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+Aswad biography
+Aswad is arguably Britain's most successful reggae band, in terms of both popularity and longevity. Critical opinion of their body of work is often divided. Some hail their early material as the greatest roots reggae Britain ever produced, beginning with their 1975 self-titled debut, which highlighted the plight of the immigrant Jamaican in the unfamiliar and often hostile environment of '70s London. Others find their later pop-crossover phase more distinctive and unique, when they shifted to funk and soul, resulting in the U.K. chart-topper Don't Turn Around. Regardless, Aswad's ability to adapt themselves to the changing times -- new musical trends, shifting personnel -- was ultimately the driving force behind their decades-long career. Aswad (the name is Arabic for black) was formed in Ladbroke Grove, West London, in 1975. Originally, the group was a quintet featuring lead vocalist/guitarist Brinsley Dan Forde (a native of Guyana and a onetime child actor on the BBC), drummer/vocalist Angus Drummie Zeb Gaye, bassist George Ras Levi Oban, guitarist Donald Benjamin Griffiths, and keyboardist Courtney Hemmings. Their sound was rather eclectic from the beginning, mixing elements of soul, jazz, and funk with hard roots reggae, lovers rock, and dub. In 1976, Aswad became the first British reggae band to sign with a major label when they landed a deal with Island Records. Their debut single, the classic Back to Africa, was released that year and hit number one on the U.K. reggae singles chart. Their self-titled debut album -- a collection chronicling the experiences of London's West Indian immigrant community -- followed not long after, and the group scored another hit with Three Babylon. By this point, Aswad already had enough of a reputation that touring Jamaican stars -- Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Black Uhuru -- often hired the group as backing musicians. Hemmings subsequently left the band and was replaced by Tony Gad Robinson. In 1978, Aswad moved over to the independent Grove label and issued the single It's Not Our Wish, which was followed by their second album, the rootsier Hulet (later licensed for release by Island). Oban left the group in 1980, at which point Gad switched from keyboards to bass. Also in 1980, Forde appeared in the film Babylon, whose soundtrack featured the Aswad classic Warrior Charge. Toward the end of the year, Aswad signed an even bigger major-label contract with CBS, and debuted with 1981's acclaimed New Chapter, a bright, soul-inflected, intricately arranged record that balanced classic and modern sounds. The singles Love Fire and the non-LP Finger Gun Style found some success that year, yet New Chapter wasn't quite the breakout commercial hit that both band and label had hoped for; the punk era and its fascination with reggae were waning, and the record was somewhat underpromoted. Aswad stripped back their sound on the 1982 follow-up, Not Satisfied, but it too met with relative commercial indifference, and the group parted ways with CBS. Before the end of that year, Aswad issued a one-off single, the classic Roots Rockin', on their own Simba label, and subsequently returned to Island on the Mango subsidiary. Their next release was the concert set Live and Direct, which appeared in 1983; by this time, the core group had been reduced to a trio of Forde, Gad, and Zeb, augmented by a horn section featuring saxman Michael Bami Rose and trumpeter Eddie Tan Tan Thornton. Aswad's next studio outing was 1984's Rebel Souls, which featured their first British pop chart singles in Chasing for the Breeze and the Toots & the Maytals cover 54-46 That's My Number. The 1986 follow-up To the Top found them flirting with dancehall on the singles Bubblin' and Kool Noh. Having enjoyed some degree of crossover success, Aswad overhauled their approach and unmistakably went gunning for the charts with 1988's Distant Thunder. A lighter, poppier effort closer to mainstream R&B, Distant Thunder climbed into the British Top Ten as its lead single, a reggae cover of the Luther Ingram soul number Don't Turn Around, went all the way to number one on the U.K. pop charts. Both album and single also made the Top 50 on the U.S. R&B charts, and in 1994, Don't Turn Around would be covered for an international smash by Ace of Base. The follow-up, Give a Little Love, fell just short of the British Top Ten, and a non-LP single, On and On, made the Top 20 in 1989. Aswad attempted to consolidate their commercial breakthrough on their next album, Too Wicked, which was recorded in Jamaica with producer Gussie Clarke and released in 1990. However, in spite of a guest spot from dancehall star Shabba Ranks, a host of club-friendly beats, and a minor hit in Next to You, the record failed to match its predecessor's sales. Aswad returned in 1994 with Rise and Shine, which restored their commercial standing in Britain with the Top Five hit Shine, and also earned them their first Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album. 1997's Big Up attracted somewhat less notice, and for 1999's Roots Revival, the group made a partial retreat from crossover material, covering several rocksteady classics and spotlighting guest vocals from Algerian rai star Cheb Mami. Forde left the group in 2000, and Gad and Zeb continued as a duo. Angus Gaye, aka Drummie Zeb, died on September 2, 2022 at the age of 62.

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+Review of A New Chapter of Dub by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: A New Chapter of Dub
+Release year: 1982
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 9 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Dub Fire
+Flikaflame
+Truth
+Bammie Blow
+Tuffist
+Shining Dub
+Zion I
+Natural Progression
+Ghetto in the Sky
+
+Review: The strongest album of Aswad's CBS period, a powerful roots-and-culture program entitled New Chapter, was followed shortly by what would turn out to be the strongest dub album of several that were produced during the group's career. A New Chapter of Dub was produced by Aswad in collaboration with the up-and-coming dubmeister Mikey Dread (credited here as Michael [Reuben] Campbell), whose work as a radio DJ had made him a household name among London's West Indian expatriate population even before he began establishing himself as a top studio producer. A New Chapter of Dub finds him digging deep into the traditional bag of dubwise production tricks, using echo, drop-out, and delay in ways that had been pioneered by King Tubby, but applying those effects in a wanton and sometimes exaggerated way in a manner more reminiscent of Lee Scratch Perry, an approach that sometimes anticipated developments that would emerge as much as a decade later. On Flikkaflame, for example, the intensified snare drum echoes that Aswad and Campbell impose on the mix anticipate effects that would become commonplace in jungle mixes of the early '90s; the heavily flanged guitar on Shining Dub, on the other hand, harks back explicitly to the glory days of the Black Ark. A New Chapter of Dub remained commercially available long after the deletion of New Chapter from the Sony catalog; however, the original album was reissued on CD in 2002, making it possible for the first time to own both on CD. Highly recommended.

