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Hit the Road Jack
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Hit the Road Jack was released in 1976 and is a reggae album by Manley Buchanan of Kingston, Jamaica, better known as Big Youth. The record was made at Randy's in Kingston, with Karl Pitterson and Errol Thompson as engineers. The album consists of ten tracks on which only Big Youth himself is credited as a vocalist.
The choice of well-known songs by others is striking. Buchanan gives a reggae version of What's Going On by Marvin Gaye, of Hit the Road Jack by Percy Mayfield and of Wake Up Everybody, the song by Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead. Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh is also on the record. The remaining tracks he wrote himself. In 2011 he discussed his version of Hit the Road Jack in an interview for the BBC series Reggae Britannia.
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Track list
- 1What's Going On3:34Apple Music ↗
- 2Hit the Road Jack3:11Apple Music ↗
- 3Wake Up Everybody3:49Apple Music ↗
- 4Get Up Stand Up3:25Apple Music ↗
- 5Jah Man of Syreen3:26Apple Music ↗
- 6Ten Against One2:45Apple Music ↗
- 7Hotter Fire3:33Apple Music ↗
- 8The Way of Life2:58Apple Music ↗
- 9Dread High Ranking3:08Apple Music ↗
- 10Dread Is the Best3:08Apple Music ↗
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