| Funky Kingston | ||||
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| Released | circa March / April 1973 (UK) 1975 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
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| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 34:56 | |||
| Label | Dragon (Jamaica, U.K.) Mango (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | Chris Blackwell, Warwick Lyn, Dave Bloxham | |||
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Funky Kingston is the name of two albums by Jamaican reggae group Toots and the Maytals. The first was issued in Jamaica and the United Kingdom in 1973 on Dragon Records, a subsidiary label of Island Records, owned by Chris Blackwell.[1] A different album, with the same cover and title, was issued in the United States in 1975 on Mango Records. That album was compiled from three previous Maytals albums by Island Records employee Danny Holloway and peaked at No. 164 on the Billboard 200. It was voted the eleventh best album of 1975 in the annual Jazz & Pop poll.[2] In 2003, the American version was placed at number 378 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time",[3] 380 in a 2012 revised list[4] and 344 in a 2020 revised list.[5]
- ^ Katz, David. Funky Kingston/In the Dark. Island Records 440 077 076-2, 2003, liner notes.
- ^ "The 1975 Jazz & Pop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. December 29, 1975. Retrieved 12 Aug 2011.
- ^ Levy, Joe; Steven Van Zandt (2006) [2005]. "378 | Funky Kingston - Toots and the Maytals". Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (3rd ed.). London: Turnaround. ISBN 1-932958-61-4. OCLC 70672814. Retrieved 12 Aug 2011.
- ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-07-09.