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Aswad – Aswad Showcase review.txt

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+Review of Aswad Showcase by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Aswad Showcase
+Release year: 1981
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 4 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Back to Africa
+Three Babylon
+It's Not Our Wish
+Rainbow Culture
+Warrior Charge
+Babylon
+
+Review: Those who know Aswad as the slick pop-reggae group responsible for such crossover hits as Don't Turn Around and The Best of My Love may not recognize them in this collection of early singles, which begins with Back to Africa (1976) and ends with Babylon (1980), the latter of which was recorded shortly before the band's big major-label break and their slow evolution from hardcore roots-reggae practitioners to pop-dancehall fave raves. Despite the militant lyrics of songs like Back to Africa and Warrior Charge, the music here is very smooth and mellow, perhaps too much so. Brinsley Forde's jazzy vocals are clearly influenced by Steel Pulse frontman David Hinds, and the languid tempos and relatively complex chord progressions sometimes seem at odds with the songs' confrontational messages. An exception to that tendency is the bracing Rainbow Culture, which proceeds at a brisk tempo and features an eerie background vocal chant. As the album title indicates, the songs are presented in showcase style, with a dub version following each vocal version without pause.

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+Review of Aswad by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Aswad
+Release year: 1976
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 8 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+I a Rebel Soul
+Can't Stand the Pressure
+Ethiopian Rhapsody
+Natural Progression
+Back to Africa
+Red Up
+Ire Woman
+Concrete Slaveship
+
+Review: Aswad's debut on Mango is still one of the band's strongest efforts. Nicely displaying the group's jazz-tinged, roots reggae sound, Aswad features such vocal highlights as Can't Stand the Pressure and Concrete Slaveship, as well as the fine instrumental Red Up. And while not as successful as their British peers Steel Pulse, Aswad still qualifies as one of the best roots outfits to emerge outside of Jamaica. A fitting start to the band's long and impressive run.

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Aswad – Aswad vs The Rhythm Riders review.txt

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+Review of Aswad vs. The Rhythm Riders by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Aswad vs. The Rhythm Riders
+Release year: 2006
+Label: Paras Group International / Liaison Music / Liaison Records Dist.
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 8 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Rudeboy
+City Lock
+Dubbit
+This Sound
+Give Me a Sign
+Under Palm Trees
+Monotic
+Come with the Love
+African Children '06
+Keep It Raw
+Natural Progression
+Survive
+
+Review: For more than three decades now, Aswad have persisted as one of England's most popular and consistent reggae acts. To a significant degree, the group's staying power can be attributed to its principled flexibility: without ever losing touch with its reggae roots, the band has effectively incorporated dancehall, techno, pop, and R&B elements into its sound, gradually creating a smart and complex hybrid sound that appeals to a wide variety of listeners. This album, on which Aswad collaborate with British techno duo the Rhythm Riders (Danny Briottet and Tim Bran), is a classic example of Aswad's approach. Everywhere is fusion and experimentation -- the zippy and slightly jungly Come with the Love, a sort of soca-house update of the band's early classic African Children, the dreamy, almost ambient Under Palm Trees -- but nowhere does this sound like anything other than an Aswad album. What the Rhythm Riders bring is a particular warmth and funkiness, along with an electro edge that nicely complements Aswad's natural tendency toward slick modern roots reggae. Guests include DJs Brother Culture, Soloman (who delivers a fine speed rap on Come with the Love), and Sweetie Irie. Very, very nice.

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Aswad – Big Up review.txt

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+Review of Big Up by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Big Up
+Release year: 1997
+Label: Mesa / Bluemoon / Atlantic
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 6 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Lay This on You
+Babe
+Runaway
+One Shot Chiller
+Hurry Love
+What I Know
+Without You
+If I Was
+Push
+Rock Solid
+Danger in Your Eyes
+Roxanne
+Ring It
+
+Review: One of the first British bands to popularize the the rhythms of Jamaica in Europe, Aswad continues to draw on its roots influence and expand its sound on BIG UP with dancehall rhythms and rich vocal harmonies. On several tracks it's easy to think you're hearing a dancehall remix of the Beach Boys or the Beatles (they even quote the fab four in Hurry Love.) While Without You and Danger In Your Eyes have a more traditional reggae feel, both rhythmically and lyrically, One Shot Chiller is tailor-made for the dance floor. The band even enters Barry White territory on Push. Rock Solid is based on a New Jack R&B rhythm, complete with scratching. And if you need further proof of the evolutionary steps that reggae has gone through in the past thirty years, look no further than their cover of the Police's (a band they performed with often) Roxanne--a black British reggae band covering a white British New Wave band appropriating a traditional Jamaican style.

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Aswad – City Lock review.txt

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+Review of City Lock by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: City Lock
+Release year: 
+Label: Cooking Vinyl
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing:

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+Review of Distant Thunder by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Distant Thunder
+Release year: 1988
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 6 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+The Message
+Don't Turn Around
+Set Them Free
+Smokey Blues
+I Can't Get Over You
+Give a Little Love
+Tradition
+Feelings
+International Melody
+Bittersweet
+Justice
+
+Review: A crossover album geared toward a non-reggae audience.

