Carousel (Marcia Griffiths album)

Carousel
Studio album by
Released1990
LabelMango[1]
ProducerThe Jerks (Rafael Vigil, Lawrence Dermer, Joe Galdo)
Marcia Griffiths chronology
Marcia
(1988)
Carousel
(1990)
Indomitable
(1993)

Carousel is an album by the Jamaican musician Marcia Griffiths, released in 1990.[2][3] It was her first solo album for Mango Records.[4]

The album peaked at No. 26 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[5] "Electric Boogie", which was originally a hit in 1982, peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6][5] Griffiths promoted the album by touring with the Reggae Sunsplash festival.[7][8] "Electric Boogie" is credited with popularizing the Electric Slide.[9]

  1. ^ Norment, Lynn (May 1990). "Sounding Off". Ebony. Vol. 45, no. 7. p. 26.
  2. ^ "Marcia Griffiths Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Matthews, Carl (10 Feb 1990). "Marcia Griffiths: 'Carousel'". Afro-American Red Star. p. B6.
  4. ^ Vice, Jeff (June 4, 1990). "Reggae Sunsplash to Make Stop in S.L. Saturday". Deseret News. p. C5.
  5. ^ a b "Marcia Griffiths". Billboard.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference TP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Gettelman, Parry (15 June 1990). "It's Reggae by the Bay at St. Pete's Sunsplash 1990". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 3.
  8. ^ Hoekstra, Dave (June 16, 1989). "Sunsplash Stop". Weekend Plus. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 7.
  9. ^ Feist, Daniel (5 Apr 1990). "Carousel: Marcia Griffiths". The Gazette. p. D12.