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6142969 | Play | No Peace | 03:31 Tools | |
6142971 | Play | Life Is Not Easy | 04:47 Tools | |
6142970 | Play | Much Smarter | 00:00 Tools | |
6142972 | Play | Woman Is Like A Shadow | 00:00 Tools | |
6142983 | Play | Eclipse | 00:00 Tools | |
6142977 | Play | No Surprises | 00:00 Tools | |
6142974 | Play | Running From Jamaica | 00:00 Tools | |
6142978 | Play | Senorita | 03:14 Tools | |
6142979 | Play | Tricked | 00:00 Tools | |
6142976 | Play | No More Friend | 00:00 Tools | |
6142973 | Play | Carpenter Rebuild | 03:48 Tools | |
6142999 | Play | War Mongers | 00:00 Tools | |
6142991 | Play | Woman Piabba | 00:00 Tools | |
6142988 | Play | Take It Easy | 00:00 Tools | |
6142980 | Play | Think So | 00:00 Tools | |
6142982 | Play | Wake Up | 00:00 Tools | |
6142981 | Play | Turn Me Loose | 00:00 Tools | |
6142975 | Play | Play I | 00:00 Tools | |
6142987 | Play | Miracles | 00:00 Tools | |
6143006 | Play | Hard Life | 00:00 Tools | |
6142985 | Play | Babylon Trap Them | 00:00 Tools | |
6143035 | Play | Take It Easy (Edit) | 00:00 Tools | |
6142992 | Play | Something Looking Good | 00:00 Tools | |
6142997 | Play | Jack On Top | 00:00 Tools | |
6142995 | Play | Forcing Me | 00:00 Tools | |
6142986 | Play | Great Messiah | 02:50 Tools | |
6142993 | Play | Book Of History | 00:00 Tools | |
6142990 | Play | Fly Natty Dread | 00:00 Tools | |
6142994 | Play | Do Mama Do | 00:00 Tools | |
6142989 | Play | Houses Of Parliament | 00:00 Tools | |
6143017 | Play | Slick Chick | 00:00 Tools | |
6143020 | Play | Blackman Redemption | 00:00 Tools | |
6143004 | Play | We Gonna Make It | 00:00 Tools | |
49682916 | Play | For the Good of Man | 00:00 Tools | |
6142996 | Play | Having Fun | 00:00 Tools | |
6143025 | Play | Marriage | 00:00 Tools | |
6143001 | Play | There Must Be A First Time | 00:00 Tools | |
6143013 | Play | Rebounce | 00:00 Tools | |
6143007 | Play | I Love Jah | 00:00 Tools | |
6143000 | Play | Mother Love | 00:00 Tools | |
6143010 | Play | Talk Of The Town | 00:00 Tools | |
6143018 | Play | Fly Your Natty Dread | 00:00 Tools | |
6143003 | Play | Rome | 00:00 Tools | |
6143005 | Play | Justice | 04:37 Tools | |
6143008 | Play | Jungle Feelings | 00:00 Tools | |
6143009 | Play | Stranger in Love | 00:00 Tools | |
6143002 | Play | Rasta Shall Conquer | 00:00 Tools | |
6143021 | Play | Big City | 00:00 Tools | |
6142984 | Play | Take It Easy - Edit | 00:00 Tools | |
6143022 | Play | You Care for Me | 00:00 Tools | |
6143016 | Play | Nice Time | 00:00 Tools | |
6143028 | Play | Changing of the Time | 00:00 Tools | |
6143014 | Play | Ghetto Is A College | 00:00 Tools | |
6143027 | Play | Jungle Feeling | 00:00 Tools | |
6143073 | Play | One Of Us | 00:00 Tools | |
6143183 | Play | What a Bam Bam [Take 2] | 00:00 Tools | |
6142998 | Play | Quiet Woman | 00:00 Tools | |
6143030 | Play | Fuss And Fight | 00:00 Tools | |
6143029 | Play | Rastaman Prayer | 00:00 Tools | |
49682917 | Play | Keep On Moving | 00:00 Tools | |
6143012 | Play | Life Is Not Easy (Alternate Mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
6143026 | Play | Standing On the Corner | 00:00 Tools | |
6143033 | Play | Nyah Man Story | 00:00 Tools | |
6143019 | Play | Bongo Man | 00:00 Tools | |
6143037 | Play | Ram Jam Session | 00:00 Tools | |
6143015 | Play | Groovy Situation | 00:00 Tools | |
6143023 | Play | Great Tribulation | 00:00 Tools | |
6143036 | Play | Man Find It | 00:00 Tools | |
6143031 | Play | Jah Music | 00:00 Tools | |
6143042 | Play | Think So (aka Much More Smarter) | 00:00 Tools | |
6143040 | Play | A Wey Mi Do | 00:00 Tools | |
6143134 | Play | Get Left | 00:00 Tools | |
6143054 | Play | Rasta Love | 00:00 Tools | |
6143078 | Play | Glory Hallelujah | 00:00 Tools | |
6143032 | Play | Rudeboy Corner | 00:00 Tools | |
6143050 | Play | Educated Fools | 00:00 Tools | |
