John Holt a fost un cântăreț și compozitor de reggae din Jamaica, care a devenit celebru mai întâi ca membru al formației The Paragons. Ulterior a urmat o carieră solo și, potrivit statisticilor, a devenit cel mai de succes artist solo al legendarei case de discuri Trojan.
Essential Artist Collection pe 2CD prezintă o selecție de piese esențiale ale acestui gigant al reggae-ului. Compilația include piese precum Help Me Make It Through the Night, The Tide Is High sau Ali Baba. Nu lipsesc nici înregistrările cu Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, precum și colaborările cu Dennis Brown și Leroy Sibbles.
Melodii
CD1
1. John Holt - Help Me Make It Through the Night
2. John Holt - Pledging My Love
3. John Holt with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Stealing Stealing (aka Thief in the Night)
4. John Holt - My Heart Is Gone
5. John Holt - Looking Back
6. Jay & Joya - I'll Be Lonely
7. John Holt - I Wanna Dance (May I Have This Dance)
8. John Holt - Anymore
9. John Holt - I Want You Closer
10. John Holt - Morning of My Life
11. John Holt - Sometimes
12. John Holt - What You Gonna Do Now
13. John Holt - I'd Love You to Want Me
14. John Holt - Ungrateful Lady
15. John Holt - Keep It Up
16. John Holt - My Eyes
17. John Holt - In the Springtime
18. John Holt - Tell Me Why
19. John Holt - Ali Baba
20. John Holt - Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You)
21. John Holt - Strange Things
22. John Holt with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Tonight
23. John Holt - The Further You Look (The Less You See)
24. Dennis Brown & John Holt - Wildfire (7" Mix)
25. John Holt - Sweetie Come Brush Me
CD2
1. John Holt with The Tommy McCook All Stars - Sister Big Stuff
2. John Holt - My Desire
3. John Holt - I'll Take a Melody
4. John Holt - Time and the River
5. John Holt - Let's Get It While It's Hot
6. John Holt - Ghetto Queen
7. John Holt - Reggae from the Ghetto
8. John Holt - Riding for a Fall
9. John Holt - All My Life
10. John Holt - Love so Right
11. John Holt - Winter World of Love (It's Cold Outside)
12. John Holt - Memories By the Score
13. John Holt - Have You Ever Been to Heaven
14. John Holt - Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
15. John Holt - Try a Thing
16. John Holt - The Treasure of Love
17. John Holt - I'm the One to Be Blamed
18. John Holt - A Love Like Yours
19. John Holt - You Baby
20. John Holt - You Will Never Find Another Love Like Mine
21. John Holt - I See Your Face
22. John Holt - The Tide Is High
23. John Holt & Leroy Sibbles - Let's Build Our Dreams
24. John Holt - Before the Next Teardrop Falls
25. John Holt - Just the Way You Are
