The Best Lite Reggae Album In The World...Ever

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

For starters:

Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind
Ace Of Base - The Sign
ABBA - One Of Us
Lily Allen - LDN

Help us complete this must-own compilation!

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Kelis - Trick Me

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Atomic Kitten - Tide Is High

My tape of Ragga Heat Reggae Beat had Informer by Snow on it! And Inner Circle - Sweat (lalalalalala long)!

CALL IT BY ITS NAME

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Tide Is High (Got The Feeling)

I think we're skirting dangerously near the borders of Actual Reggae with Inner Circle but definitely Snow!

In fact most of RHRB would work:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Maxi Priest
Musical Youth
General Levy
Chaka Demus & Pliers etc

Re: In fact most of RHRB would work:

[mippy.livejournal.com]

wild World, for example. It was on R2 just t'other day.

General Levy were more jungle, though, no?

10CC are calling our name

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

also: THE POLICE

Re: 10CC are calling our name

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

YES.

10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
Which of the Police's many hits though? Walking On The Moon is perhaps a little too 'dread'.

[cis.livejournal.com]

Whigfield - Big Time
Britney Spears - Soda Pop

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Dr Alban - No Coke

police choose from (=POO i believe)

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

1. Roxanne
2. Can't Stand Losing You
3. So Lonely
4. Message in a Bottle
5. Walking on the Moon
6. Bed's Too Big Without You
7. Don't Stand So Close to Me
8. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
9. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Sting
10. Invisible Sun
11. Spirits in the Material World
12. Synchronicity II
13. Every Breath You Take
14. King of Pain
15. Wrapped Around Your Finger
16. Tea in the Sahara

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

What was the Men At Work reggae song - "Down Under"?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Good spot!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Surely ELTON has sidled into this territory?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds "featuring the Reggae Guitars of Dr Winston O'Boogie" (aka John Lennon!)

But the reggae bit is just in one chorus. Are we counting deviations into cod reggae mid-song here? If so, I have plenty of similar suggestions!

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

there are ROLLING STONES CRIMES in this general area

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Ob la Di Ob la Da?

[cis.livejournal.com]

for full lite action it has to be the version by THE MARMALADE!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The verse bit of Live And Let Die by Wings!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes! This is a great example of the insertion of lite reggae making a good song even better.

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

Baby I Love Your Way - Big Mountain

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Black Box Recorder - Up Town Top Rankin
(or the other version)

By the same token - Eve & Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Your Mind

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I'm SURE Sinéad O'Connor has dabbled in this (prior to her last Rasta album even)

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I think Ms Fire On Babylon has been partial to a bit in the past.

[mippy.livejournal.com]

surely some Bitty McClean? Also:

Compliments On Your Kiss - Red Dragon
Twist And Shout - Chaka Demus
It Wasn't Me - Shaggy

Dare I suggest Tripping?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Indeed you dare!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Diana King 'Shy Guy'

(may not count as she was actually of Jamaican descent)

the theme tune to Q.I.

[mippy.livejournal.com]

God, that was a great record, come to think of it.

I say GLAMMA you say KID

[mippy.livejournal.com]

OH YES!

Pass The Dutchie.
Only Love Will Break Your Heart - St Etienne

and some Glamma Kid.

Re: I say GLAMMA you say KID

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

will give you the cooking pot (!) song but the Et is firmly stapled to the balearic genre surely?

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives (I had to have this pointed out to me!)

CONTINUUM ALERT

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

haha yes don't forget the sneering and bitter end of "lite"

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Has Bowie ever done reggae? He must have. Why can't I think of anything?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

would assume it would be "lets dance" type era (haha, or maybe tin machine!!)...

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Prince - Blue Light (from his 'Symbol' album)

(actually this song should be allowed nowhere near a 'Best Light Reggae' album. Prince can turn his hand to many genres succesfully. Reggae is definitely not one of them)

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

Paris is so boring, she has no place on this list.

[(Anonymous)]

Shouldn't we be counting "'The '"Sweetest" "Girl"''" for the Derridean indie postpunk Reynods cred reggae lite market?

bopkids

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

'"Asylums" in "Jerusalem"' "and" '"The" "Word" Girl' too

Britain's most successful reggae artist

[giddyoldgoat.livejournal.com]

"Although often dismissed as a novelty act, Judge Dread was actually a groundbreaking artist. Not only did he put more reggae records onto the U.K. chart than anyone else (Bob Marley included), he was also the first white artist to actually have a reggae hit in Jamaica. The Judge also holds the record for having the most songs banned by the BBC, 11 in all, which incidentally is precisely the number of singles he placed on the charts. "