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Chill Out

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...of all time. Just behind "Red", ahead of "Sinsemilla". The bass lines are excellent. Robbie Shakespeare is at his best. "Emotional Slaughter" is so very...emotionally wrenching. Singer Michael Rose pours out his heart on that one.

"Eye Market"? "Fleety Foot"?!? What the heck does it all mean? Not a clue, but you feel like you know in your heart what he's going on about, in some way, when you hear that guy sing. His tortured, plaintive phrasing...Wow! I hate to be hyperbolic, but, er...the Jamaican Bach, maybe?

Sly plays Syndrums again on this one, but they still manage to sound real and pure, not silly or overly synthetic. The band is a little more electronic. But the mood is maybe more relaxed and atmospheric than "Red". Still very hypnotic and tight. In comparison, Uhuru start to lose focus and fall apart by "Anthem, at least in terms of the togetherness of the song structures.

I'd also add that these Uhuru albums are some of the very few reggae records that sound even more groovy and hypnotically cool to me than the dub versions.

I believe if you spin this record once a day, you should be able to keep the Doctor away.

This is essential reggae listening. It's the "right stuff" for sure.

This is excellent music, the kind of music you can hear over and over without wearing it out. Beautiful singing, harmonizing, songwriting and grooves. Excellent production. You won't want to skip any tracks. This is some of the best raggae around!

Simply another great album by Black Uhuru's gretaest lineup. You can't go wrong with anything from the Michael, Puma, Dukkie lineup. Up there with "Sinsemilla" and "Red". Irie Roots Reggae at it's pureist. Enjoy, One Love

After the slight downfall of Red they recouped their GOD given talent and created Chill Out, an album dedicated to those who were living the life of hoodlums at the time in New York. I wonder if the song Chill Out was inspired by the movie The Warriors since Michael stated in the song "Now they're crying out Riff" (the Riffs was the biggest gang in New York in the movie). No need for me to name tracks, because all of them are worth listening to, and if you're familiar with their compilation Liberation then you've basically heard over half of the album. Even though this album was great on it's original release, the re-release was a HUGE disappointment when it came to giving up the extra goods. This is the only re-release that stiff you on any bonus tracks what so ever (as you can see from the track listing), when there so many mixes to the original takes. If everything went as planned there would of been at least 13 tracks including Chill Out (12" Version), Darkness/Dubbness, Right Stuff (10" Version), & Mondays/Killer Tuesday. These tracks are on Liberation, so if you want your bonus tracks, there you go.

-D.J.

This is sort of the prequel to Anthem, at least by how it sounds. Some pretty good tracks, others really just not interesting.. a lot of very interesting instrumentation on this album though, with that electric vibe that Black Uhuru has which to me sounds so awesome - Because its not overwhelming, and it still sounds so much like roots even with electronics in it, thats what I love about this band. I think the track "Right Stuff" has to be one of the few (if only) reggae songs actually featuring a vocoder! The one real stand-out track for me is "Darkness", which has a really awesome guitar riff throughout. A pretty good album but you might as well just get Anthem or Red first.

This was the first reggae album I ever bought - purchased after seeing Black Uhuru open for the Clash (talk about a dream concert!). The rhythms, the songs, it all stands up after 20+ years. This is essential Uhuru and an album no reggae collection can be without.

ROSE, SIMPSON AND PUMA JONES GENIUS ON CHILL OUT WILL FOREVER SERVE A RIGHTOUS PURPOSE IN WORLD HISTORY. THIS CD ILLUSTRATES A MUSICAL SUPREMACY LIKE NO OTHER. BLACK UHURU IS AT THEIR BEST. THIS ALBUM IS A TRIBUTE TO ALL SUFFERERS OF OPPRESSION. DARKNESS ILLUSTRATES THIS CONCEPT SO WELL. I AM STILL AMAZED AT HOW A MUSICAL GROUP CAN CATER TO THE CONSCIOUSNESSES OF MILLIONS;BUT AGAIN I AM SPEAKING OF THE UGLY DUCKLING, GLEAMING PUMA JONES AND ADAMANT ROSE. THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS FOR THIS ALBUM IS NOT ONLY HEARD BUT FELT IN A WAY THAT ONLY REGGAE MUSIC CAN PRODUCE. CHILL OUT IS A MESSAGE DIRECTED TOWARD THE ELEMENTS OF NEW YORK BUT IS APPLICABLE FOR THE WORLD. THEIR HARMONIZING EFFORTS ON THIS CD IS IMPECCABLE. MONDAYS IS A TUNE OF PERSONAL REVERANCE FOR ROSE BUT CAN BE APPRECIATED BY ANYONE WHO ARE AT THE HANDS OF BABYLON AND ITS SHITSTEM. MOYA CAN BE REGARDED AS A PEDISTOL FOR ANY STRIVING AND STUGGLING WOMAN TO ATTAIN. UHURU UNDERSTAND'S YOUR PLIGHT BLACK WOMAN. EMOTIONAL SLAUGHTER...I CAN'T EVEN FIND THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS SONG. IT IS NEEDED TODAY JUST AS IT WAS NEEDED THEN. BLACK UHURU WILL NO DOUBT GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE BEST MUSCIAL GROUPS EVER ASSEMBLED...TERRELL