Album: Stay Positive
Artist: Pato Banton & The Reggae Revolution
1996 IRS Records
CD: 7243 8 31368 2 7

Pato Banton: lead vocals
Raymond Walker: percussion
David Forskins: drums
Amlak Tafari: bass, lead & rhythm guitar (9), Spanish ra (9)
Michal Nanton: keys, backing vocals
Paul Mullings: lead & rhythm guitar
Stephen Morrison: trombone, lead & backing vocals
James Renford: saxes, backing vocals
Colin Markland: trumpet
Martin Philips: flute
Glaspole Sutherland: keys (11)

with:
Sting: lead vocals (13)
Yasmin Alexander: female backing vocals, lead vocals (6, 8)
Ray Beshara: lead & backing vocals (10)
Dree Morray: lead vocals (4)
Everis Pellius: backing vocals (2, 8)
Paul Horton/Ronert Miller/Mark Bruce: programming
Garry Hughes: keys (13), programming (13)
Dominick Millar: guitar (13)
Sally Bradshaw: additional vocals (13)

Children's vocals: Jason Murray, Keiran Murray, Dwaine Murray, David Murray, Jade Miller, Tanya Murray, Denita Thomas, Genika Murray


Produced by Pato Banton & The Reggae Revolution (1, 3-7, 9-12), The Beatmasters (2, 8), Trevor Horn (13)
Original vocal production by Stoker/Michael Railton (13)
Engineered by James Reynolds (2), Clive Goddard (8), Tim Weidner (13)
Mixed by Horton/Banton/Morrison/Nanton, Weidner (13)
Executive producers: Steve Tannett/John Guarnieri
Design by Abraham Pants
Photography by Paul Cox


Tracks:
1. "Now Generation" [Banton]
2. "Groovin'" [E Brigati/F Cavaliere]
3. "Stay Positive" [Banton/Morrison]
4. "Live as One" [Banton]
5. "Sending All My Love" [Banton]
6. "One People" [Banton/Alexander]
7. "Rwanda" [Banton]
8. "One Love" [Banton/Carter/Gianfield]
9. "Ven a Mi Fiesta" [Banton/Tafari]
10. "Gotta be a Change" [Banton]
11. "Deeper Than the Surface" [Banton]
12. "Revelation" [Banton]
13. "Spirits in the Material World" [Sting]

Vocal arrangements: Pellius (2, 8)


Notes: Banton (Patrick Murray) first had success in the early 1980s. He covered "Spirits in the Material World" (as "Spirits in a Material World") on 1990's Wize Up! (No Compromize). The version on this album was recorded with Sting, the original writer, for the film "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" in 1995. It was released as a single and made #36 in the UK in early 1996. Banton later re-recorded the song (without Sting) for a greatest hits album in 2008. (2) then made #14 in the UK singles chart in July that year. (HP, 24 Nov 18)
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