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A lost gem

R. Toomey | Piscataway, NJ United States | 08/13/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"After many years waiting for this to be re-released in the U.S. I gave up and bought an Import copy. This is a very good album and unfortunately not too many people have ever heard it. It was released right before their breakthrough U.S. release "Labour of Love". I guess you can say that it was released at an awkward time. Three of the best songs on this album "I Won't Close My Eyes","Dubmobile" and "So Here I Am" were released on a Greatest Hits Collection entitled "80-85". It was a compilation of their songs from the first four albums. The rest of these songs are good as well. I actually prefer their 80's material because it was more straitforward reggae. They got more commercial as the 90's rolled around. Which I'm not saying is bad. There's nothing like some English boys playing some reggae. It's good to hear this again after being in hiding for so long."