Barrington (album)

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Barrington
Studio album by
Released1993
GenreDancehall[1]
LabelMCA[2]
ProducerLee Jaffe, Andre Betts, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare
Barrington Levy chronology
Turning Point
(1992)
Barrington
(1993)
Duets
(1995)

Barrington is an album by the Jamaican musician Barrington Levy, released in 1993.[3][4] It was regarded as a crossover attempt.[5] The first single was "Murder".[6] Levy supported the album with a North American tour.[7]

"Work" and "Vice Versa Love" charted on the UK Singles Chart, at Nos. 65 and 79, respectively.[8]

The album was produced by Lee Jaffe, Andre Betts, Sly Dunbar, and Robbie Shakespeare.[6] A version of "Under Me Sensi" was first recorded by Levy in the 1980s, under the slightly different title of "Under Mi Sensi".[9] Vernon Reid and Betty Wright contributed to Barrington.[10][11] Rakim rapped on "Murderer"; Yomo Toro played cuatro on "Be Strong".[12] "Vice Versa Love" is performed as a ballad.[13]

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