Yabby You - Fleeing from the City

Yabby You's extended absence from the reggae scene was broken with this fine comeback album, which finds him reunited with The Prophets (harmony singers Alrick Forbes and Da Da Smith) as well as some of the heaviest session players of reggae's golden era, including bassist Lloyd Parks, drummer Sly Dunbar and horn players Tommy Mccook and Bobby Ellis. His deeply religious lyrical focus has not changed at all, as song titles like "Let Us Repatriate" and "Integrity of the Upright" make clear, though he now makes a little more room for more earthly topics -- not that the deep, rootsy groove of "Love Me, Love Me, Girl" gets anywhere near the slickness of most lovers rock. Read More