Lovers rock : the soulful sound of romantic reggae

"A 2LP or 3CD set of golden lovers in '70s/'80s Britain and Jamaica, where soul met roots and women's voices dominated".

"Louisa Mark, from Kensal Rise and 14 years old, set the ball rolling in 1975 with "I Caught You In A Lie" and, as this gatefold-sleeved double album shows, she was soon joined by other young singers, mostly female and often produced by the ubiquitous Dennis "Blackbeard" Bovell. He masterminded tracks such as Janet Kay's pop smash "Silly Games", appearing here alongside numbers by sveltely soulful Carroll Thompson and sweetly-harmonising trio Brown Sugar. Trojan have extended the scope of the album to cover romantic reggae by Jamaican artists, including Dennis Brown, Delroy and particularly Gregory Isaacs, whose lusciously ladykilling "Night Nurse" is a classic of the genre".

"A 2LP or 3CD set of golden lovers in '70s/'80s Britain and Jamaica, where soul met roots and women's voices dominated".

"Louisa Mark, from Kensal Rise and 14 years old, set the ball rolling in 1975 with "I Caught You In A Lie" and, as this gatefold-sleeved double album shows, she was soon joined by other young singers, mostly female and often produced by the ubiquitous Dennis "Blackbeard" Bovell. He masterminded tracks such as Janet Kay's pop smash "Silly Games", appearing here alongside numbers by sveltely soulful Carroll Thompson and sweetly-harmonising trio Brown Sugar. Trojan have extended the scope of the album to cover romantic reggae by Jamaican artists, including Dennis Brown, Delroy and particularly Gregory Isaacs, whose lusciously ladykilling "Night Nurse" is a classic of the genre".