I really buy the general sincerity of most Jamaican reggae singers. It's probably a combination of things (love of Jah, copious amounts of ganja, etc) but I just get really happy hearing guys like Eric sing away. The A-side "More Love" is a pretty standard dubwise song about Jah's love and the need for it to "rain down on the human race". It's really sweet and has one of those Mittoo organ lines that the Clash went gaga over. The B-side "The Price" shifts down into a moodier groove with similar vocal style being put forth by Donaldson in his romantic plea. Both songs are clean pop productions with little of the drugged-out effects of heavy instrumental dub, but you can bet that these tunes were reworked into one at some point.
The label at work is Jaguar, one of many from the legendary "Randy" Chin, a dude responsible for making tons of records, careers, and legends in the world of Jamaican music over the decades. Rest in Peace.
this gets a 7 out of 10 on the good collie herb scale...
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