SLIM SMITH
Rain From The Skies
(Trojan)

This originally ran in the St. Louis Post Dispatch in 1992.

For years, the UK based Trojan Records has been issuing outstanding reggae music. A recent release involves one of Jamaica's most underrated, and talented, singers, Slim Smith.

Smith's soulful and passionate vocal style is easily evident on "Rain From The Skies." Backed with raw, choppy, authentic reggae rhythms, this album gives us a chance to relive this man's heartfelt delivery. His were basically sad, touching love songs, and although his premature death almost 20 years ago robbed the world of his future, his music still lives on. Especially check out the emotion-filled "Sunny Side of the Sea." A true classic.

Many of these 18 tracks are soul covers and most are taken from two of his albums, "Just A Dream," and "Memorial." Slim Smith left us a legacy of classic material, and this release gives us a good taste of what this great artist was all about.




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