6143092 | Play | Enemies Away | 00:00 Tools | |
6143043 | Play | African Connection | 00:00 Tools | |
6143038 | Play | Stoning Me Away | 00:00 Tools | |
6143034 | Play | changing times | 00:00 Tools | |
6143039 | Play | The Police | 00:00 Tools | |
6143059 | Play | No Surprises (radiohead cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
49682919 | Play | Cry On My Shoulder | 00:00 Tools | |
6143065 | Play | Beautiful Experience | 00:00 Tools | |
49682918 | Play | Run Away Heathen | 00:00 Tools | |
6143172 | Play | Think So (AKA Much More Smarter) | 00:00 Tools | |
49682922 | Play | It's Wrong to Fight | 00:00 Tools | |
6143047 | Play | Only Jah Love | 00:00 Tools | |
6143070 | Play | Reggae Crazy | 00:00 Tools | |
76883669 | Play | Born in War | 00:00 Tools | |
49682921 | Play | Tan Deh | 00:00 Tools | |
49682923 | Play | Pattin' On Shoulder | 00:00 Tools | |
6143087 | Play | Don't Cry | 00:00 Tools | |
6143084 | Play | Make Yourself Happy | 00:00 Tools | |
87022804 | Play | Must Be a First | 00:00 Tools | |
6143060 | Play | Never Desert You | 00:00 Tools | |
6143045 | Play | Stand in Love | 00:00 Tools | |
49682924 | Play | Native American Flute Album | 00:00 Tools | |
6143051 | Play | Rootsman Party | 00:00 Tools | |
6143049 | Play | Excited | 00:00 Tools | |
6143063 | Play | Living On The Edge | 00:00 Tools | |
6143072 | Play | Do Be Down | 00:00 Tools | |
6143077 | Play | Woman Woman | 00:00 Tools | |
6143056 | Play | The More I Try | 00:00 Tools | |
6143062 | Play | Dem a Fight | 00:00 Tools | |
87022805 | Play | Really Have to Worry | 00:00 Tools | |
76883672 | Play | A Wey me Do | 00:00 Tools | |
6143066 | Play | Thankful | 00:00 Tools | |
6143075 | Play | Fuss & Fight | 00:00 Tools | |
6143093 | Play | Moses | 00:00 Tools | |
6143046 | Play | Being a Dread Is No Crime | 00:00 Tools | |
87022806 | Play | Groovy Situation (AKA Being A Dread Is No Crime) | 00:00 Tools | |
6143076 | Play | War Night | 00:00 Tools | |
49682928 | Play | Bourgeois Game | 00:00 Tools | |
49682927 | Play | Rocking In America | 00:00 Tools | |
6143044 | Play | Not Responsible | 00:00 Tools | |
6143108 | Play | Youth Teach Wisdom | 00:00 Tools | |
49682929 | Play | Youth And Youth | 00:00 Tools | |
6143150 | Play | Mister Vulture Man | 00:00 Tools | |
49682930 | Play | Unity | 00:00 Tools | |
6143086 | Play | You Must Believe Me | 00:00 Tools | |
6143133 | Play | Give Praise | 00:00 Tools | |
6143053 | Play | Another Plight | 00:00 Tools | |
6143058 | Play | Traitor | 00:00 Tools | |
6143068 | Play | Cold Sweat | 00:00 Tools | |
49682931 | Play | Man No Better Than Woman | 00:00 Tools | |
49682932 | Play | Pattin On Shoulder | 00:00 Tools | |
6143179 | Play | Tin Sardine | 00:00 Tools | |
6143113 | Play | Melodies From The Night Fisherman | 00:00 Tools | |
49682934 | Play | Poison Dagger | 00:00 Tools | |
6143094 | Play | No More Friend (12inch Mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
6143145 | Play | Wicked Men | 00:00 Tools | |
6143064 | Play | Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49682933 | Play | Stand In Love feat. Flourgon | 00:00 Tools | |
6143095 | Play | Jade River Sampan | 00:00 Tools | |
87022807 | Play | Rome-Message Vinyl | 00:00 Tools | |
6143067 | Play | Man Have to Find It | 00:00 Tools | |
49682936 | Play | Changing On The Time | 00:00 Tools | |
49682937 | Play | Sacral Chakra - Fertility | 00:00 Tools | |
6143074 | Play | Wallah Up | 00:00 Tools | |
6143098 | Play | Peach Garden | 00:00 Tools | |
49682940 | Play | No More Friend (12" Mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
49682938 | Play | Root Chakra - Evolution | 00:00 Tools | |
6143091 | Play | Footsteps In The Snow | 00:00 Tools | |
49682939 | Play | Throat Chakra | 00:00 Tools | |
6143089 | Play | Woman Is Like a Shadow (original 45 mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
6143171 | Play | Early Morning Mist | 00:00 Tools | |
