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'Girls Fiesta' is a notable album by Ranking Dread, released in 1978. It is celebrated for its vibrant mix of dancehall and reggae styles, featuring energetic rhythms and engaging lyrics that reflect the lively Jamaican party scene. The album showcases Ranking Dread's unique vocal delivery and charismatic presence, which helped solidify his place in the dancehall genre.

Ranking Dread was as much of a myth and enigma as he was a music man and badman. But today he remains the connoisseur’s Dee Jay, admired for his slick style and delivery and compared to other noteworthy DJ’s of the time, can be seen as crucially under-recorded, having only released 4 albums and a handful of singles in his recording career. 'Girls Fiesta' is Ranking Dread’s first album, originally released in 1978 and contains some tough Linval Thompson rhythms taken from various Linval productions, most notably his 'Love Is The Question' album.

TRACK LISTING

1. God Blessed The Children
2. Natty Dread Is A Struggler
3. Poor Man
4. Girls Fiesta
5. Africa
6. Natty On The Rock/Death Trap
7. Sister Lorna
8. Kirlburn Lane
9. Marijuana Soul
10. Ranking Ting