''Night Nurse'' is a 1982 studio

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Gregory Isaacs Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD (15 July 1951 – 25 October 2010)Thompson, p. 127. was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in ''The New York Times'', described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".Miles, Milo (1992),RECORDI ...

. ''Night Nurse'' is reggae artist Gregory Isaacs' most well-known album. It contains his biggest hit, " Night Nurse" as well as several other notable tracks. Backing came from the

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, with additional synthesizer added by

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. The album was released on vinyl and cassette, then later in 1990 on

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. It reached No. 32 on the

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. A reissue released in 2002 includes four additional bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gregory Isaacs and Sylvester Weise. # " Night Nurse" – 4:04 # "Stranger in Town" – 3:32 # "Objection Overruled" – 3:56 # "Hot Stepper" – 4:29 # "Cool Down the Pace" – 5:16 # "Material Man" – 3:34 # "Not the Way" – 3:49 # "Sad to Know (You're Leaving)" – 4:12

Bonus tracks on CD 2002 reissue

# "Cool Down the Dub" # "Night Nurse Dub 2" # "Cool Down the Pace" - (10" mix) # "Unhappy Departure Dub" #" No Good Girl" - (10" mix)

Personnel

*Gregory Isaacs - vocals ;The Roots Radics * Errol "Flabba" Holt - bass guitar, associate producer * Lincoln "Style" Scott - drums * Dwight "Brother Dee" Pinkney - lead guitar *

Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont Eric Lamont (23 September 1955 - 31 December 1993), better known as Bingy Bunny, was a Jamaican guitarist and singer who recorded with the Roots Radics and The Morwells as well as recording solo material. He is regarded as one of Jamaica's most ...

- rhythm guitar * Wycliffe "Steelie" Johnson - keyboards with: *

- Prophet synthesizer, synthesizer ;Technical *

Errol Brown Lester Errol Brown MBE (12 November 1943 – 6 May 2015) was a British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. In 2004, Brown received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contributi ...

- engineer *Godwin Logie - mixing at

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, Nassau, Bahamas *Don Taylor Artist Management - direction *Stylo Rouge - art direction *Johnnie Black - photography

Certifications

References

1982 albums Gregory Isaacs albums Mango Records albums Island Records albums {{reggae-album-stub