Reggae's Greatest Hits Volume 10 (Heartbeat, 1995)

Along with Volume 4, this is one of the best of the Reggae's Greatest Hits series that I've heard.  You certainly get more bang for your buck here, with 17 tracks (two of which are actually two songs in one), featuring big names like Dennis Brown, Black Uhuru, Peter Tosh, the Mighty Diamonds, Prince Far I, Culture, and Junior Byles.  Super-producers Errol Thompson and Joe Gibbs, who were behind all of the tunes on this album, could, of course, attract such big names with their talent behind the scenes, but lesser-known artists -- Leo Graham's fun love song "A Win Them," along with the classic, swimming "Rockers" by Glen Washington (who made a comeback some 20 years after the fact), and a couple of old-fashioned, rural, folksy tunes from Dennis Walks and The Ethiopian -- outshine most of the superstars (Although they are all popular, I have never fallen in love with "Maga Dog," "Money in My Pocket," or "Heavy Manners."), save perhaps for the Mighty Diamonds' dreamy "Ghetto Living."  Almost everything is solid here, though, as the rootsy Volume 10 presents an appropriately strong end to the series. 

Track Listing
1. Rent Man / Resident Area -- Black Uhuru & Jah Grundy
2. Heavy Manners -- Prince Far I
3. Rockers -- Glen Washington
4. Rockers Dub -- Joe Gibbs and The Professionals
5. Navel String -- Dennis Walks
6. Band Yu Belly -- The Ethiopian
7. Maga Dog [Version 2] -- Peter Tosh
8. Money in My Pocket / Cool Running -- Dennis Brown & Prince Mohammed
9. Natty Pass Him Gce -- Shorty the President
10. A Win Them -- Leo Graham
11. Heart and Soul -- Junior Byles
12. Burn Babylon -- Sylford Walker
13. Ghetto Living -- The Mighty Diamonds
14. In a Jah Children -- Dhaima
15. Things Not So Nice -- Ronald and Karl
16. Dem a Pyaka -- Culture
17. Ram It -- Kojak and Liza