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+Review of Dub: The Next Frontier by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Dub: The Next Frontier
+Release year: 1995
+Label: Mesa
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 6 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+2 Makes 1
+Fever
+Warriors
+Shine
+Day by Day
+Deeper Than Deep
+Rhythm of Life
+Give Me a Reason
+Pickin' Up
+So Good
+Warriors
+Dancehall Mood

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+Review of Firesticks by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Firesticks
+Release year: 1993
+Label: Island
+Genre: ReggaePop/Rock
+
+Track listing:
+Warrior Re-Charge
+Smokey Blues
+Fire
+On and On
+Smile [Ragga Mix)
+Next to You
+Help Me Cross Over
+Don't Turn Around
+Best of My Love
+Set Them Free
+Hang on Baby
+Chat to You
+Old Firestick
+Gotta Find a Way
+Warrior Charge

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+Review of Hulet by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Hulet
+Release year: 1978
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 2 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Behold
+Sons of Criminals
+Judgement Day
+Not Guilty
+Can't Walk the Streets
+Corruption
+Playing Games
+Hulet

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Aswad – Jah Shaka Meets Aswad in Addis Ababa Studio review.txt

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+Review of Jah Shaka Meets Aswad in Addis Ababa Studio by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Jah Shaka Meets Aswad in Addis Ababa Studio
+Release year: 1988
+Label: 
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing:
+Addis Ababa
+Shaka Special
+Aswad Special
+Rockers Delight
+Drum Dub
+Behold H.I.M.
+Creation

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Aswad – Live Direct review.txt

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+Review of Live & Direct by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Live & Direct
+Release year: 1983
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 6 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Not Guilty
+Not Satisfied
+Your Recipe
+Roots Rocking
+Drum and Bass Line
+African Children
+Soca Rumba
+Rockers Medley: Ease Up/Your Love's Gotta Hold on Me/Revolution/Wa ...
+Love Fire
+
+Review: This compiles several group favorites. A solid live outing.

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Aswad – New Chapter review.txt

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+Review of New Chapter by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: New Chapter
+Release year: 1981
+Label: Sony Music Distribution
+Genre: ReggaePop/Rock
+Rating: 9 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+African Children
+Natural Progression
+Ways of the Lord
+I Will Keep on Loving You
+He Gave the Sun to Shine
+Tuff We Tuff
+Didn't Know at the Time
+Zion
+Ina Your Rights
+Candles
+Love Fire
+
+Review: New Chapter was one of the career highlights for Aswad, and one of the stronger undiluted reggae albums to appear on a major label in the early '80s. The group at this point had command of several qualities that not many reggae acts were able to combine all at once: strong soulful harmonies, modern squiggly and swooping electronic effects, tight rhythms, a sweetly mournful brass section, and a variety of repertoire that ran from politics and pride to devotion and romance. The result was not only a good record, but also one that contained considerably more variety than much reggae by other artists of similar renown. The vocal harmonies and snazzy horns dovetailed with each other especially nicely on Natural Progression, while I Will Keep on Loving You and Didn't Know the Time showcased the group's skill with tuneful ballads that could have found snug homes with American soul vocal groups. The 2002 CD reissue on Columbia/Legacy adds four tracks from 1981 12 singles: Finger Gun Style and its dub version (titled Dub Style), and an extended version of Ways of the Lord and its dub version (titled Ways of the Dub).

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+Review of Next to You by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Next to You
+Release year: 1990
+Label: 
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing:

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+Review of Not Satisfied by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Not Satisfied
+Release year: 1982
+Label: Legacy / Columbia
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 8 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Oh Jah
+Drum and Bass Line
+Not Satisfied
+Reality
+African Children, Pt. 2
+Pass the Cup
+I Need Your Love
+No More Living a Lie
+Down the Line
+Your Recipe
+Girl's Got to Know
+Unsatisfied
+Oh Jah
+Pass the Cup
+Pass the Dub
+
+Review: Much to the shock of all involved, New Chapter did not prove to be the breakout album everyone assumed it would be. Aswad returned to the studio chastened, but not bowed. Accompanying them were most of the sessionmen who had contributed to New Chapter, along with producer Michael Campbell (aka Mikey Dread). The result was a natural continuation of their sound, but insidiously, Not Satisfied would sound lighter than their last effort, at least superficially. Songs like Pass the Cup and Down the Line, in particular, were bright and breezy numbers, while No More Living a Lie was dance-inflected with a decidedly pop edge. I Need Your Love, Reality, and Your Recipe all waved the lovers rock banner; African Children (Part Two) was a lovely ballad filled with acoustic guitars; and Girl's Got to Know was filled with lush melody. Even harder numbers, like the jittering title track, were masked in a sweet melody, while Drum and Bassline sizzles off into the dancehall before quickly pulling back into a rootsier room. It seemed that Aswad was deliberating dulling their musical edge in order to reach the mainstream. But contrarily, some of their prettiest numbers contained their hardest-hitting lyrics. Reality is insistent that You've got to stand up now and face reality; Girl is adamant about That girl has got to know that all life's riches cannot be found in vanity; while the roots reggae Oh Jah is filled with suffering. And underpinning all the tracks are the tough rhythms, whose slamming beats are evident even in the lovers rock numbers. While New Chapter had reveled in innovation and hybridization, dense arrangements, and intense electronic effects, Not Satisfied streamlined Aswad's sound. Not as breathtakingly creative, but in honing their style and focus the songs have arguably greater impact. And in reality, the innovation was still continuing, as this reissue makes clear. Included on the set are Unsatisfied and the dub of Oh Jah, both of which were initially pressed onto a 10 single which was included with the first 8,000 copies of the album. The 12 single version of Pass the Cup and its flip side dub also feature as bonus tracks. It's on these songs that the band really lets loose. Unsatisfied, in particular, is extraordinary, a massive slab of sludge that intensifies the original's disquiet, coagulating into pools of melody that are brought to the boil by the crashing beats and ominous keyboard line. Aswad was still capable of shocking creativity, even if commercial success eluded them for the moment.

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+Review of Rebel Souls by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Rebel Souls
+Release year: 1984
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 9 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+In My Father's House
+Rebel
+54-46 Was My Number
+Just a Little Herb
+Rainfall, Sunshine
+Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
+You Can't Show Me
+Gave You My Love
+I Asked the Question
+Need Your Love (Each and Every Day)
+Chasing for the Breeze
+
+Review: Good covers of Marvin Gaye and Toots Hibbert classics.

