Beres Hammond

Performer: Beres Hammond
Artist: Sly Dunbar
Engineer: Chris Daley; Ruddy Thomas
Producer: Willie Lindo; Beres Hammond; Franklyn Bubbler Waul; Willie Lindo; Beres Hammond
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Beres Hammond (vocals, background vocals); Beres Hammond; Willie Lindo (guitar, drum programming); David Madden, Dean Fraser, Nambo Robinson (horns); Franklyn Waul (piano, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, drum programming, background vocals); Gladstone Anderson, Sidney Mills (piano); Malcolm Williams (synthesizer); Lloyd Parks (bass guitar); Sly Dunbar (drums, programming, drum programming); Michael Richards (drums); Carl Ayton (drum programming); Pam Hall, Boris Gardiner (background vocals); Dwight Pinkney (guitar); Robert Lyn (piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, drum programming); The Tamlins (background vocals). Audio Remixers: Willie Lindo; Douglas Grama. Recording information: Aquarius Recording Studios, Jamaica, Jamaica; Dynamic Sounds, Kingston, Jamaica. Arrangers: Willie Lindo; Beres Hammond; Franklyn Waul. A nifty little album of lovers rock, Beres Hammond is as unassuming as its title and steady throughout, with Beres Hammond's wise, soulful singing giving these songs a tremendous sincerity. Recorded in 1992 and produced by guitarist Willie Lindo, the album features some impressive backup, including the Tamlins on harmonies, Gladstone Anderson on piano, horn man Dean Fraser, the Sly & Robbie rhythm section, and guitarist Dwight Pinkney. Highlights include "Teeny Weeny Little Lovin'" (kind of a dumb title, but the song works in spite of it), "Lovely Day," and "If Only I Knew," although everything here has the same no-frills, comfortable appeal, all driven by Hammond's easy, subtle phrasing. No one in Jamaica sings love songs better than this man. ~ Steve Leggett

One of the finest Lovers Rock artists to follow in the wake of the original late-'70s/early-'80s boom, Beres Hammond found popularity as a reggae artist by continuing to sing in a more traditional soul-driven vocal style, as opposed to the commercially viable dancehall patois that dominated contemporary reggae. After struggling to make a name for himself in the 1980s, Hammond hit it big in the '90s--especially in the U.K.--with a series of hits that saw him pairing with dancehall stars such as Buju Banton, Shabba Ranks, and Shaggy.

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