Inner Circle, also known as The Inner Circle Band or The Bad Boys Of Reggae, is a Jamaican group formed in Kingston in 1968. Group originally composed of brothers Ian and Roger Lewis but also Stephen Coore and Michael Cooper .
Group which makes its debut alongside the group 'The Chosen Few' on the song “Why can’t I touch you”, a title which will unfortunately go somewhat unnoticed…
Just like their first albums namely “Dread reggae hits” in 1973, “Heavy reggae” in 1974, “Reggae thing” in 1976 and “Ready for the world” in 1977, albums which produced Singles but not classified…
We had to wait for the album “Everything is great” in 1979 to see them finally achieve their first successes, notably with the titles “Everything is great” and “Stop breaking my heart”.
Relapse during the 80s with the albums “New age music” in 1980, “Something so good” in 1982, “One way” in 1987 and “Identified” in 1989. Once again there will be production of Singles but with the success of more limited...
Business resumed in 1990 with the release of the album “Black Roses”, an album which mainly produced the title which bears the name of the album a year later in 1991.
But that's without counting on the release of the album "Bad to the bone" in 1992, an album which was a real global hit and literally exploded their notoriety internationally thanks to the enormous Single "Sweat ( A la la la la long).”
New successful album “Reggae dancer” two years later in 1994, an album which will allow them to win a second prestigious star with the title “Games people play”.
The album “Da bomb” which was released in 1996 was also popular with the public but in a more moderate way and narrowly escaped thanks to the Single which bears the name of the album.
Other albums and other Singles were released subsequently but only experienced a very relative level of success.
To discover or rediscover...
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Discography (among others...) :
70s Decade :
Why can I touch you 1970
I see you 1972
Dog and bone 1973
Duppy gunman 1974
You make me feel brand new 1974
Your kiss is sweet 1975
Jah music 1976
Tired fe lick weed in a bush 1976
All night till daylight 1977
Everything is great 1979
Music machine 1979
Stop breaking my heart 1979
Mary Mary 1979
We 'a' rockers 1979
80s Decade :
We come rock to you 1980
New age music 1980
Disciple child 1980
Summer in the city 1980
Something so good 1982
Groovin’ in love 1986
Computer style 1986
Massive girl 1986
One way 1987
Black and white 1989
Bad boys 1989
90s Decade :
Black roses 1991
Sweat (A la la la la song) 1992
Rock with you 1992
Bad to the bone 1993
Bad boys 1993
Games people play 1994
Summer jammin' 1994
Whip it (With my love) 1995
Da bomb 1996
I think I love you 1996
Tell me (What you want me to do) 1997
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da 1998
Not about romance 1998
2000s Decade :
One day Christian 2005
No cocaine 2008
Down in Africa 2009
Candy girl (Sugar sugar) 2009
Dis life 2009
2010s Decade :
Young, wild and free 2013
Fall in love 2014
News carrying dread 2015
Light my fire 2017
2020s Decade :
Riches wii a pree 2021
Tracks :
1970...a first title which immediately shows more than obvious potential in this young group. Now all they have to do is take advantage of all this potential to gain strength...
1972...a new title which shows that this group has everything it takes to do great things. Obviously a good omen for the future of events...
1973...for the moment they are more content to assist other singers than anything else but we have to give time to time as they say...
1974...the group will take back his destiny in his hands in the middle of the 70s, a takeover which is the beginning of their real adventure...
1974...title after title, year after year, the group proves that he has everything to be among the elite of his field...
1975...for the moment their talent does not pay off more than that in the Charts but there is a time when the efforts will end up paying off...
1976...in any case they do everything necessary to pass the level of recognition, real recognition. It's just a matter of time...
1976...a sound and a style that fit perfectly with the times so there is no reason why it wouldn't end up paying off in one way or another...
1977...no improvement on the Charts side for the moment but that doesn't discourage them in any way. And history will show that they are right to believe it...
1979...they had to wait until the end of the decade to obtain a first classified title but this time was the right one in any case !
