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19 TRACKS: 1) Broadway Jungle 2) Bam Bam 3) 54-46 Was My Number 4) Do The Reggay 5) Pressure Drop 6) 54-46 That's My Number 7) Sweet & Dandy 8) Monkey Man 9) Pomp & Pride 10) In The Park 11) Funky Kingston 12) Time Tough 13) Reggae Got Soul 14) Never You Change 15) Living In The Ghetto 16) Never Get Weary 17) I've Got Dreams To Remember 18) Spiritual Healing 19) Peace, Perfect Peace

Title Tracks for Very Best of

1. Broadway Jungle
2. Bam Bam
3. 54-56 Was My Number
4. Do The Reggay
5. Pressure Drop
6. 54-46 That' s My Number
7. Sweet & Dandy
8. Monkey Man
9. Pomp & Pride
10. In The Park
11. Funky Kingston
12. Time Tough
13. Reggae Got Soul
14. Never You Change
15. Living In The Ghetto
16. Never Get Weary
17. (I've Got) Dreams To Remember
18. Spiritual Healing
19. Peace, Perfect Peace

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Average Customer Review

(16 customer reviews)

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful

10/10 That's His Number!, June 5, 2000

Ralph Quirino (Keswick, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Of course, mention reggae music to nearly every human on the planet and the first name out of their mouths is Bob Marley. But if there's gotta be a #2 slot, then let it go to Frederick "Toots" Hibbert. He's the very embodiment of the word "journeyman". Influenced as much by classic sixties soul as by the bluebeat of his native land, Toots scored a series of funky, soulful, genuinely skanking hits in Jamaica and overseas. Total fans looking for a detailed and loving anthology are directed to TIME TOUGH, a double CD retrospective released in 1997 that touched on all the right bases. Those looking for a more concentrated dosage can line up here without guilt. If you regularly play the heck out of your Bob Marley LEGEND disc, then you'll equally play the heck out of this one, too. All the coolest cuts are here: "Bam Bam" (which was sampled and covered by Chaka Demus & Pliers), "54-46 That's My Number", "Reggae Got Soul"...Read more

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

Not the Best Collection, May 29, 2006

Johnny Hodges (Clark Fork, ID United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

While this is a very good collection, the double CD Time Tough: The Anthology includes all the tracks here, but does a better job of covering the whole Toots spectrum, and the sound quality is quite a bit better. So while I agree with the positive reviews here, you get a lot more bang for the buck with "Time Tough". And TT gives you a lot more of his latter work, when love and spirituality infused his work and raised reggae to a higher plane. Go on and spend the extra $10, you won't be sorry (like I was when I bought this then still had to go out and buy "Time Tough" to get a sampling of ALL the Toots and the Maytals I came to love through buying most of his LPs in the 70's and 80's.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Godfather of Reggae, March 24, 2004

Ragamuffin Jim "jt8656a" (Rockville, MD USA) - See all my reviews

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Bob Marley may be the king but Toots was the originator. He was one of the first musicians to use the word Reggae to describe this popular Jamaican musical style. My only complaint with this compilation is that it omits the song, "Premature" from the LP, Reggae Got Soul (Lyrics: "Let the girl go home, let her go back home ..."). It's a great tune and one of his biggest international hits. Otherwise, this CD is a keeper.