''Time'' is a studio album by

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

n musician

Bunny Rugs William Alexander Anthony "Bunny Rugs" Clark , OD (6 February 1948 – 2 February 2014), also known as Bunny Scott, was the lead singer of Jamaican reggae band Third World as well as a solo artist. He began his career in the mid-1960s and wa ...

, the lead singer of reggae band

Third World The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. The United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Western European nations and their allies represented the " First ...

. The album is released on September 11, 2012, by Raw Edge Productions/

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. ''Time'' is Bunny's sixth solo album and it contains 15 tracks. According to Bunny, ''Time'' is a mixture of

lovers' rock Lovers' rock is a style of reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content. While love songs had been an important part of reggae since the late 1960s, the style was given a greater focus and a name in London in the mid-1970s.Larkin, Col ...

and social commentary. The album title ''Time'' came from Bunny's own belief which is, "if you don't have respect for time, you don't have respect for yourself."Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2011)
It's Time says Bunny Rugs
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'', 1 May 2011, retrieved 12 September 2012 In an interview in April 2011, Bunny Rugs stated that he had already been working on the album for three years. "Land We Love", this song shows that Bunny's tribute to his homeland Jamaica, its 50th year of independence. Not only reggae lovers, “It’s Time”, “Just Deny”, “We’ve Got The Formula” and “Settling Down”, these plaintive love songs in the album are attractive to soul aficionados as well.

Track listing

References

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