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These are albums that I have reviewed that I found disappointing because they were not as good as I had heard.  
Although they're not necessarily bad, they aren't worth all the attention they get.

Abdel Wright: Abdel Wright
African Head Charge
: Great Vintage Volume 1
                                  Great Vintage Volume 2
Anthony B.: Universal Struggle
Apache Indian: No Reservations
Apple Gabriel: Another Moses
Aswad: Rise and Shine
Augustus Pablo: East of the River Nile
Beenie Man: Many Moods of Moses
                    Tropical Storm
Beres Hammond: Music Is Life
                           Putting Up Resistance
Big Mountain: The Best of Big Mountain
Bim Sherman: It Must Be a Dream
Black Uhuru: Black Sounds of Freedom
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Natty Dread
Buju Banton: Friends for Life
                    Inna Heights
                    Unchained Spirit
Bunny Wailer: Blackheart Man
Burning Spear: Man in the Hills
                       Ultimate Collection
Bush Chemists: Raw Raw Dub
Cham: Ghetto Story
Charlie Chaplin: Red Pond & Chaplin Chant
Clinton Fearon: What a System
Cornell Campbell: Natty Dread in a Greenwich Farm
Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari: Grounation
Creation Rebel: Historic Movements Volume One
Culture: International Herb
             Two Sevens Clash
Damian Marley: Halfway Tree 
                         Mr. Marley
Dobby Dobson: The Vintage Series
Don Carlos: Groove With Me
Freddie McGregor: Bobby Bobylon
                              Carry Go Bring Come
                              Signature
Garnett Silk: The Definitive Collection
Gentleman: Trodin On
Glen Washington: Can't Keep a Good Man Down
Gregory Isaacs: Mr. Isaacs
                         Sly & Robbie Present
Half Pint: Half Pint
Headley Bennett: Deadly Headley: 25 Years From Alpha
Ijahman Levi: Haile I Hymn (Chapter 1)
Israel Vibration: Fighting Soldiers
                         IV
                         Jericho
                         Pay the Piper
Itals: Brutal Out Deh
Jah Shaka: Dub Symphony
Johnny Clarke: Authorized Version
                        Don't Trouble Trouble
Judy Mowatt: Black Woman
Junior Byles: Jordan
Junior Murvin: Police & Thieves
Keith Hudson: Studio Kinda Cloudy
Ky-mani: The Journey
Lee "Scratch" Perry: Blackboard Jungle Dub
                                History, Mystery, Prophecy
                                Jamaican E.T.
                                Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Corn Bread
                                Scratch Attack!
Lexxus: Mr. Lex
Linton Kwesi Johnson: Reggae Greats
Linval Thompson: I Love Marijuana
LMS: Reality Check
Lone Ranger: Collections
Luciano: Messenger
Lucky Dube: House of Exile
                     Trinity
Macka B: Sign of the Times
Mad Professor: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Professor
Matisyahu: Live at Stubb's
                 Youth
Max Romeo: War ina Babylon
Meditations: For the Good of Man
Michael Prophet: Serious Reasoning
Michael Rose: Happiness: The Best of Michael Rose
Mighty Diamonds: I Need a Roof
Morwell Unlimited Meet King Tubby's: Dub Me
Nasio Fontaine: Reggae Power
Niney the Observer: Observation Station
Paragons: My Best Girl Wears My Crown
Pato Banton: Collections
Peter Tosh: Arise! The Best of Peter Tosh
                  Equal Rights
Prince Far I: Message From the King
                    Psalms For I
Royals: Pick Up the Pieces
Sammy Dread: Road Block
Sanchez: Simply Being Me
              Stays On My Mind
Scientist: Scientist Meets the Space Invaders
Sean Paul: Stage One
Seeed: New Dubby Conquerors
Shaggy: Lucky Day
             Pure Pleasure
Singers & Players: Revenge of the Underdog
Sizzla: Be I Strong
          Black History
          Da Real Thing
          Rastafari Teach I Everything
Sly & Robbie: Drum & Bass Strip to the Bone By Howie B
                      Friends
Spragga Benz: Uncommonly Smooth
Steel Pulse: Rage and Fury
                  Tribute to the Martyrs
Sugar Minott: Happy Together
                     Nice It Up: The Best of
                     Showcase
Ticklah: Ticklah vs. Axelrod
Turbulence: Do Good 
UB40: Labour of Love
Upsetters: The Upsetter Compact Set
U-Roy: Babylon Burning: The Mighty Sounds of U-Roy
Various: Armageddon Time Chapter II
             The Best Reggae Album in the World. . . Ever!
             Big Blunts
             Club Ska '67
             Dancehall Kings
             Reggae 2000
             Reggae Gold 96
             Reggae Gold 98
             Reggae Gold 99
             Reggae Gold 2001
             Reggae Gold 2002
             Reggae Hits 32
             Rockers
             Rodigan's Dub Classics Volume 1
             Ruff Neck
             Stir It Up
             Strictly the Best Volume 20
             Strictly the Best Volume 22
             Strictly the Best Volume 23
             Strictly the Best Volume 26
             Towering Dub Inferno
Vybz Kartel: Up 2 di Time
Wailing Souls: Face the Devil
Ward 21: Mentally Disturbed
Warrior King: Virtuous Woman
White Mice: White Mice
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers: Fallen Is Babylon
                                                          One Bright Day

 

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