Carousel (Marcia Griffiths album)
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| Carousel | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Label | Mango[1] | |||
| Producer | The Jerks (Rafael Vigil, Lawrence Dermer, Joe Galdo) | |||
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Carousel is an album by the Jamaican musician Marcia Griffiths, released in 1990.[2][3] It was her first solo album for Mango Records.[4]
The album peaked at No. 26 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[5] "Electric Boogie", which was originally a hit in 1982, peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6][5] Griffiths promoted the album by touring with the Reggae Sunsplash festival.[7][8] "Electric Boogie" is credited with popularizing the Electric Slide.[9]
Recorded in Florida, the album was produced by Rafael Vigil, Lawrence Dermer, and Joe Galdo.[6] Many sources claim that a version of "Electric Boogie" was written by Bunny Wailer in 1976 or 1980, a statement Griffiths has sought to refute;[10][11] the album contains a house-influenced dub remix of the track.[12][13][14][9][15] According to Griffiths, the first version of "Electric Boogie" was written exclusively for her by Wailer in late 1982, reaching the top spot on the charts in Jamaica in 1983.[16][17][18][19][20]
