Light Your Light | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2007 | |||
Genre | Reggae | |||
Label | Fantasy | |||
Producer | Zadig, Toots Hibbert | |||
Toots and the Maytals chronology | ||||
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Light Your Light is an album by the Jamaican band Toots and the Maytals, released in 2007.[1][2] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[3] The album coincided with Toots's 45th year as a recording musician.[4]
Light Your Light peaked at No. 9 on Billboard's Reggae Albums chart.[5] It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Reggae Album" category.[6]
The album was produced by Zadig and Toots.[7] Toots duetted with Bonnie Raitt on "Premature".[8] Derek Trucks played guitar on "Johnny Coolman".[9] "Image Get a Lick" lambasts the music industry.[10] The paean to Jamaican producer Coxsone Dodd is followed by a cover of "Guns of Navarone".[11] "Pain in My Heart" is a cover of the Otis Redding song; "I Gotta Woman" is a version of the Ray Charles song.[12][13] "Celia" was written for a younger fan of the Maytals.[14]
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Edmonton Sun | 3/5[15] |
The Gazette | 4/5[16] |
Philadelphia Daily News | B[8] |
PopMatters | 7/10[17] |
The Philadelphia Daily News deemed the album "reggae light."[8] The Sunday Times wrote that Toots "stylishly combines an earthy reggae pulse with more of his delicious old-school R&B."[18] The Daily Mirror opined that "Image Get a Lick" "stands up alongside such classics as 'Monkey Man', 'Pressure Drop' and 'Reggae Got Soul'."[10] The Independent noted that many songs are "delivered in light, acoustic-guitar-based, arrangements that showcase Toots's soulful vocals to maximum effect."[9] The Edmonton Sun stated that Toots displays "his soulful delivery and Otis-inspired pipes on an upbeat slate of poppy, melodic reggae."[15] The Gazette concluded that Toots's "voice is raspy, warm and golden, and the songs are strong, as is the production—never a given with old-timer acts."[16] The McClatchy-Tribune Business News listed Light Your Light as the 9th best album of 2007.[19]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Johnny Coolman" | |
2. | "Premature" | |
3. | "Pain in My Heart" | |
4. | "Love So Strong" | |
5. | "Don't Bother Me" | |
6. | "Celia" | |
7. | "Image Get a Lick" | |
8. | "I Gotta Woman" | |
9. | "See the Light" | |
10. | "Tribute to Coxson/Guns of Navarone" | |
11. | "Do You Remember" | |
12. | "Light U Light" |
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