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Aswad – Renaissance review.txt

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+Review of Renaissance by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Renaissance
+Release year: 1988
+Label: Stylus Records
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing:

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+Review of Rise and Shine Again! by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Rise and Shine Again!
+Release year: 1995
+Label: Mesa / Bluemoon / Atlantic
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 4 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Day by Day
+Shine
+Fever
+You're No Good
+2 Makes 1
+Warriors
+World of Confusion
+Pickin' Up
+Give Me a Reason
+Deeper Than Deep
+Dancehall Mood
+So Good
+Heartbeat
+Lay My Troubles Down
+Shine
+Warriors
+
+Review: Not content with releasing an excellent album, Mesa and Aswad have taken said album, revised it, brightened it, added assorted alternate and remix versions, tuned up all of the songs, and put it out again. It's still an excellent collection of reggae numbers, with an accent on dancehall, though the collection now sounds quite a bit more commercial and punchy. For those looking for something more on the commercial tip, but still worth airing.

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+Review of Rise and Shine by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Rise and Shine
+Release year: 1994
+Label: Rhino
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 4 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Day by Day
+Shine
+Fever
+2 Makes 1
+Warriors Charging
+World of Confusion
+Pickin' Up
+Give Me a Reason
+Deeper Than Deep
+So Good
+Heartbeat
+Lay My Troubles Down
+Shine
+Rhythm of Life

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+Review of Roots Revival by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Roots Revival
+Release year: 1999
+Label: ARK 21
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 8 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+The Best Times of Our Lives
+Freedom Street
+Caution
+Boom Boom Carnival
+Follow '99
+Take It Easy
+Roots Revival
+Breakout
+Peace Truce
+My Love
+Thank You Lord
+Invisible Sun
+The Best Times of Our Lives
+
+Review: Roots Revival is an apt title for this album, since Aswad's greatest successes have been as a pop-reggae crossover band, most notably with the huge 1988 hit Don't Turn Around. On this one the group returns to its roots with a vengeance. The sound is still pretty slick, but the material includes a remake of Ken Boothe's rocksteady classic Freedom Street, two seldom-covered Bob Marley tunes (Caution and Thank You Lord), a decent cover of the Police's Invisible Sun (featuring Sting in a guest appearance), and a bunch of relatively roots-wise new originals. The only remaining members of the band, Drummie Zeb and Tony Gad still have a great melodic sense, as evidenced on the smooth and silky Follow '99 and the churning Breakout. But the rhythms are deep and compelling as well, resulting in a sound that will move them in the dancehall even as it pleases more roots-oriented fans.

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+Review of Shine by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Shine
+Release year: 
+Label: Bubblin'
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing:

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+Review of To the Top by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: To the Top
+Release year: 1986
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 9 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Pull Up
+Wrapped Up
+Bubbling
+Noh Bada Wid It
+Gimme the Dub
+Nuclear Soldier
+Kool Noh
+Star of My Show
+Hooked on You
+
+Review: Contains the wonderful single Bubbling and good vocal harmonies.

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+Review of Too Wicked by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: Too Wicked
+Release year: 1990
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 4 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Fire
+Next to You
+Best of My Love
+Confidential
+Gotta Find a Way
+Just Can't Take It
+Dancing on My Own
+Smile
+Love Won't Leave Me
+Got to Get (To Your Loving)
+Old Firestick
+Hang on Baby

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+Review of You're No Good by Aswad
+Artist: Aswad
+Album title: You're No Good
+Release year: 1995
+Label: Atlantic
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing:

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+Black Uhuru biography
+The most successful of the second-generation reggae bands, Jamaica's Black Uhuru maintained their high quality despite numerous personnel changes throughout their many decades together. The first reggae band to win a Grammy award (for their 1983 album Anthem), Black Uhuru offered a dynamic and progressive sound during their 1970s and early-'80s heyday. Led by mainstay Derrick Duckie Simpson, a reunion of the group's earliest lineup enjoyed renewed critical acclaim in the early '90s with albums like Now and Strongg before fragmenting into warring factions and a lawsuit that gave Simpson possession of the band name, which he continued to use into the new millennium on 2001's Dynasty. Aside from some collaborative appearances between Simpson and '80s-era member Michael Rose, the remainder of the 2000s yielded only rumors of a long-awaited Black Uhuru album, As the World Turns, which wouldn't see the light of day until 2018. In celebration of their 50th anniversary, Black Uhuru released their next album, New Day, in 2022. The band, whose name comes from the Swahili word meaning freedom, was formed in 1972 in the Waterhouse district of Kingston by Simpson, Don Carlos, and Rudolph Garth Dennis. Initially playing under the name Black Sounds Uhuru, they eventually shortened it to its more familiar version five years later. When the group experienced difficulties securing a record contract, Spencer left to pursue a solo career and Dennis joined the Wailing Souls. Simpson, who remained the thread throughout Black Uhuru's evolution, reorganized the band with Errol Jay Wilson and quivery-voiced lead vocalist Michael Rose. Accompanied by the rhythm section of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, who would become the pioneering production duo Sly & Robbie, Black Uhuru created a sound that made them a match for any reggae ensemble. Their debut album, Love Crisis, released in 1977, included the anthemic hit I Love King Selassie. Three years later, the album was remixed and released as Black Sounds of Freedom, the first under the Black Uhuru banner. With the 1981 addition of harmony singer Puma Jones, a Black woman who held a Master's degree from Columbia University and was a former member of the female group Mama Africa, Black Uhuru entered their most commercially successful period. In addition to recording a critically lauded sophomore studio album, Red, and an exciting live album, Tear It Up, the group reached its peak with the release of Anthem in 1983. Remixed for release in the United States, the remade version was re-released in Europe shortly afterward. Although the album received a Grammy for Best Reggae Recording, internal problems caused the band to splinter the following year. Rose was replaced by soundalike Junior Reid. Jones and Reid remained with the band until 1989. Although Reid left when visa problems prevented him from touring, Jones, who was replaced by Janet Olufunke Reid, was forced to step down after being diagnosed with cancer. She died on January 28, 1990 and was buried in her home state of South Carolina. The original three members -- Simpson, Carlos, and Dennis -- reunited at the beginning of the '90s to record a successful string of albums as a trio. Beginning with 1990's Now, Black Uhuru enjoyed a renewed period of commercial and critical success rivaling their heyday a decade earlier, logging three more Grammy-nominated albums in Iron Storm (1991), Mystical Truth (1993), and Strongg (1994). By 1996, however, the band had again fractured with Simpson and dub poet Yasus Afari using the band's name in Europe and Carlos and Dennis simultaneously touring the U.S. as Black Uhuru. Following a legal battle, Simpson won ownership of the name in 1997 and relaunched the group yet again, this time with Jennifer Nyah Connelly and Andrew Bees. This version of the band managed a pair of albums including Unification (1998) and 2001's highly regarded Dynasty, which revisited the band's early-'80s sound and included Sly & Robbie. Things remained relatively quiet for the band in the 2000s, with Bees returning to his solo career in 2003 and Simpson joining up with '80s-era singer Michael Rose to tour as Black Uhuru feat. Michael Rose for several years in the middle of the decade. In 2012, after years of rumors regarding a new release, Simpson, Bees, and singer Kay Starr completed sessions for an album that was to be called As the World Turns. It was later discovered that the master files for the recording had been corrupted, leaving all but one track unusable. They soldiered on for a few more years, with young reggae singer Jojo Mac briefly joining the band between 2014 and 2016. With Simpson and Bees fronting the group, Black Uhuru recorded the long-delayed album and As the World Turns finally saw release in 2018, 15 years after their previous studio album. The group's next album arrived much more quickly. In 2022, to celebrate Black Uhuru's 50th anniversary, Simpson and Bees enlisted a handful of new collaborators including Dylan's Dharma, Baharat Karmakar, and King Hopeton to record New Day. While Simpson has continually served in a bandleader role, this was the second straight release to heavily feature him on lead vocals.

