The Same Song

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-06-30 rating:
One of the greatest reggae albums of all time
Israel Vibration are three crippled lads (victims as babies of the late-50s polio epidemic in Jamaica) who grew up together in a Kingston residential rehabilitation centre. Kicked out into the streets of Kingston for being Rastafarians, they spent five years singing for food on the streets.
From being destitute on the streets of Kingston then, to the ecstatic energy of "Walk The Streets Of Glory" - "We gonna walk the streets of glory", they sing, exploiting the potential of roots harmonising to the full. The album is worth buying for this song alone, but there is lots more. The beautifully melodic "Why Worry", for example, the groups debut single, offers an alternative to the health-destroying materialism of our age: "I scratch my nuts and then I say: why worry? why worry, when you can pray?" The uplifting quality of the group's music is also strongly present in the beautiful "Lift Up Your Conscience" and the harmonies again are stunning.
"The Same Song" is a unique album, with three very distinctive voices combining beautifully to create a very special sound.


review by: oggyb date: 2001-11-17 rating:
Great harmonies from a great rock steady, reggae group
Israel Vibration are a three piece band that met after being struck down by the polio epidemic that hit Jamaica at the end of the 1950's. Overcoming their afflictions, Lascelles "Wiss" Bulgin, Albert "Apple" Craig and Cecil "Skelly" Spencer came together to create a masterpiece of rock steady reggae. Look out for the last track - a dub mix of "Crisis"...brilliant!
Pump it up and chill out!

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