The Essential

Artist	Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
Format	CD
Genre	Reggae
Label Name	17 North Parade
Release Date	2007 12 11
Song List	1: Theme from the Apartment (3:44) 2: Jamaica Ska (2:25) 3: Oil in My Lamp (2:27) 4: Wings of a Dove (2:34) 5: Soon You'll Be Gone (2:45) 6: Sammy Dead (2:11) 7: Come Back (2:56) 8: Elizabeth Serenade (2:38) 9: Only a Fool (2:44) 10: Bam Bam (4:15) 11: Dancehall Soca (3:31) 12: Soca Butterfly (3:34) 13: Soca Tattie (3:24) 14: Dragon Dance (3:26) 15: Give Me Soca (3:30) 16: Tiney Winey (5:00) 17: Wine Down (3:28) 18: Empty Chair (2:37) 19: Behold (2:45) 20: Walk Like a Dragon (2:27) 21: Donna (1:45) 22: 54 46 That's My Number (3:06) 23: A Little Love aka That's All I Want from You (2:29) 24: Redemption Song (3:28) 25: [Untitled] [DVD]
Style.Categories	Contemporary Reggae, Roots Reggae, Ska

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Most of Byron Lee's output with his Dragonaires is smoothed out MOR-styled instrumental versions of various soca, reggae. and ska classics, the kind of thing tourists to Jamaica are likely to hear just off the boat, but as this carefully selected anthology shows, he could rise to the occasion when necessary and put aside his usual generic approach as a bandleader. Included here are some fine outings with Eric "Monty" Morris ("Oil in My Lamp," "Sammy Dead"), Mighty Sparrow ("Only a Fool," "Dragon Dance"), Toots & the Maytals (yet another version of "54 46 That's My Number"), and Keith Lyn ("Empty Chair"), as well as a moving and elegant bit of Jamaican ska doo wop from Stranger & Patsy called "Come Back" and a lovely, gentle take on Bob Marley's "Redemption Song." A bonus DVD featuring Lee & the Dragonaires in performance at the 2006 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival is also included in the package, making this probably the best possible introduction to the high points of Lee's music. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide