Funky Kingston
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| Studio album by Toots and the Maytals | ||||
| Released | circa March / April 1972 (UK) 1975 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1972; Dynamic Sounds Studios (Kingston), Island Studios (Notting Hill) |
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| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 34:56 | |||
| Label |
Dragon Records (Jamaica, U.K.) Mango Records (U.S.) |
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| Producer |
Chris Blackwell, Warwick Lyn, Dave Bloxham |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
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| Sputnikmusic | |
Funky Kingston is the name of two albums by reggae singing group Toots and the Maytals. The first was issued in Jamaica and the United Kingdom in 1972 on Dragon Records, DRLS 5002, a subsidiary label of Island Records, owned by Chris Blackwell. A different album, with the same cover and title, was issued in the United States in 1975 on Mango Records, MLPS 9330. That album peaked at #164 on the Billboard 200 and was voted the eleventh best album of 1975 in the annual Pazz & Jop poll. In 2003, the American version was placed at number 378 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The original Funky Kingston acknowledged American rhythm and blues with covers of songs by Ike Turner and Shep and the Limelites, along with a reggae take on Richard Berry's composition, "Louie Louie".
In 1975, a revised version of the album was released in the United States. It kept only three tracks from the Jamaican album, substituting six taken from the follow-up In the Dark, adding in the 1969 "Pressure Drop" single which had been previously issued on album with The Harder They Come.
On March 25, 2003, Funky Kingston was released on compact disc by Universal complete in its original format, along with the Jamaican In the Dark album and the "Pressure Drop" single.
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