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Main Focus: Rubadub style

Lone Ranger - M16 (this is one of my favorite albums ever and if anyone knows any albums that rival the sound and rhythm, I'd appreciate that).

Captain Sinbad - The Seven Voyages of Captain Sinbad
Josey Wales - Outlaw
Johnny Osbourne - Reality (any better Osbourne albums that hit the rubadub vibe better?)
Johnny Osbourne Rub-A-Dub Soldier
U Roy - Jah Son of Africa
General Smiley & Papa Michigan - Rub-A-Dub Style & Downpression
Lone Ranger - On the Other Side of Dub


Second Focus: Other albums that just carry the vibes most everyone can appreciate.

Mikey Dread - Pave the Way
Don Carlos - Just a Passing Glace
Cornell Campbell - Rock My Soul
Wailing Souls - Firehouse Rock
Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man
Errol Dunkley - Darling Ooh
Bob Marley - Exodus & Survival
Joe Higgs - Life of Contradiction
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
Jacob Miller - Tenement Yard
Mighty Diamonds - Deeper Roots
Third World - 96 Degress in the Shade
Hugh Mundell - Jah Fire
Eek a Mouse - Very Best of
Niyorah - Different Age & Purification Session
Tippa Irie - Sign of the Times
Sizzla - Black Woman and Child
Mad Professor Captures Pato Banton

Albums that make people want to listen to reggae who don't, stuff that carries a universal vibe. Or just stuff that floats your boat that carries this vibe.

Stuff That doesn't hit this spot:
Client Eastwood (his voice hurts sometimes)
Congos (too Reggae, in that i can't get other people into it)
Bambu Station (vibe is affected by saying so much)

Not that there's anything wrong with albums that don't hit the spot, just not the one's i'm trying to put in this collection.

Mhh, I'm a bit confused about 'Main Focus: Rubadub style' and your list

well main focus is in a rubadub style sound.
but there are other albums that have a great sound and carry the feeling.
the other albums are just different styles.

if you could list some other albums, that'd at least help me expand. I have tons of other albums but these are the ones that put me, and other people who might not be into reggae, in the mood.

couple of my favorites are

johnny osbourne - in nah disco style
eek a mouse - assasinator

Just get anything released til '85 on the volcano or hit bound label.

thanks, if anyone has more recommendations, please share.

for the rubadub style check Charlie Chaplin, Little John, Sugar Minott, Frankie Paul, Al Campbell, Yellowman, Cocoa Tea, Barry Brown and other stuff by the artists you mention, from the first half of the '80s.

But I'm not sure any complete albums on one vibe, because they usually mix different vibes.

ranking trevor - takeover queen masjesty was good from rockers.

Inner Circle would probably be accessible to non-reggae
heads, especially considering they might know the band from
their hit "Bad Boys" featured as the theme song to the American television show "Cops."
I've seen people particularly enjoy "Killer Miller" or "Shaky Girl." Though, one person wasn't making much of the two tunes and so I told her to turn the volume up pretty high and apparently it made a world of difference because
what was not hitting her at a lower volume had her beside herself with enjoyment when it was louder.

People say that often about any musical genre but it seems particular true of reggae that louder volumes(not defeaning) really bring out the essence and vibe in the music.

-Me-