Lovers rock to brytyjski podgatunek muzyki reggae, popularny w latach 70. i 80. Powstał jako kontrapunkt dla bardziej wojowniczego, przesyconego ideami rastafari i polityką roots reggae. Na jego romantyczną naturę duży wpływ miały gładkie brzmienia chicagowskiego i filadelfijskiego soulu połączone z jamajskimi rytmami rocksteady. Nic dziwnego, że lovers rock szczególną popularność cieszy się wśród kobiet.
Kolekcja "Lovers Rock (The Soulful Sound of Romantic Reggae)" zawiera 25 najpopularniejszych i najbardziej wpływowych nagrań w tym stylu, przynosząc twórczość z dorobku takich artystów, jak Janet Kay, Carroll Thompson, Louisa Mark, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, John Holt czy Sugar Minott.
Lista utworów:
CD 1:
1. Janet Kay - Silly Games
2. Carroll Thompson - Hopelessly in Love
3. Brown Sugar - I'm in Love With a Dreadlocks
4. Sister Stern - Devoted to You
5. Dennis Bovell & African Stone - Choose Me
6. Carroll Thompson - Simply in Love (2021 - Remaster)
7. Winston Reedy - Baby Love
8. Hortense Ellis - (Love Comes from the Most) Unexpected Places
9. Sylvia Tella - Spell
10. The J Sisters - I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) (7" Mix)
11. Marcia Aitken - I'm Still In Love With You
12. Marie Pierre - Can't Go Through With Life
13. Louisa Mark - Keep It Like It Is
14. Errol Campbell - African Queen
15. Barry Biggs & Ruddy Thomas - Reflections of My Life (7" Mix) / 16. Winston Reedy - Moi Emma Ooh
17. Angelique - Cry
18. Ruddy Thomas - When I Think of You (7" Mix)
19. Fil Callendar & The In Crowd - Baby My Love
20. Louisa Mark - Caught You in a Lie
CD 2:
1. Dennis Brown - Money in My Pocket (1978 Version)
2. Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going (We've Got a Good Thing Going)
3. Ruddy Thomas & Susan Cadogan - You Make Me Feel So Good
4. Winston Reedy - Dim the Light
5. June 'J. C. ' Lodge - Someone Loves You, Honey
6. Leroy Brown - Taxi
7. Ruddy Thomas - Loving Pauper (7" Mix)
8. John Holt - You Will Never Find Another Love Like Mine
9. The In Crowd - Sweet Man
10. Ken Boothe - Walk Away from Love
11. Marcia Griffiths - I'm Hurtin' Inside
12. Delroy Wilson - Hooked On You
13. Keith Rowe - Groovy Situation
14. Cornel Campbell - Investigator
15. The Sensations - Baby Love (1978 Mix)
16. Dennis Brown - Have You Ever Been in Love? (7" Mix)
17. Delroy Wilson - People Are Doing It Every Day
18. Carroll Thompson & Sugar Minott - I Want to Make It with You (12 Mix)
19. John Holt - Sweetie Come Brush Me
20. Dhaima - Can't Buy My Love
CD 3:
1. Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
2. Carroll Thompson - I'm so Sorry
3. The In Crowd - Getting Cozy
4. Freddie McGregor - When Push Comes to Shove
5. Sugar Minott - Lovers Race
6. Dennis Brown & John Holt - Wildfire (7" Mix)
7. Winston Reedy - Personally Speaking
8. Ruddy Thomas - Just One Moment Away
9. Richard Ace - Supernatural Thing
10. Dennis Brown - Hold On to What You've Got (7" Mix)
11. Barry Biggs - Side Show (Dancehall Mix)
12. T. T. Ross - Last Date (With You)
13. Freddie McGregor - Lovers Rock, J. A. Style
14. Gladwin Wright - Portrait of You
15. Delroy Wilson - I'm Still Waiting (7" Mix)
16. Marie Pierre - Walk Away
17. Dennis Brown - Love Has Found Its Way
18. Winston Reedy - Paradise (In Your Eyes)
19. John Holt - Ghetto Queen
20. Ruddy Thomas - Key to the World