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+Review of Anthem by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Anthem
+Release year: 1984
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 5 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+What Is Life?
+Solidarity
+Black Uhuru Anthem
+Try It
+Botanical Roots
+Somebody's Watching You
+Bull in the Pen
+Elements
+Party Next Door
+
+Review: During the period when Black Uhuru featured both Michael Rose and Puma Jones, the group increasingly incorporated elements from outside of reggae tradition into their roots-based music. Thanks to Sly & Robbie's rhythmic presence and studio wizardry, though, the band was successful at pushing the envelope without losing their reggae credibility. Unfortunately, the line was crossed during the production of Anthem. For one thing, the crossover musical strategies deployed on the album are blatant. The radio single Solidarity was the first track recorded by the group that was not self-penned. It features a sugary synthesizer melody, and other tracks utilize a rocking rhythm guitar lead (What Is Life?) or an R&B song structure (Elements). Still, the fault lies primarily with the sound mixing, which purposefully de-emphasized the bass while adding trendy pop flourishes. Since Anthem won the first reggae Grammy in 1984, this strategy served its purpose, but the mix on Anthem pales in comparison to the mix on the short-lived import version. By foregrounding the bass sound and emphasizing more time-honored instrumentation, the import's mix makes reggae powerhouses out of Try It and Botanical Roots and infuses the import single, Party Next Door, with a truly infectious and danceable spirit. In this mix, the album's pop innovations do not overpower the music's roots connection, and Island eventually endorsed it as the original mix on the Liberation anthology. That collection completely snubs the domestic versions, featuring every Anthem cut in its import mix, often in a previously unreleased full-length version. In essentially reissuing the import album this way, Liberation displays Black Uhuru's music in the most advantageous light. The domestic release of Anthem, however, remains as a permanent document of reggae's commercial growing pains.

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+Review of As the World Turns by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: As the World Turns
+Release year: 2018
+Label: Black Uhuru
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing:
+As the World Turns
+Spectrum
+Stronger
+War Crime
+Stand Alone
+Betrayal
+Jah Guide
+Chalice
+Jamaica Herbman
+Ganja Baby
+Five Star General
+Police & Thief
+Bone Alone
+Slaughter
+Live & Learn

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+Review of Black Sounds of Freedom by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Black Sounds of Freedom
+Release year: 1981
+Label: Shanachie
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 8 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+I Love King Selassie
+Satan Army Band
+Time to Unite
+Natural Mystic
+Eden Out Deh
+Love Crisis
+African Love
+Hard Ground
+Willow Tree
+Sorry for the Man
+
+Review: Formed in 1974, Black Uhuru had been recording singles exclusively when the trio joined forces with the highly regarded reggae producer Prince Jammy for their debut album, Black Sounds of Freedom (originally released in a different mix and titled Love Crisis). Although not quite in a class with subsequent treasures like 1981's Red and 1982's Chill Out, this engaging date (which Shanachie reissued on CD in 1990) has all of Uhuru's trademarks: haunting themes, addictive grooves, and deeply spiritual lyrics based on the Rastafarian faith. Longtime followers of the group (whose 1977 lineup included Michael Rose, Errol Nelson, and original member Duckie Simpson) will be more than familiar with such heartfelt classics as I Love King Selassie, African Love, and Satan Army Band. These songs point to the fact that in 1977, Uhuru were well on their way to becoming the reggae powerhouse they would be in the '80s.

