Dennis Brown – Love Is So True LP

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One of the greatest reggae singers of all time,Dennis Brownmade an incredible impact during a career that spanned four decades, his reign cut short by his tragically early death from a collapsed lung in 1999, aged just 42. First released in 1995 under the titleTake A Standand also known asTemperature Is Rising, the albumLove Is So Truewas expertly produced byAnthony Dehaney, aliasBunny Gemini, at the Record Factory studios in Kingston, then home to some of the better dancehall being cut in Jamaica. Along with saxophonist/arrangerDean Fraserand theFire House Crewand “Rhythm Twins”Sly and Robbie, the featured musicians include the stalwart keyboardistAnsel Collinsof “Double Barrel” and “Stalag” fame, guitaristLascelles Beckfordand bassistDanny “Axe Man” Thompsonof theGifted Rootsband, trumpeterDavid MaddenofZap Pow, and keyboardistDennis “Jah D” Fearon. The keen musicianship brought forth by these players helped coax the best out of Brown on songs such as “Never Let Your Heart Be Troubled,” which rides a tough re-cut of the “Full Up” rhythm, and “Temperature Is Rising,” on a durable re-cut of the “Far East”/”Jah Shakey” rhythm; “A Little Respect” makes use of a bouncing update of “Pressure And Slide,” the meditative “Sea Shore” is on a great dancehall cut of “Real Rock” and the anti-rude boy “Gangster” is voiced on a beautiful dancehall interpretation of “Freedom Blues.” There’s even a dancehall take of theBeatles‘ “You Won’t See Me,” delivered as only Dennis Brown can, as well as a likeable re-make of Dennis’ own “Have You Ever.”