tower Stree Correctional Facility (GP) Prison; Tuff Gong Studios, Kingston, Jamaica.


Editor: Paul Shields.


Photographer: Raymond O'Sullivan.


Personnel: Pam Hall & the Daffodils (vocals); Rick Pier O'Neil (keyboards, bass guitar, drums); Donald Dennis (keyboards, bass guitar); Aeion Hoilet, Owen Renmalls (bass guitar); Randevon Patrick, Randevon Patrick (drums); Billy Lawrence (congas, unknown instrument); Donovan Thompson, Dwight Pinkney (guitar); Ian Coleman (acoustic guitar); Dean Fraser (horns); Michael "Angel" Adams, Paul "Wrong Move" Crossdale (keyboards); Bongo Herman (drums, bass drum, bongos); Kirk Bennett, Melbourne Miller (drums); Pam Hall (background vocals); Carol McLaughlin, Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett, Tony Thompson , Wayne Morris, Nigel Staff.


Additional personnel: Gentleman , Fantan Mojah.