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A wonderful set of rocksteady and early reggae bouncing off the irrepressible reggae rhythms and bounding harmonies of Desmond Dekker and the Aces.
The follow-up to their Action! predecessor, Intensified features the major hits ‘Poor Me Israelites’ and ‘Ah It Mek’ which topped the UK & US charts in the late 60s & early/mid 70s.
Also featured on the album is the punchy ‘Sweet Music’, a celebration of those knock-out vocal harmonies, where Dekker is at his best. With the great ‘Rude Boy Train’, Dekker was a precursor to the ‘rude boy’ phenomenon, which has since become a mainstay in reggae songs.
Tracklist
Ah It Mek
Too Much Too Soon
Coconut Water
Sweet Music
My Lonely World
Rude Boy Train
Poor Me Israelites
It Is Not Easy
Intensified
Nincompoop
Tips of My Fingers
Wiseman