1979...a year 1979 which finally saw them take off after years of waiting. So in music you have to know how to be patient...
1979...a year 1979 rich in titles of more than certain quality. The group is on cloud nine and making the most of this precious moment...
1979...it now remains to be seen whether they will succeed in amplifying this success over the following decade or if, on the contrary, this famous success will melt away like snow in the sun...
1979...for now everything is going well in the best of all possible worlds and they would be really wrong not to take advantage of these precious moments...
1980...unfortunately it's the melting snow version on the Charts side that will happen to them at the very beginning of the 80s. Cruel reversal of fortune...
1980...frankly a shame because the end of the previous decade had been very favorable to them. After all, nothing is decided at this stage...
1980...rare to see Intimist in this very particular musical field and yet this is indeed the case with this new title...
1980...the very beginning of the 80s which saw them hanging on as best they could thanks to titles of nonetheless significant quality...
1982...afterwards even good will is no longer enough at this stage. They will therefore have to ask themselves the right questions about their short-term future...
1986...we lost sight of them for almost 4 years and here they are back in the middle of the 80s in a form that we would describe as relative...
1986...relative but sufficient to continue to exist a little. For how much longer, that's a good question...
1986...it is clear that their musical style is no longer as trendy as before and it will therefore be difficult for them to avoid a planned exit from the road, to say the least...
1987...at least that's what we can imagine at this moment in history. But you never know, in music, miracles remain possible...
1989...an obvious evolution in style but also in sound seems to be taking shape at the very end of the 80s. Finally...
1989...they will at least try to move on to the next decade even if fate continues to be hard on them, it is clear...
1991...and history will prove them right ! Because they are going to make a spectacular return to racing at the very beginning of the 90s...
1992...a return that no one believed in anymore and yet they will prove with THIS title that in music you should never give up. Here they will quite simply achieve their biggest global success and de facto obtain their direct ticket to posterity at the same time. HU-GE !
1992...they will manage to do almost as well with this new title and prove resoundingly that they are indeed back !
1993...it must be said that we really had a hard time understanding why the 80s had been so unfavorable to them because they had not done anything wrong, far from it...
1993...but as they say everything happens at the right time and the greatest successes are often built over the long term...
1994...it would have been a damn shame if they threw in the towel prematurely because they would have missed the point. Really well done, little guys !
1994...a first half of the 90s which saw them achieve several world-class successes with disconcerting ease, to say the least...
1995...we would have liked it to last like this for a long time but all the best things come to an end and they will learn it the hard way from this title...
1996...everything is not over, far from it, but let's not lie, they will never again be able to regain the incredible level of success they experienced at the start of the decade...
1996...but once again they will decide not to give up and as history has already proven them right previously they tell themselves that everything is still possible...
1997...on principle who would blame them ? They will still have to ask themselves certain questions regarding the transition to the next decade if it takes place of course...
1998...they still managed to get a few small hits here and there which proves that there is still hope for them in this story...
1998...a decade of the 90s which is ending but which still clearly proved that this group had its place in the Elite...
2005...we will lose sight of them for almost 7 years but here they are once again faithful to the post. And this to the delight of their core fans...
2008...a decade of the 2000s where they will not be very present in the end and which will not help bring them back into the race, that's clear...
2009...they still continue to produce a few titles from time to time just to remind you that they still exist at least...
2009...still an exceptional longevity for a group which began its career during the 70s...
2009...few groups from this musical field and from the same era as them are still there today which further underlines the feat achieved...
2013...new decade to add to the clock, one more ! They will go as far as they can and it doesn't matter if there is success or not...
2014...there will be no more success this decade than in the previous one but that doesn't bother them that much in the end...
2015...the main thing for them now is to simply have fun in what they do. And in principle they are absolutely right !
2017...a desire to believe in it until the end which undoubtedly commands respect. After how long will they still last like that, good question...
2021...they will even attempt the transition to the next decade, who would have thought it possible ? In any case we imagine that this title will certainly not be the last one knowing them...
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