''Action!'' is an album by Jamaican

rocksteady Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was the dominant style of music in Jamaica for nearly two years, performed by many of the artists who helped establish ...

and

ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...

group

Desmond Dekker & the Aces Desmond Dekker (16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the earlie ...

that they released in 1968. Singer-songwriter

Desmond Dekker Desmond Dekker (16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the earlie ...

composed all of the tracks, which includes the song "

007 (Shanty Town) "007 (Shanty Town)" is a 1967 rocksteady song by Jamaican band Desmond Dekker and the Aces, released as a single from their debut album of the same name. It was also a hit for Musical Youth in 1983. "007 (Shanty Town)" has been called "the mos ...

Track listing

All songs written by

. #"Mother Pepper" – 2:21 #"Don't Blame Me" – 2:24 #"You've Got Your Troubles" – 3:13 #"Personal Possession" – 2:55 #"Unity" – 2:21 #"

" – 2:38 #"It Pays" – 3:00 #"Young Generation" – 2:08 #"Mother Long Tongue" – 2:09 #"Sabotage" – 2:44 #"Mother's Young Girl" – 2:56 #"Keep a Cool Head" – 2:01

References

1968 albums Albums produced by Leslie Kong Desmond Dekker albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub

Track listing

See also

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