| Red | ||||
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| Studio album by Black Uhuru | ||||
| Released | May 1981 | |||
| Studio | Channel One, Kingston, Jamaica; Compass Point, Nassau, Bahamas | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 39:24 | |||
| Label | Mango, Island, Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Sly & Robbie | |||
| Black Uhuru chronology | ||||
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Red is a 1981 album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. The line-up of the band changed many times during its 16 years and this is the second release for the lineup of Michael Rose, Sandra "Puma" Jones and Derek "Duckie" Simpson. Sly & Robbie were again in the production seat after having previously worked with the band on the 1980 album Sinsemilla.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A− |
| Q |  |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Red was ranked at No. 3 among the top ten "Albums of the Year" for 1981 by NME.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Rose's "elaborately ornamented phrasing has more in common with cantorial singing than with typical reggae vocal style." In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Red number 466 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Michael Rose unless stated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Youth of Eglington" | 5:00 | |
| 2. | "Sponji Reggae" | 4:56 | |
| 3. | "Sistren" | Rose, Derrick "Duckie" Simpson | 4:34 |
| 4. | "Journey" | Simpson | 5:21 |
| 5. | "Utterance" | 3:42 | |
| 6. | "Puff She Puff" | 5:08 | |
| 7. | "Rockstone" | Rose, Simpson | 4:38 |
| 8. | "Carbine" | 6:05 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Sponji Reggae" (Discomix) | 10:32 | |
| 10. | "Trodding" (Dub version of "Journey") | Simpson | 5:18 |
Personnel
- Black Uhuru
- Michael Rose - vocals
- Derrick "Duckie" Simpson - harmony vocals
- Puma Jones - harmony vocals
with:
- Sly Dunbar - drums, syndrums
- Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare - bass, piano
- Ranchie McLean - rhythm guitar, lead guitar
- Mikey Chung - rhythm guitar, lead guitar
- Radcliff "Dougie" Bryan - lead guitar
- Barry Reynolds - lead guitar on "Carbine"
- Robert Lyn - piano
- Keith Sterling - piano
- Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion
- Technical
- Chris Blackwell - executive producer
- Soldgie (Cedrica Anthony Hamilton) - sound engineer
- Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie - vocal engineer
- Kendal Stubbs - guitar overdubs engineer
- Johnnie Black - photography
References
- Cook, Stephen. "Black Uhuru: Red" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
- "Red". Q. Bauer Media Group. January 1991. ISSN 0955-4955.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 63.
- "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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