GREGORY ISAACS - BOOM SHOT

.....

****BOOM SHOT****

TRACKLIST


Boom Shot
Petty Robber
These are the Arms
Sound Bwoy
Iron Gate
Making Plans
Rude Boy Saddam
COD
Put my Love in the Mailbox
You Lie
Label Shanachie
Orig Year 1991

A master of both hard-hitting political commentary and apolitical "lover's rock" (reggae love songs), Gregory Isaacs has recorded many five-star albums over the years. Boom Shot, however, isn't one of them. Decent but certainly not breathtaking, this is a CD that should be acquired only by his more devoted followers (of which there are many). Isaacs' singing isn't nearly as confident or inspired as it so often was in the past, and only a few of the songs are memorable. The reggae veteran does have fairly strong compositions in "Rude Boy Saddam" (a commentary on the early-'90s Persian Gulf War slamming both George Bush and Saddam Hussein) and the anti-crime number "Petty Robber." Unfortunately, none of the lover's rock songs are in a class with a gem like his 1980s mega-hit "Night Nurse." ~ Alex Henderson

BOOM SHOT LYRICS

A go go go
Let them know


It's another the boom-shot
Coming from my music box
Another new rock
Come on, brothers, face the facts


Yes, I want the world to know
Hold to your partner and don't let go
Ho! you gotta do it do it slow
And to the drum'n'bass you go go go


It's another the boom-shot
Coming from my music box, lord
Another new rock
Come on, brother, let's attack


Listen to the riddim, yeah
Of the ghetto men
Rock around, my brethren, yeah
And I know you will understand


It's another the boom-shot
Coming from my music box
Another re-rock
Come on, let's draw (?) the facts


Do the skank and do it slow
Let yourself a go go go
Hold your partner, and squeeze him tight
'Cause dis ya schok attack we are doin' it tonight


Come on and do the boom-shot
Come on, brother, let's attack
It's a new rock
Got to face the fact


Music is the master of life
Without music, like a trip without the knife (?)
Let me on , on and on
Do it slow and let yourself a go go go


It's another the boom-shot
Coming from my music box, yeah
Another new rock
Come on, brothers, face the fact


Oy, listen to the drum'n'bass, yeah
and hold your space, oy
'ca the riddim true livin, (?)
straight from my music box, Lord


It's another the boom-shot, yeah
From my music box, yeah
A new rock, Lord
Got to got to got to face the facts
Ev'ryone attack


Keep on skanking, oy
Ol' top rankin'
Straight from my music box
My collection.....