Crucial! Roots Classics
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Crucial! Roots Classics is an album by Bunny Wailer
, released through RAS Records
in 1994. In 1995, the album won Wailer the Grammy Award
for Best Reggae Album
.
Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer, , also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B, is a singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh...
, released through RAS Records
RAS Records
RAS Records, also known as Real Authentic Sound, is a reggae record label.-History:RAS Records was founded in 1979 by Doctor Dread. In his travels to Jamaica he created a network within the reggae artist community there. By the early to mid 1980s RAS had signed artists such as Black Uhuru, Inner...
in 1994. In 1995, the album won Wailer the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Reggae Album
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre...
.
Reception
Track listing
All songs by Bunny Wailer.- "Boderation" – 3:58
- "Baldheaded Woman" – 4:01
- "Old Dragon" – 6:29
- "Crucial" – 3:41
- "Innocent Blood" – 3:25
- "Trouble on the Road Again" – 3:25
- "Peace Talks" – 4:38
- "Unity" – 4:29
- "Togawar Game" – 2:50
- "Struggle" – 6:22
- "Free Jah Jah Children" – 5:22
- "Power Strugglers" – 3:36
- "Bright Soul" – 4:10
- "Here in Jamaica" – 3:34