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Susan Cadogan
Hurt So Good
Genres: International Music, R&B

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. In the Ghetto - Susan Cadogan, Davis
2. Do It Baby - Susan Cadogan, Perry
3. Hurt So Good - Susan Cadogan, Mitchell, Phillip [
4. Congratulations - Susan Cadogan, Coulter
5. If You Need Me - Susan Cadogan, Bateman
6. Lay Down - Susan Cadogan, Unknown
7. I Keep on Loving You - Susan Cadogan, Unknown
8. Don't You Burn Your Bridges - Susan Cadogan, Unknown
9. Feeling Is Right - Susan Cadogan, Perry
10. Fever - Susan Cadogan, Cooley, Eddie
11. Shame Shame Shame - Susan Cadogan, Robinson
12. Hurt So Good [*] - Susan Cadogan, Mitchell, Phillip [
13. Loving Is Good [*] - Susan Cadogan, Mitchell
14. Dub It [*] - Susan Cadogan, Perry
15. Fever [*] - Susan Cadogan, Cooley, Eddie
16. Influenza Version [*] - Susan Cadogan, Perry
17. Lick the Pipe Peter, Pt. 4 [*] - Susan Cadogan, Perry
18. Hot and Cold Version 1 [*] - Susan Cadogan, Perry
19. This World [*] - Susan Cadogan, Perry
20. Rub a Dub [*] - Susan Cadogan, Perry

CD Details

All Artists: Susan Cadogan
Title: Hurt So Good
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Trojan
Original Release Date: 1/1/2003
Re-Release Date: 5/20/2003
Album Type: Extra tracks, Import
Genres: International Music, R&B
Styles: Reggae, Soul
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

Synopsis

Album Description

One of the singer's first recordings with Lee Perry resulted in an impressive version of Millie Jackson's US hit, 'Hurt So Good', which quickly broke in the UK & peaked at No. 4 in spring 1975. Released by Trojan in 1976, 'Hurt So Good' - the album - illustrates a side to Lee 'Scratch' Perry's work over-looked in favor of his Roots-flavored productions. In fact, this is one of the finest collections of romantic Reggae from the mid-seventies, with the charm of Cadogan's plaintive vocal perfectly complimented by some of Perry's finest rhythms from the period. Now augmented by nine bonus tracks, 'Hurt So Good' (Single Version) Susan Cadogan, 'Loving Is Good' The Upsetters, 'Dub It' The Upsetters, 'Fever' Junior Byles, 'Influenza Version' The Upsetters, 'Lick The Pipe Peter Part 4' Jah T, 'Hot & Cold Version' Augustus Pablo & Upsetters, 'This World' Milton Henry, & 'Rub A Dub' The Upsetters, from the Upsetter vaults, this superb album finally received its due respect with this long overdue overhaul. 20 tracks in a slipcase. Trojan. 2003.

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CD Reviews

Excellent reissue of an odd Black Ark gem

Michael Crowley | Albany, CA USA | 04/23/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is some of the best production work Lee Perry ever did, but at the same time this is basically pop reggae, which is not a bad thing at all. It's fun. I mean, I like Jah Rastafari as much as the next guy, but it's interesting to hear Scratch do something a little differrent and still keep that same heavy sound. It's still the Black Ark at it's peak--the backup singers and players of instruments are the same ones who appeared on tunes with names like Dread Lion, Ethiopian Land and Babylon Falling.

The material does vary a bit. Some of the songs are unquestionably great: In the Ghetto (yes, the song Elvis made famous--you know you want to hear a Lee Perry production of an Elvis tune), Nice and Easy (very sexy), the title track, If You Love Me (although perhaps a bit too Motownish for some, but fantastic guitar solo in the middle), Feeling is Right (also very sexy), and Fever (yes the tune Peggy Lee made famous, in an incredibly rootsy version, and yes, is sexy). But most of the other songs are pretty mediocre, kinda like reggae versions of generic 70s Nashville songs. Although they've all still got that thundering Black Ark groove. At times it's a strange combination. Congratulations starts out very dubby, with a deep bass and a haunting echo-drenched flute in the background, and then in the middle of the song there's Here Comes the Bride played on a cheesy keyboard.

The bonus tracks almost double the amount of material here and show the brilliant way Scratch was able to rework the same material, remixing and laying new tunes over existing rhythms. There's the English single mix of Hurt So Good), a "version" of the same song (Loving Is Good) and a dub (Rub a Dub). Dub It is a dub of Nice and Easy, the second track on the CD. The remaining bonus tracks are all based on Fever. There's a Junior Byles cover of Fever and a dub of Cadogan's cover, Influenza Version. Lick the Pipe Peter has a guy toasting over the Fever rhythm (I know I should spell that riddim but, you know, I'm a white American guy so I just can't bring myself to do it). Hot and Cold Version is basically a dub of Lick the Pipe Peter with some great melodica and sax lines, and This World is a haunting new song using the same basic Fever rhythm."