6143140 | Play | When You Go To A Party | 00:00 Tools | |
6143122 | Play | Flight Of The Phoenix | 00:00 Tools | |
6143155 | Play | Heaven And Earth | 00:00 Tools | |
49682941 | Play | 01 - Take It Easy _emg | 00:00 Tools | |
6143085 | Play | Transcendental Meditation | 00:00 Tools | |
6143081 | Play | Pearl Moon | 00:00 Tools | |
49682942 | Play | Brow Chakra - Perception | 00:00 Tools | |
49682944 | Play | 03 - Rebounce _emg | 00:00 Tools | |
49682945 | Play | 06 - I Love Jah _emg | 00:00 Tools | |
49682950 | Play | 01 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49682943 | Play | Crovn Chakra - Divine Bliss | 00:00 Tools | |
6143107 | Play | Lotus Blossom Lake | 00:00 Tools | |
6143132 | Play | Three And Six | 00:00 Tools | |
6143096 | Play | Think So (Much More Smarter) | 00:00 Tools | |
6143057 | Play | No More Friend 12" Mix | 00:00 Tools | |
49682960 | Play | Jailhouse | 00:00 Tools | |
49682976 | Play | Behold | 00:00 Tools | |
6143178 | Play | Groovy Situation (Being A Dread Is No Crime) | 00:00 Tools | |
49682946 | Play | 05 - You Care For Me _emg | 00:00 Tools | |
6143069 | Play | Señorita | 00:00 Tools | |
6143116 | Play | Longest liver | 00:00 Tools | |
49682947 | Play | Solar plexus chakra | 00:00 Tools | |
49682948 | Play | Changing Times-Message Vinyl | 00:00 Tools | |
49682969 | Play | Life Is Not Easy - Extended Mix | 00:00 Tools | |
49682952 | Play | 02 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49682949 | Play | Flying | 00:00 Tools | |
49682965 | Play | No More Friends | 00:00 Tools | |
49682951 | Play | DJ Crystl | 00:00 Tools | |
49682963 | Play | War In A Babylon Kingdom | 00:00 Tools | |
49683004 | Play | Life Is Not Easy (Extended Mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
49682961 | Play | 03 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49682957 | Play | 05 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
6143048 | Play | Get off | 00:00 Tools | |
49682953 | Play | Turn Me Lose | 00:00 Tools | |
49682962 | Play | 04 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49682955 | Play | Side I | 00:00 Tools | |
49682954 | Play | Heart Chakra | 00:00 Tools | |
87022808 | Play | Choice Of Color | 00:00 Tools | |
49682964 | Play | 06 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49683010 | Play | More Money | 00:00 Tools | |
6143112 | Play | She So Shy | 00:00 Tools | |
49682973 | Play | Babylon Trap Than | 00:00 Tools | |
49682958 | Play | Crown Chakra | 00:00 Tools | |
49683002 | Play | Joy and Happiness | 00:00 Tools | |
49682959 | Play | Woman Like A Shadow | 00:00 Tools | |
49683012 | Play | Meditation Radio | 00:00 Tools | |
6143106 | Play | Shadow Man | 00:00 Tools | |
6143083 | Play | Dub So | 00:00 Tools | |
49682971 | Play | 07 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49683014 | Play | Setback | 00:00 Tools | |
49682970 | Play | Fly You Natty Dread | 00:00 Tools | |
49682979 | Play | Being A Dread | 00:00 Tools | |
49682966 | Play | Escape | 00:00 Tools | |
76883678 | Play | So Sad | 00:00 Tools | |
49682977 | Play | War Monger | 00:00 Tools | |
6143080 | Play | Ease Up Fattie | 00:00 Tools | |
76883675 | Play | What Kind Of World | 00:00 Tools | |
49682985 | Play | There Are Better Days Coming | 00:00 Tools | |
49682968 | Play | 甘いアメ(Sweet Candy) | 00:00 Tools | |
49682987 | Play | 08 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49682972 | Play | No Peace/Mediatations | 00:00 Tools | |
6143118 | Play | Transcendetal Meditation | 00:00 Tools | |
49682974 | Play | Serenity | 00:00 Tools | |
49682991 | Play | 09 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49682975 | Play | Native American Flute Laughing Water | 00:00 Tools | |
49682984 | Play | Dirty Bud Laundry | 00:00 Tools | |
6143090 | Play | For Iver | 00:00 Tools | |
49682978 | Play | dj signify | 00:00 Tools | |
