Handsworth Revolution

Steel Pulse | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mango
• ASIN: B000003QH5
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,696 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Their 1978 studio album, out-of-print in the US. Universal.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Reggae albums ever!, June 24, 2005

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Stephen B. Ring (Merrimac, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handsworth Revolution (Audio CD)

This is a must-have for any roots reggae fan. Along with the four albums Steel Pulse released following this one (Tribute to the Martyrs, Caught You, True Democracy, & Earth Crisis), this is essential roots reggae. The stand-out tracks are "Soldiers", "Sound Check", and "Prodigal Son". The songs of this album contain socially conscious and politically- and racially-charged lyrics. David Hinds' vocals (with call-and-response backing vocals by the band) are incredibly soulful, and the rhythms are tight.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Top Five Reggae Album, July 2, 1999

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Ivan Prosper ([e-mail]) (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handsworth Revolution (Audio CD)

A truly great album (reggae or otherwise). The rythms are relentless, the harmonies inspirational and the lyrics full of power and meaning.

This album is perfectly executed and stirs up the same passion and feeling as Catch A Fire and 1865 (96 degrees in the shade).

Listen to this album and you feel as if Steel Pulse are there playing live, such is the feel of the production. Something that some of their more recent releases are missing.

Reggae purists will not be disappointed.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perennial reggae masterwork from Steel Pulse!, May 6, 1999

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Kofi Anim-Appiah (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handsworth Revolution (Audio CD)

Being very familiar with most of the output from this seminal reggae band, I initially thought "Earth Crisis" and, subsequently, "True Democracy" was the band's best output. But repeated listening over the past decade has definitively established this album as, indeed, the most enduring of them all. It has the same "leanness" as "True Democracy" but , perhaps, owing to it's earlier release date, is closer to the ideals characteristic of all the true reggae masterworks.

No true reggae collection is complete without this album. If "Prediction" (the highlight of the album) doesn't hard-wire you to your seat and simultaneously exercise complete control over your sense of rhythm, examine your professed love for this music we call reggae....or have your soul examined.