Toots & the Maytals | Funky Kingston

Led by the electrifying vocalist Toots Hibbert, they were one of the most acclaimed Jamaican vocal groups of the 1960s and '70s. 
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AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett

Toots & the Maytals' first LP for Chris Blackwell was originally released in the early '70s, and it includes solid sides like "Pomp and Pride," a whacked-out restructuring of Richard Berry's "Louie, Louie," and the wonderful title track, "Funky Kingston." Blackwell reissued a bulked-up version of Funky Kingston in the mid-'70s on his Mango subsidiary, adding in the immortal "Pressure Drop," the brilliant "Time Tough," and a reimagining of John Denver's "Country Roads" (simply called "Country Road"), to make a much better and stronger set.

Toots & the Maytals

Funky Kingston

1973

1. "Time Tough" - 0:00 
2. "In the Dark" (F. Hibbert, E. Chin) — 4:23 
3. "Funky Kingston" — 7:11 
4. "Love is Gonna Let Me Down" — 12:08 listed as "Love's Gonna Walk Out on Me" on Jamaican release 
5. "Louie, Louie" (Richard Berry) — 15:25 
6. "Pomp and Pride" — 19:54 
7. "Got to Be There" — 24:24 
8. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (Bill Danoff, John Denver, Taffy Nivert) — 27:30 
9. "Pressure Drop" — 30:54 
10. "Sailin' On" — 34:44