Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking LP

Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking LP (Survival Research/Australia)

Genre: Reggae, John Peel faves, teen hits

Mood: Feel good confidence

They Say:

Limited repress. Reissue, originally released in 1978. The only album by Althea & Donna, a Jamaican reggae duo active between 1977 and 1979, mostly known for the number one hit "Uptown Top Ranking". "Uptown Top Ranking" was a song by Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity.