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Has anyone heard her latest album it' supposed to be of reggae covers and apparenly pretty good!

i have heard a track of this on xm radio. a while ago now, if i was to spot it i would cop it!

I have heard a few track, it's joke business!
The riddims are fine, No passion in the vocals though. A horrible version of Spears Marcus Garvey sung in monotone.
:S

Actually I think it's not a bad album. Of course It's hard (or impossible?) to overclass originals like Door Peep, Marcus Garvey, Vampire, War and Y Mas Gan.
But personally I kinda like Sinead's version of Vampire. Not half as deadly as the seventies' Discomix by Devon Irons & Dr. Alimantado, but hey....
Propably well worth checking out if you like Sinead's voice.

I am sorry but i just not getting this. Fact is many people have employed Sly And Robbie over the years and their contribution cannot be understated, but thats where it ends. I heard a version of Throw down Your Arms which was nothing less than awful. I have never ever heard until very recently Sinead even mention any interest in Reggae at all. We all know the effect of the Reggae 'Gravity' once it hits you, and that's whats happened to Sinead, same as all of us, so why don't she say that? But to hear her say in Q magazine about how she has grown up with Reggae and list all these tracks she claims to be influenced by is just total fiction in my opinion. Wasn't that long ago she was burning photos of the Pope, remember? Not very Rasta? So far i am concerned she talks utter s**t

Strong words i Know, but respect always

Love

Im as Dubman and Collie, this is not really reggae, apart the riddims... I prefer from far the Grace Jones album!

ites deh

dats the diference between realy roots music with messsage and suffering in search for equal rights and justice and the new comers and new reggae trying to pick up fruits of it...
and a big question is wat's going on with reggae nowadays.
i tink sonme people do not listen to reggae... only enjoy it and know noting about it
respect everytime
Carlos

"Burning a picture of the Pope not very rasta..."

Think again. Now that, if anything, is utter excrete.

The Pope is a living symbol of corruption, an avatar of babylon. Satan. That and worse is the Pope for any righteous rastaman. Two quotes in particular spring to my mind right now:

"Bun Pope Paul, mek babylon fall" -Winston Mc Anuff (in my opinion, burning the man himself rather than a mere picture is slightly more hardcore...)

"Fire fe the vatican" -Max Romeo (among many, many others)

Respect Youthman Deh. I not to proud to own a mistake, my last instance perhaps not the best. I learn. That said though, i don't think that the Rastaman was who she intended the support.

Respect

It is very likely Ms O'conner really has been listening to reggae for many years.

She's from the Anglo-Irish punk scene and era, where there was much fusion between punk and reggae music, fans and artists.

I myself came to reggae music via punk rock, with a lot of help from the late great DJ John Peel.

But as for her REAL motivation for making this LP who knows? And she also once made an LP covering old crooning numbers, Sinatra stylee.