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+Review of Black Uhuru by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Black Uhuru
+Release year: 1981
+Label: Virgin
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 9 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Shine Eye Girl
+Leaving to Zion
+General Penitentiary
+Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
+Abortion
+Natural Reggae Beat
+Plastic Smile

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+Review of Brutal Dub by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Brutal Dub
+Release year: 1986
+Label: Ras
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 6 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Let Us Dub
+Dub in the Mountain
+Brutalize Me With Dub
+City Dub
+Dub You Haffe Dub
+Robbery Dub
+Uptown Dub
+Visions of Dub
+Dub It With You
+Conviction or a Dub
+
+Review: This dub version of Black Uhuru's 1986 Brutal benefited from a great mixing job by Scientist, whose snaking patterns and boosting of Robbie Shakespeare's bass illuminated the appeal of the original production and songs. Guitarists Frank Stepanek and Daryl, plus rhythm guitar ace Willie Lindo and synthesizer master Tyrone Downie, played brilliantly, and percussion and horn support was seamlessly integrated. Even those who find dub unappealing or distracting should be hooked by this fine release.

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+Review of Brutal by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Brutal
+Release year: 1986
+Label: RAS Records
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 6 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Brutal
+Fit You Haffe Fit
+Great Train Robbery
+City Vibes
+Uptown Girl
+Conviction of a Fine
+Dread in the Mountain
+Let Us Pray
+Vision
+Reggae With You
+
+Review: Brutal, Black Uhuru sing on the album's title track, the whole world is brutal. And so it must have seemed to Duckie Simpson and Puma Jones in 1985. The previous year, the group had won a Grammy for their album Anthem, but they'd crashed from such dizzying heights in a matter of months. The pair were left in the lurch when founding member and main song writer Michael Rose quit to pursue his solo career, and their relationship with Island Records came to an equally unsatisfactory conclusion. Regrouping, the duo brought in Junior Reid, a bit of synchronicity, as the singer had often worked in the past with Don Carlos, himself a founding member of Uhuru. More telling, however, was Reid's last project, Worry Struggle & Problem, a trio that also included Sugar Minott. Reid would bring an unexpected dancehall feel to the roots masters. Signing to RAS, and with Sly & Robbie and a party's worth of other musicians in tow, the trio set to work on the Doctor Dread-produced Brutal. Sadly, it's the production that lets down, and although Dread did his best to recapture the Taxi sound so integral to the group's previous albums, the best he can create is a kind of Taxi-lite. Producer Arthur Baker, in contrast, brought his own trademark sound to Great Train Robbery, a masterpiece of beats, screaming guitar solos, and electronic wizardry wrapped around a stunning new wave arrangement. Of course, it was a club hit, although the trio were almost incidental to the song itself. Urban fans were satiated by the title track, while Let Us Pray and Fit You Haffe Fit were aimed straight at the heart of the dancehall crowds. An older Jamaican audience apparently was catered for by Vision and Reggae With You. This pair drew the trio deep into the island's past, the '60s in the former's case and early reggae in the latter's. Reggae, with its upbeat lyrics and just happy to dance attitude, seems particularly surreal coming from a formerly classic dread band. Only Ducky Simpson's Conviction or a Fine returns the group to their previous rootsy stylings. Brutal may have garnered Uhuru another Grammy nomination, but it boded badly for the future. Their last few albums had been almost as eclectic, but they had been built around unique hybridizations, not a pastiche of styles. Here, only Dread in the Mountain is a successful blend of genres, elsewhere the trio's trademark roots are overwhelmed. And the less said about Jones' foray into disco territory the better. But for all its flaws, there's still moments of greatness within.

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+Review of Chicago 84 by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Chicago 84
+Release year: 2008
+Label: Taxi
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing:
+Shine Eye Gal
+Plastic Smile
+I Love King Selassie
+Solidarity
+Darkness
+What Is Life?
+Sponji Reggae
+Abortion
+General Penitentiary
+Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
+World Is Africa

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+Review of Chill Out by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Chill Out
+Release year: 1982
+Label: Mango
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 9 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Chill Out
+Darkness
+Eye Market
+Right Stuff
+Mondays
+Fleety Foot
+Wicked Act
+Moya (Queen of I Jungle)
+Emotional Slaughter
+
+Review: Arguably the best of Black Uhuru's electrofied albums, even if its predecessor Red was the bigger sell, Chill Out is a seminal blend of styles and cultures. Produced by Sly & Robbie at Channel One Studio in Jamaica, and again backed by the Revolutionaries, ironically the album's greatest beneficiaries were the Riddim Twins, who were rocketed to international fame upon this record's release. They deserved it though, and Chill Out remains as much a tribute to their talent as the vocal trio's. Shakespeare lays down the sinuous bass which provides the foundation for the record's rootsy sound. The four guitarists, three leads, plus Ranchie McLean's reggae riffing, flit across the grooves and genres, touching down on funk, blues, R&B, and rock along the way. The pianists and Wally Badarou's synth add atmosphere, with Dunbar's heavy beats, combining drums with electro syndrums, add a throbbing pulse to the proceedings. The sound is extremely dense, but the producers still found plenty of space for Black Uhuru's sublime vocals. Over, under, and around the band, the electronic effects whoosh, pulling the album from its island roots, and planting it firmly in an international environment. This is most notable on the title track, which blends rootsy rhythms with a dance beat, and urban stylings with a tinge of world music. Darkness is an equally adept meld of roots with new wave touches. If the album's A-side is weighted more towards the crossover crowd, the flip is rootsier in orientation, even if it, too, is awash in electronics. Several of the songs, minus the studio wizardry, would slot nicely into the group's late-'70s repertoire, particularly Mondays and Wicked Act. The most affecting and effective track, however, is the ghetto misery of Emotional Slaughter, which Sly & Robbie sympathetically arrange as a showcase for Michael Rose's superbly heartfelt vocal performance. On Chill Out, the vocalists, band, and producers came together as one, and created more than a masterpiece; the album remains a stunning legacy for all involved.

