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hit, " Boombastic", which peaked at number 1 on the

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Charts and awards

The album won the

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Track listing

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) (Burrell, Charles, Kelly) – 4:31 # "Forgive Them Father" (Burrell, Crosdale, Dennis) – 3:27 # "Heartbreak Suzie" (featuring Gold Mine) (Burrell, Hawthorne) – 4:09 # "Finger Smith" (Burrell, Crosdale, Dennis) – 3:28 # "

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) (Burrell, Dixon, Livingston) – 3:47 # "Woman a Pressure Me" (Burrell, Crosdale, Dennis) – 3:41 # "The Train Is Coming" (featuring

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) (Boothe, Burrell, Livingston) – 3:41 # "Island Lover" (Burrell, Livingston, Zapata) – 4:13 # "Day Oh" (Attaway, Burgie) – 3:56 # "Jenny" (featuring Budda Junky Swan) (Benoiti, Burrel, Pizzonia) – 4:15 # "How Much More" (Burrell, Kelly) – 3:51 # "Gal Yu a Pepper" (Burrell, Halliburton) – 4:18 ; US Bonus Tracks : 15. "In the Summertime" (Rayvon & The Ripper Remix) - 4:04 : 16. "Boombastic" (Sting Remix) - 4:14

Personnel

* Les King – Engineer * John Raf Allen – Tracking * Ken Boothe – Performer * Kent Bryan – Background Vocals, Tracking * Jake Chessum – Photography * Gemma Corfield – Executive Producer * Paul Crosdale – Tracking * Duley Culture – Background Vocals * Bobby "Digital" Dixon – Producer, Engineer * Bobby Dixon – Producer, Engineer * Tom Dolan – Art Direction, Design * Brian & Tony Gold – Background Vocals * Grand Puba – Performer * Anastas Hackett – Tracking * Dennis Halliburton – Engineer, Mixing, Tracking * Tony Kelly – Producer, Engineer, Tracking * Marty Kersich – Horn Overdubs * Robert Livingston – Producer, Executive Producer, Tracking * Lynford "Fatta" Marshall – Mixing * George "Dusty" Miller – Tracking * Kimbalyn Miller – Background Vocals * Dr. Marshall Murphey – Engineer, Background Vocals, Overdubs, Mixing * Robert Murphy – Engineer, Mixing * Wayne Nicholson – Engineer * Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia – Background Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Overdubs, Mixing * Rayvon – Performer * Glen Ricks – Background Vocals * Wayne Wonder – Performer * Collin "Bulbie" York – Mixing * Robert Zapata – Background Vocals, Producer, Tracking

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

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