49682996 | Play | House Of Parliament | 00:00 Tools | |
49682997 | Play | 13 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49683022 | Play | Relaxing Piano Music | 00:00 Tools | |
49682980 | Play | Scarface | 00:00 Tools | |
49683044 | Play | Special Invitation | 00:00 Tools | |
49683028 | Play | Jah Always Find a Way (feat. Liviti) | 00:00 Tools | |
49683003 | Play | Yoga Groove | 00:00 Tools | |
49683025 | Play | Pretty Little Woman | 00:00 Tools | |
49683027 | Play | Rock With Me Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
49682983 | Play | False Doctrine | 00:00 Tools | |
49682981 | Play | Did You Know | 00:00 Tools | |
49682982 | Play | Talking Love | 00:00 Tools | |
49682986 | Play | Meracile | 00:00 Tools | |
49682988 | Play | The Fatalist | 00:00 Tools | |
49682989 | Play | Breathe | 00:00 Tools | |
49682990 | Play | Inner Peace | 00:00 Tools | |
49683006 | Play | 12 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49683005 | Play | 10 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49683001 | Play | Side II | 00:00 Tools | |
49683009 | Play | 11 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
76883677 | Play | Get over My Girlfriend | 00:00 Tools | |
87022809 | Play | babylon trap dem | 00:00 Tools | |
49683045 | Play | Secret | 00:00 Tools | |
49683026 | Play | Over the Hills and Valleys | 00:00 Tools | |
49682993 | Play | Focus | 00:00 Tools | |
49682994 | Play | Doubtful Love | 00:00 Tools | |
49682995 | Play | No Peace - The Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
6143127 | Play | Life Is Not Easy [alternate mix] | 00:00 Tools | |
49682998 | Play | Body of Ash | 00:00 Tools | |
49682999 | Play | Dead Woman's Jewelry | 00:00 Tools | |
49683008 | Play | Peace | 00:00 Tools | |
49683000 | Play | Scorched Nerve | 00:00 Tools | |
6143164 | Play | Abandon I | 00:00 Tools | |
89095768 | Play | Life Is Not Easy Dub | 00:00 Tools | |
6143115 | Play | Women Is Like A Shadow | 00:00 Tools | |
6143100 | Play | Life is Not Easy/Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
6143079 | Play | Meditations - Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary | 00:00 Tools | |
6143159 | Play | Meditations - The Car Park Before Dawn | 00:00 Tools | |
49683007 | Play | Clair De Lune | 00:00 Tools | |
6143121 | Play | Get Lef | 00:00 Tools | |
49683011 | Play | Relaxation Music | 00:00 Tools | |
49683015 | Play | The Great Messiah | 00:00 Tools | |
87022810 | Play | thattekkad bird sanctuary | 00:00 Tools | |
6143082 | Play | Groovy Situation (A.K.A. Being a Dread Is No Crime) | 00:00 Tools | |
49683013 | Play | Much Smarter/Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49683020 | Play | 14 Disc 01 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49683042 | Play | Woman, Woman | 00:00 Tools | |
6143129 | Play | Wicked Man | 00:00 Tools | |
49683016 | Play | DJ Saga - | 00:00 Tools | |
49683029 | Play | Changing of the Times | 00:00 Tools | |
49683030 | Play | The Car Park Before Dawn | 00:00 Tools | |
49683018 | Play | Sweet Candy | 00:00 Tools | |
49683019 | Play | Native American Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
6143110 | Play | For I'ver | 00:00 Tools | |
49683041 | Play | A Wey Mi Do (Lucifer) | 00:00 Tools | |
49683021 | Play | Koto Meditation | 00:00 Tools | |
49683023 | Play | Spa Dreams | 00:00 Tools | |
49683024 | Play | Exhale | 00:00 Tools | |
87022814 | Play | Sleep Music | 00:00 Tools | |
76883683 | Play | Transcendental Meditation (California - World Pacific 77876 - 1967) | 00:00 Tools | |
6143131 | Play | The Sun and the Moon | 00:00 Tools | |
76883680 | Play | 05 Disc 02 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
76883681 | Play | 04 Disc 02 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
49683031 | Play | The Seduction | 00:00 Tools | |
49683032 | Play | Seniorita | 00:00 Tools | |
6143117 | Play | シナモン | 00:00 Tools | |