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+Review of Dynasty by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Dynasty
+Release year: 2001
+Label: Sanctuary / Ras
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 8 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Liberation 2000
+Mother of Iration
+Stability
+Dread to Be Rasta
+Prophecy
+Bone Alone
+Proselyte
+Top of the Pop
+Psychopathic Drunkies
+Unfair Game
+Evil Spiritual Gangster
+Gathering Time
+
+Review: Dynasty is a shameless return to the classic Black Uhuru sound of the 1980s, complete with vintage '80s reggae rhythms provided by Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, just like in the old days. By now the only remaining original member of the group is singer Derrick Gong Simpson (formerly known as Derrick Duckie Simpson); lead vocals are now handled by Michael Rose sound-alike Andrew Bees Beckford, while the female vocal parts come courtesy of Puma Jones sound-alike Pam Hall. All of this could have added up to a stale rehash of former glory, if it weren't for the fact that Beckford and Simpson are both in fine voice, the songwriting is as strong as ever, and Sly & Robbie can still crank out the crucial rhythms with all the strength and creativity of youth. Highlights on this fine return to form include the typically dread and unsparing Psychopathic Drunkies and Dread to Be Rasta, as well as the stern Proselyte, which berates false Rastas everywhere. The band that years ago told you to quit smiling so much is now back with a vengeance. Highly recommended to all fans of modern roots reggae.

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+Review of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
+Release year: 1981
+Label: Heartbeat / New Rounder
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 9 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Shine Eye Gal
+Leaving to Zion
+General Penitentiary
+Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
+Abortion
+Natural Reggae Beat
+Plastic Smile
+
+Review: Generally acknowledged to be Black Uhuru's masterpiece as well as one of the defining documents of roots reggae, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (originally released on the Taxi label under the title Showcase in 1979, then reissued as Black Uhuru in 1980) was the first album to feature singer Puma Jones as a member of the group's vocal trio lineup, and it was also their first with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. These additions gave the group a tremendous lift: Jones' keening, almost North African-inflected voice became an instantly identifiable part of Black Uhuru's sound, and the chugging rhythms supplied by Dunbar and Shakespeare were the perfect instrumental accompaniment. True to its original title, this collection of singles and new tracks is presented in showcase style; each track is followed without pause by a dub version. Leaving to Zion and General Penitentiary are typical of Black Uhuru's lyrical concerns, and lead singer Michael Rose's sharp tenor voice and wordless ululations convey a sense of dark foreboding; on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner he sounds like a muezzin calling the faithful to prayer and repentance. Highly recommended.

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+Review of Iron Storm Dub by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Iron Storm Dub
+Release year: 1992
+Label: Mesa / Bluemoon
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 6 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Tip of the Iceberg
+Breakout
+Bloodshed
+Trouble
+Iron Storm
+Dance Hall Vibes
+Statement
+Colourblind Affair
+Tip of the Iceberg
+
+Review: Ever since its earliest incarnation as a standard male vocal harmony group, Black Uhuru's uncompromising Rasta nationalism has set the band apart from most of its peers. In those days, Black Uhuru was an inspiring force within the reggae subculture. Then two things happened: first, one of the male singers was replaced by the American expatriate Puma Jones, who contributed her unique and eerie female voice to the mix. Second, the band teamed up with the legendary rhythm section of drummer Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, thus creating one of the most popular and influential reggae units in the world. Puma, tragically, died of cancer in the late 1980s; the trio of singers went all-male again and split with Sly & Robbie, and the resulting group has made fine records, but nothing to rival its groundbreaking early work. Iron Storm Dub is the dub version of Iron Storm, an album of relatively straight-ahead (if rather slick-sounding) modern reggae. The dub versions collected here are excellent-echoing drums, disappearing guitars and the occasional otherworldly shards of vocals drifting and bouncing through the mixes, to greatest effect on tracks like Breakout and Dance Hall Vibes. Two versions of the wanky Tip of the Iceberg, however, is two more than the world really needed. Recommended primarily for fans.

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+Review of Iron Storm by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Iron Storm
+Release year: 1991
+Label: Mesa / Bluemoon
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 5 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Tip of the Iceberg
+Bloodshed
+Colourblind Affair
+Dance Hall Vibes
+Statement
+Tip of the Iceberg
+Iron Storm
+Breakout
+Trouble
+Colourblind Affair
+
+Review: Decent but not essential, Iron Storm falls short of the type of excellence one associates with Black Uhuru. This isn't a bad album by any means, but it's less than a listener expects from the original lineup of Don Carlos, Garth Dennis and Duckie Simpson. The CD's more memorable cuts include Tip Of The Iceberg (which boasts a poignant rap by distinguished guest Ice-T), the painfully honest Bloodshed and the moving title song. But for all its strong points, Iron Storm is a CD that only completists and the more devoted Uhuru fans should acquire. For novices, Chill Out or Red would be a better place to start.

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+Review of Live in New York City by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Live in New York City
+Release year: 1988
+Label: Rohit Records
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing:
+Brutal
+Great Train Robbery
+Medley
+Medley
+Fit
+Let Us Pray
+Anthem
+Emotional Slaughter
+Solidarity

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+Review of Live by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Live
+Release year: 1995
+Label: Sonic
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 8 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Eden
+Peace and Love
+Army Band
+What Is Life?
+Anthem
+Crack
+So Many Years
+Thinking About You
+Imposter
+Freedom Fighter
+Hey Joe
+
+Review: Recorded during a 1994 tour by the fourth lineup of one of reggae's longest-running acts, featuring band founder Derrick Duckie Simpson and vocalists Don Carlos and Garth Dennis--both of whom had been in early versions of the band before the classic Michael Rose-Puma Jones lineup of the late '70s and early '80s--BLACK UHURU LIVE is one of the most exciting live reggae albums of the '90s. Reaching back into the Rose-Jones songbook for Uhuru classics like Anthem, as well as sterling versions of more recent material like the rude-boy updating of the American garage-rock anthem Hey Joe, the trio are in excellent voice, and the backing band, led as always by the rhythm section of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, smokes throughout. Excellent stuff.

