On Top

by The Heptones

On Top cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: Studio One
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Length: 43:09
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Clement "Coxsone" Dodd

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during the height of the rocksteady era under the legendary production of Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd, this masterpiece defined the sweet, harmonically rich sound of late-60s Jamaican music. Driven by Leroy Sibbles' incredibly fluid basslines and the trio's immaculate vocal interplay, the record established a profoundly influential template for the impending reggae explosion.

Genres

Descriptors: Instrumental, vocal-group, conscious, rhythmic, melodic, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Equal Rights (2:22)
  2. Pure Surrow (2:04)
  3. Heptones Gonna Fight (5:07)
  4. I Hold The handle (2:27)
  5. My Baby Is Gone (2:41)
  6. Soul & Power aka Soul Power (2:54)
  7. A Change Is Gonna Come (2:54)
  8. When You Are Down (3:17)
  9. Take Me Darling (2:23)
  10. We Are In The Mood (2:11)
  11. Sea Of Love (2:58)
  12. Pretty Looks (2:32)
  13. Party Time (4:18)
  14. I Love You (2:52)
  15. Oil In My Lamp (2:05)

Credits

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