87022811 | Play | Version | 00:00 Tools | |
49683033 | Play | Marrige | 00:00 Tools | |
6143148 | Play | Woman Like Shadow | 00:00 Tools | |
49683034 | Play | 03 - hard life | 00:00 Tools | |
87022812 | Play | Pender Street Steppers - Air Care | 00:00 Tools | |
49683035 | Play | Groovy Situation [A.K.A. Being a Dread Is No Crime] | 00:00 Tools | |
49683036 | Play | 02 - jungle feeling | 00:00 Tools | |
49683037 | Play | Heal | 00:00 Tools | |
49683038 | Play | Jazz Meditation | 00:00 Tools | |
49683039 | Play | Mindful Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
6143182 | Play | No More Friend - 12" Mix | 00:00 Tools | |
6143180 | Play | Hope | 00:00 Tools | |
49683040 | Play | 09 - ECLIPSE | 00:00 Tools | |
87022813 | Play | Chakra Meditation | 00:00 Tools | |
6143141 | Play | The Mind's Eye | 00:00 Tools | |
6143149 | Play | Solstice | 00:00 Tools | |
6143158 | Play | Healing Massage Music | 00:00 Tools | |
6143135 | Play | Grace | 00:00 Tools | |
76883684 | Play | 01 Disc 02 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
76883685 | Play | 03 Disc 02 Meditations | 00:00 Tools | |
76883686 | Play | Beautiful Experience (1968) | 00:00 Tools | |
49683046 | Play | Afrikan Connection | 00:00 Tools | |
87022815 | Play | Life Is Not Easy (1978) | 00:00 Tools | |
49683047 | Play | Woman Is Like A Shadow -- | 00:00 Tools | |
49683048 | Play | Reggae Sunsplash | 00:00 Tools |
www.allmusic.com Biographyby Jo-Ann Greene Even by Jamaican standards, the Meditations' early career is convoluted, and both Ansel Cridland and Danny Clarke's careers were already well underway before the pair linked up. Cridland, born in 1951, moved to Kingston as a child, and apprenticed as a jockey. However, he ended up working odd jobs, before deciding to make his career as a singer, and formed the vocal group the Linkers during the rocksteady era. The group's lineup was fluid, but regardless, the Linkers recorded nearly a dozen singles, although none particularly hit with the public. Clarke, a Kingstonian by birth, had sung briefly with the Flames, Alton Ellis' backing group. Another Flame, Sweet P, introduced Clarke to Cridland, and the two became fast friends. By the early '70s, the two were recording as solo artists, even though both much preferred the sound of harmonies. Things finally began coalescing in 1974, when the pair decided to audition together at Channel One. There, Junior Delgado was holding auditions for label head JoJo Hookim. He was blown away by the pair's "Woman Is Like a Shadow," as was another young hopeful, Winston Watson, who offered up his falsetto harmonies on the spot. The embryonic Meditations were now complete, but not yet birthed. "Woman" was recorded, but Hookim, unhappy with the results, refused to release it. The three continued writing and practicing together. Then, in late 1975, Clarke and Watson went down to Federal Studios where Dobby Dobson was holding auditions. Clarke offered up "Babylon Trap Them," and Watson "Woman Piabba"; Dobson recorded them both. Although Cridland supplied backing vocals on both numbers, the songs were released as solo singles. In 1976, the trio cut Cridland's "Tricked," credited to Ansel & the Meditations. That single brought the singers to television and helped snag them their first Caribbean, on a junket that included Culture, the Tamlins, Carl Dawkins, and Leroy Smart. By the end of the year, the group had officially become the Meditations. During this time, they continued steadily recording with Dobson, and released Message From the Meditations, one of the most breath-taking debut albums ever recorded. Virtually the entire album had been, or would soon, be released as singles, from "Woman Is Like a Shadow" (which Dobson had gotten from Hookim, who then promptly released it on 45) through their first recordings for the producer, on through Cridland's seminal "Running From Jamaica" to the breezy "Changing of the Times." 