“Laurel Aitken Says Fire” by Laurel Aitken - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1969 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
“Laurel Aitken Says Fire” embraces the new reggae style. Of the 8 originals “Fire (In Your Wire)” is a real keeper. His obligatory “hotel cabaret” covers include “Halfway To Paradise”, “Quando Quando Quando” and “Stand By Me”. They’re not as bad as I feared. I wonder how Engelbert would have sounded on a heavy manners bassline?
The Jukebox Rebel
07–Sep–2010
Tracklist |
A1 | [02:46] Laurel Aitken - Fire (In Your Wire) (Lorenzo Aitken, Goodall) Reggae |
A2 | [02:39] Classics - Worried Over Me (Lorenzo Aitken) Reggae |
A3 | [02:14] Laurel Aitken - Halfway To Paradise (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) Reggae |
A4 | [02:19] Laurel Aitken - Coconut (Water) (Lorenzo Aitken) Reggae |
A5 | [02:54] Laurel Aitken - Quando Quando Quando (Tony Renis, Alberto Testa) Reggae |
A6 | [03:06] Laurel Aitken - If You Need Me (Sonny Sanders, Wilson Pickett, Robert Bateman) Reggae |
B1 | [02:46] Laurel Aitken - La La La (Lorenzo Aitken) Reggae |
B2 | [02:22] Laurel Aitken - Rice And Peas (Lorenzo Aitken) Reggae |
B3 | [03:09] Laurel Aitken - Stand By Me (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) Reggae |
B4 | [02:45] Detours - Sunnyside (Swimming Pool) (Lorenzo Aitken) Reggae |
B5 | [02:18] Laurel Aitken - Mr. Lee (Lorenzo Aitken) Reggae |
B6 | [02:40] Laurel Aitken - Gonna Get Married (Lorenzo Aitken) Reggae |