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Sophia George: Girlie Girlie: The Best Of Sophia George (TJACD197)
Best known of course for the hit Girlie Girlie, ut Sophia is much more than that. Not only the owner of a good singing voice she can also cut it as a DJ. The tracks heer mainly culled from 1985 to 1987.
Some good material here and typical of that middish 80’s area, Sophia sang songs that were close to the street as opposed to being say out and out Lovers, the arena favoured by those with similar upper range voices. Tenement Yard packs great groove, and It Burn Mi belly is sweet and Honestly I do has a choral quality and Can’t Live without you some Soul. The 90’s cuts are pure cash in Dancehall.
The album moves into the ‘electronic’ era which I don’t personally feel particularly because as this kind of instrumentation came in a lot of ‘feel’ was lost. That sais this is quite a nice album containing overall better material than I would have anticipated.
Format: CD album Released: Jul 19 2004 Availability: In stock: immediate despatch Price: £8.99
Girlie Girlie is the most comprehensive collection of the bubbly sing-jay's work ever to see issue. Beside the title track, which made her a household name around the globe, are all her major Jamaican hits from the late eighties and early nineties, including 'Lazy Body', 'It Burn Me Belly', and 'Ain't No Meaning'. With only the previous 'best of' of Sophia George's output being issued by Crole back in the early nineties, this greatly expanded version should ensure that she finally shakes off her tag of simply being a One Hit Wonder.
Tracklisting
Girlie Girlie - Listen
Lazy Body - Listen
Ain't No Meaning (Sophia George & Charle Chaplin) - Listen
Make You Feel Fine (aka Mek You Feel Fine) - Listen
Tenement Yard - Listen
It Burn Mi Belly - Listen
Honestly I Do - Listen
Can't Live Without You - Listen
I Just Love You - Listen
Dance With You - Listen
You Never Knew - Listen
Rockers In The Rain - Listen
Final Decision - Listen
Love Again - Listen
Love's On The Way - Listen
(I Don't Want No) Maga Dawg - Listen
Runnings Well Dread - Listen
Tell Me What U Want - Listen
Physique - Listen
Latest Slang - Listen
Thinking It Over - Listen
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