1977 found them at Madison Square Garden with Calypso Rose, then, back home, the trio readied their next album. The seminal Wake Up arrived in 1978, and was again filled with another bundle of hit singles, including "Fly Natty Dread," "Turn Me Loose," and the title track. Intriguingly, the set also included a re-cut "Nyah Man Story," a song that dated from Cridland's days with the Linkers. However, by now, the trio were extremely unhappy with the re-numeration they were receiving from Dobson, and severed their ties with the producer. Lee "Scratch" Perry was keen to pick up the reins. The Meditations had recorded several of Message's tracks at his Black Ark Studio, leaving the producer highly impressed. Although the group would not acquiesce to his demand to produce their next album, they were willing to cut a few singles for him. "No Peace," "House of Parliament," and "Think So" duly followed, with the latter song making quite a splash in Britain, where Island released it on the flip of the Cridland-produced "Life Is Not Easy" single. It was Perry that introduced the Meditations to Bob Marley this same year, a fortuitous meeting that resulted in the trio backing the Wailer on "Rastaman Redemption," "Blackman Redemption," and "Punky Reggae Party." The Meditations provided harmonies for innumerable other artists during the late '70s, notably Jimmy Cliff and Gregory Isaacs. As the decade faded, the trio's star brightened. Marley's Tuff Gong label intended on putting out the Meditations new album, and released the exuberant "Miracles" single. A number of Wailers provided musical accompaniment on that song, as well a clutch of other recordings from this period. Unfortunately, Cridland had a falling out with Tuff's label manager, and with that, the projected album was no more. However, the Meditations did perform two songs at the legendary Peace Concert at Marley's request. It was 1980 before the group finally released their third album, Guidance, which was again filled with classic songs. But by then, international interest in reggae was beginning to wane, while Jamaicans were now under the thrall of the DJs. Three more years passed before the trio returned with another full-length, No More Friend, sublimely backed by the Roots Radics. The set was overseen by Linval Thompson, who had produced a number of the group's singles earlier in the decade, including 1982's "Sit Down & Reason." In 1984, the group recorded a handful of songs, including a re-cut "Quiet Woman" and it's flip "Reggae Crazy," both fired by the Revolutionaries. By the end of the year, the Meditations were no more. Or at least not the original Meditations. Cridland carried on alone as Ansel Meditations, while Clarke and Watson continued as a duo under the Meditations name. Cridland's solo career continued apace, via singles and two albums, 1988's Thunder on the Mountain and 1990's African Vengeance. Later, he joined forces with Yami Bolo for the excellent Tribute to Marcus Garvey album. Meanwhile, the Meditations were making equal in-roads in the States, touring to much success, and finally inking a new record deal with the U.S. Heartbeat label. That resulted in 1988's sublime album For the Good of Man. To the surprise of many fans, some of the set was overseen by Cridland. However, the trio's differences had been more geographical than personal or musical, with Cridland wanting to remain in Jamaica, while his bandmates preferring the greener pastures of the U.S. And so, in 1990, the trio re-formed, and two years later announced the fact on wax with Return of the Meditations. Compilations of their earlier material continued to appear since then, and today the group are seen as elder statesmen of a roots scene that they were so instrumental in defining. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.