Bonafide

Performer: Maxi Priest
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Maxi Priest (vocals); Danny Browne (guitar, piano); Stanley Andrews (guitar); Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, John Taylor, Steven Hussey, Ivan Hussey, Howard Ball, William Benham, Elen Blair, Yoli Phale, Pamela Crawford, Sara Lowenthal (strings); Ray Carless (saxophone, horns); Barbara Snow (trumpet); Rass Brass, Dean Frasier (horns); Leo Grant, Robbie Lyn (keyboards); E. Thompson (vibraphone); Leroy "Mafia" Haywood (bass, keyboard bass), Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson, Robbie Shakespeare (bass); Cleveland "Clevie" Browne (drums); Sly Dunbar (drums, programming); Handel Tucker (drum programming, keyboards, bass); Peter D, Nellee Hooper, Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie (drum programming, keyboards); Louis Jardim (percussion); Nadine Sutherland, Beverly Skeete, Claudia Fontaine, Cleveland Watkiss, Janis Hoyte, Paul Robinson, Brian Gould, Tony Gould, Donald Campbell, Toyin Adeale, Kimberly James, Derrick Cross, Fullmess, J.C. Lodge, Pam Tucker, Hall Tucker, Stanrick Tucker, Junior Tucker (background vocals). Producers include: Geoffrey Chung, Augustus "Gussie" Clarke, Sly Dunbar, Handel Tucker, Jazzie B, Nellee Hooper. Engineers include: Sylvester Gordon, Courtney Small, Paul Rabiger. Priest scored a #1 pop hit with "I Just Want to Be Close to You" from this album, which is more pop/R&B with a reggae touch than it is real reggae. ~ Ron Wynn

Of Jamaican descent but born and raised in the U.K., Maxi Priest released his first album (YOU'RE SAFE) in 1985, but it wasn't until his 1988 self-titled breakthrough, with its reggae-inflected cover of Cat Stevens's "Wild World," that Maxi Priest gained significant attention. Fusing elements of R&B, pop, and reggae into a smooth, radio-ready concoction, Maxi Priest is regarded as one of the best latter-day practitioners of lovers rock. The artist released a number of albums throughout the '90s and into the 2000s. As a British reggae artist, Maxi Priest achieved the rare feat of landing a number-one slot on the American Billboard chart with his 1990 single, "Close to You."

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