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- Posted: 06/02/2014 20:54
- Post subject: User Pick of the Day (#71): Right Time (Drakonium)
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Right Time by Mighty Diamonds
Chart: Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Drakonium
Rank on User's Chart: 5
Year: 1976
Rank on BEA Overall: 5,764
Average Rating: 75/100
Drunken Chart Notes:
"Kindness. just love of human people whoever they are, love lvoe love, cztchy also, but love shar.ing and love, love again, so many good things here, relax and love"
I did this one instead of And She Closed Her Eyes by Stina Nordenstam since it was world album of the day not too long ago. Figured we'd want something new. Hope this was the right decision. ^_^
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- Posted: 06/03/2014 11:31
- Post subject: Re: User Pick of the Day (#71): Right Time (Drakonium)
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| BrandonMiaow wrote: | | I did this one instead of And She Closed Her Eyes by Stina Nordenstam since it was world album of the day not too long ago. Figured we'd want something new. Hope this was the right decision. ^_^ |
Yes, it's perfect, thanks a lot! 
I often wonder whether this album really is reggae, or if it's just watered-down sunny pop shit. Like really, I remember Jim explaining how the Wailers were just here to please the masses, but this is possibly the most inoffensive-sounding album I've ever heard.
It's incredible though. It's really about applying the best pop songwriting to the reggae universe. It's supremely catchy obviously, but not in an anthemic chorus way, as I think that wouldn't fit at all, but rather in a subtler, more melodic way. Each single note is at its exact right place, and the songs flow in the most natural way possible, like a river of sunshine. Because it's definitely on the sunny side of reggae. It's not about destroying Babylon, and war, and shit, it's about tolerance, sharing, love for each other, and obviously Marcus Garvey. And it's done in a way that is so naive, so lovely, it never feels too preachy or forced. Hope it makes sense 
Check out Them Never Love Poor Marcus and Have Mercy for the best tracks, though the whole thing is less than 35 minute long, so it shouldn't be too much of a bother either 
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- Posted: 06/03/2014 16:30
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This is listed in Tom Hibbert's book The Perfect Collection, my pre-Internet guidebook. Here are the brief comments by one of the editors: "The classic JA vocal harmony group singing their most consistent collection of songs". As for me, I remember listening to this and liking it. The "problem" with listening to reggae, is that all reggae sounds the same to me: good. 
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