Arise: the Best of Peter Tosh

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Customer reviews

review by: ianchard date: 2001-04-14 rating:
Not the greatest hits, but the best of the early years
Labeled as Peter Tosh's greatest hits, Arise (not to be confused with Arise Blackman) certainly delivers in some aspects, and fails in others. Of the 17 tracks, 9 are classics with The Wailers, including Cant You See, Soon Come, Stop The Train, all the Wailers tracks are also pre-Island, probably from the Perry years.

400 Years is a very strange version, and in all honesty, sounds awful as is seems to be out of time. And why is Keep On Moving on this album?

There are no-post Wailers songs as such, all the Peter Tosh solo releases on the album (Them A Fe Get A Beaten (original), Maga Dog, Arise Blackman, etc)are ones he made while in the Wailers, with Bunny singing backing vocals on most.

Just to keep the organ fans happy, there are a few of Tosh's jamming on the Melodica, and Go Tell It On The Mountain features just for good measure (which had me humming at work for hours!)

This album is not the greatest hits, but it is still mighty fine, especially for those who have not heard much of Tosh's work with The Wailers.

The label (Music Club) also have released The Very Best of Toots and The Maytals (give me Pressure Drop any time!) which is also a pretty good CD, and The Prime of Gregory Isaacs which is one of the best (and cheapest!) CDs I have ever bought.

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