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+Review of Love Crisis by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Love Crisis
+Release year: 1977
+Label: Third World
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 6 out of 10
+
+Track listing:

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+Review of Love Dub by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Love Dub
+Release year: 1994
+Label: Rohit Records
+Genre: ReggaeInternational
+Rating: 4 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Far East
+Crisis For
+Satan Army Band
+Unity With
+Natural
+Selassie In
+Out of the Sixteen
+Willow Weep
+Sorry for the Man
+African

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+Review of Mystical Truth Dub by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Mystical Truth Dub
+Release year: 1993
+Label: Mesa / Bluemoon
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 4 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Questions
+Bassline
+Slippin' Into Darkness
+Give My Love
+Don't You Worry
+Dreadlock Pall Bearers
+One Love
+Payday
+Ozone Layer
+Living in the City
+Young School Girl
+Mercy Street
+Slippin' Into Darkness
+Dreadlock Pall Bearers
+Living in the City
+Mercy Street
+
+Review: Despite its title, Mystical Truth Dub isn't completely a dub album. Several songs, including a cover of War's Slippin' Into Darkness, are complete with vocal tracks. The bulk of the album, though, consists of dub versions of songs from Mystical Truth, and sometimes these are complete, radical reworkings of the originals. Stripped of all but a handful of vocals, Dreadlock Pall Bearers becomes a dark, ominous dirge, while Young School Girl becomes a lolling, hypnotic groove. The band's cover of Peter Gabriel's Mercy Street is superb, with just the right mixture of atmospherics and grooves. Unfortunately, few of the album's tracks are as compelling. One Love and Pay Day are both too padded with goopy synthesizers and lyrics that border on treacle to really work. Too many others are lacking in the drama and tension that make dub truly gripping, and instead come off as little more than pleasant background music. For a true introduction to how magnetic Black Uhuru's dub work can be, The Dub Factor would be a far wiser choice.

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+Review of Mystical Truth by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Mystical Truth
+Release year: 1993
+Label: Mesa / Bluemoon
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 8 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Questions
+Bassline
+Slippin' into Darkness
+Give My Love
+Don't You Worry
+Dreadlock Pall Bearers
+One Love
+Payday
+Ozone Layer
+Living in the City
+Young School Girl
+Mercy Street
+
+Review: The Grammy Award winning Black Uhuru has undergone many transformations and personnel changes in its 20-plus year career. As soon as the reggae world is ready to write the band off as a sweet memory, founder Duckie Simpson comes back with more. The group returned in the '90s with an incredible line-up after Simpson convinced original group member Garth Dennis (who had left to join the seminal reggae group Wailing Souls) and well-respected reggae singer Don Carlos to join its ranks. This set further establishes Black Uhuru as the ultimate (if not only) synth-reggae crew. A heavy reliance on digital trickery adopted while under the guidance of Sly and Robbie is still present, though arguably not as effective as in the band's Island Records era. Highlights include the strangely titled Dreadlock Pall Bearers (which is nothing more than a re-recording of the band's own Time to Unite from its first album of the late '70s) and Living in the City. Simpson and crew prove here that, in a reggae world diluted with liberal doses of sex and violence, there is still a voice of reason.

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Black Uhuru – New Day review.txt

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+Review of New Day by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: New Day
+Release year: 2022
+Label: LAW Records
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing:
+Jamaica to Here
+Helltown
+I Can See the Light
+Brand New Day
+Just Begun
+Gal Next Door
+Hold You
+Nine Star General
+Top Rankin'
+Scorching Day
+Colour Blind Love Affair

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Black Uhuru – Now Dub review.txt

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+Review of Now Dub by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Now Dub
+Release year: 1990
+Label: Rhino / Mesa / Bluemoon
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 6 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Reggae Rock
+Hey Joe
+Peace & Love
+Take Heed
+The Heathen
+Thinking About You
+Freedom Fighter
+Army Band
+Imposter
+Word Sound
+
+Review: POSITIVE DUB, the dub companion to Black Uhuru's previous album, was a sedate affair in the manner of Burning Spear's GARVEY'S GHOST: simple instrumental versions of the songs with a minimum of effects or studio trickery. 1990's NOW DUB could not be more different. A head-spinning collection of up-to-the-minute sound collages, NOW DUB is as exciting a dub album as Black Uhuru has ever made, and in some ways is preferable to its vocal counterpart. The highlight is the opener, Reggae Rock, a startling early work by UK dub mixer A Guy Called Gerald that's like a blueprint for trip-hop and jungle, the defining British dance music styles of the '90s. The pie-eyed deconstruction of Hey Joe--yes, a reggae version of the old garage-rock standard--is even more extreme, sounding like Lee Scratch Perry at his wildest. The other eight tracks are nearly as exciting.

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+Review of Now by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: Now
+Release year: 1990
+Label: Mesa / Bluemoon
+Genre: Reggae
+Rating: 6 out of 10
+
+Track listing:
+Heathen
+Peace and Love
+Army Band
+Take Heed
+Reggae Rock
+Thinking About You
+Imposter
+Freedom Fighter
+Word Sound
+Hey Joe
+
+Review: Black Uhuru has gone through more than their share of personnel changes over the years, yet maintained a distinctive, easily recognizable sound. By the time the enjoyable, though not outstanding, Now was recorded in 1990, Uhuru had reverted to their original mid-'70s lineup of Don Carlos, Garth Dennis and Duckie Simpson. Whether revisiting familiar classics like Satan Army Band and The Heathen, or offering new material on Imposter, Freedom Fighter, and the catchy Reggae Rock, the reggae veterans demonstrated that they could still have a strong rapport. One of the most pleasant surprises here is a cover of Jimi Hendrix's Hey, Joe, which works quite well in a reggae setting.

2023-08-06T16-03-36_data/Black Uhuru – One Love review.txt

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+Review of One Love by Black Uhuru
+Artist: Black Uhuru
+Album title: One Love
+Release year: 1993
+Label: Rhino
+Genre: Reggae
+
+Track listing: