Sweet-voiced Kevin Anthony Jackson, better known
as Sanchez, cut his first sides in the second half of 1987. Already at the beginning
of the following year he managed to become the number one singer of love songs in
reggae music, underlined by the release of two fine albums : "Loneliness" and
"Sweetest Girl". In a short period of time Sanchez became extremely popular amongst
the - mainly female - reggae fans and broke big in the U.K. where every single release
seemed to be a guarenteed chartbuster. The fans loved him, but there were also many
others who underrated his skill and talents because of his singing so many cover
songs, which actually resulted in the not so flattering title "King Of Cover".
However, throughout his more than one decade spanning career Sanchez has unmistakably
made clear that he is also capable of delivering fine self-penned songs, lovers songs
as well as reality tunes such as the excellent "South Africa".
His latest 17 track release is a nice blend of lovers "You Make My Day",
"Love Me Forever" an excellent combination with Nadine Sutherland, "Let True
Love", "Special Kind Of Light" and it's DJ version "Cha Cha"
featuring Flourgon who has been always a great combination partner for Sanchez, covers
like the Luther Vandross "I'd Rather", the Hollies "He Ain't Heavy He's My
Brother", the Belltones titletrack of this album, "What About Me", and
Mr.Doo produced "Her Love" with vocoder(!), self-penned anti-war and violence
songs current single "World Peace", "Gun Town" and "Rude Boy" a
superb relick of Bob Marley and the Wailers' "Soul Rebel as well as album
closing ballad "Love & Unity". The tunes here are produced by longtime musical
collaborators Lloyd Campbell who is responsable for 8 tracks, Dean Fraser, who did 6
tunes, Mr. Doo, Oniel Clark and Jason Sterling. Musicians on board include Mafia &
Fluxy, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Lyn, Donald Dennis, Mikey Chung, Dean Fraser, and others.
The combination of swell arrangements, strong material, and Sanchez' voice make "No
More Heartaches" another excellent album from reggae's top crooner.
Souljah
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