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My mum saw Bob Marley & The Wailers live. Don't get too jealous though. Apparently they were crap.
There's an obvious problem with trying to appraise this record in a cold January when it's dark by the time I get home from work. But anyone who bought this album in November 1999 would have had a similar experience, so here goes. Marley's highest-charting UK single (no, really - look it up) is a dancefloor-friendly rework of the mellow original album track. In that sense you might compare it to the previous Moloko track, but this time the advantage goes the other way: the original track, though slight, captures that lazy summer spirit in the way that reggae can do so well. Funkstar's production is more generic, and threatens to overwhelm the vocal and indeed the entire song sounds pushed to the periphery. I'm sure it's functional for the Ibiza clubs it was recorded for, though, and I don't find it as annoying as Finley Quaye's Top 20 version.
Also appearing on: Now 3, 23 (both Bob Marley & The Wailers)
Available on: Happy Songs
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