Tribute to the Martyrs

Steel Pulse | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mango
• ASIN: B000003QHH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,225 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Out of print in the U.S.! 1990 release from the Reggae greats featuring eight tracks including 'Unseen Guest', 'Babylon Makes The Rules' and 'Uncle George'. Island. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars execellent album, August 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tribute to the Martyrs (Audio CD)

I have been a Steel Pulse fan for many years. I have purchased many of their albums and has had the honor of attending one of their concerts in the 1980's at the pier in manhattan at 42nd st & 12th av. This is why I can make an accurate statement that this is one of their best albums.My favorite song is "UNseen Guest". It is the most powerful song that I have ever heard until this day, and is my personal anthem. When I hear it, it gives me a rush of power and makes me feel that I can conquer any problem. I wish that they would write more songs like this one.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tribute to a fantastic album, January 1, 2003

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Ken Hines (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tribute to the Martyrs (Audio CD)

i bought this in the '80s and took it on my honeymoon to Negril Jamaica. back in the day of the ganja LOL

this is one of my all-time favorite reggae titles.
all songs are deep, meaningful and oozing with feeling.
the songs are mysterious, haunting, and in my ragamuffin mind, exemplify the Jamaican aura....that of rastas, the hills and outback of the bush, the nights the real people........

no, NOT hedonism and the tourist scene.

biko is perhaps one of the most plantiff songs i've ever heard, enough to make me cry.
tribute is otherwordly, with sounds inbetween the music that are aweinspiring........

incredible title...................get it mon

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tribute To The Martyrs, November 24, 2000

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"rapier51" (Grand Rapids, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tribute to the Martyrs (Audio CD)

Funny, I thought I had written a review of this album but I don't see it now.

This is a great great album. I picked it up on a whim 20 years ago and still love it. I am not a dedicated fan of the group. Other albums have some high points but their later stuff, what I have heard of it, with a stripped down lineup, seems thin by comparison.

Complex and insistent, an urgency infuses everything. So strong is the apparant inspiration going on that most every song includes a beautiful intro section which is only slightly related to the main song.

Then there is David Hind. His beautiful singing/chanting is unique and powerful. He fits dense phrasing into the intertwined rhythms in a manner that should have spawned an entire genre.

The song Tribute To The Marytrs seemed to me. in the early 80's, to be something akin to what hip hop would evolve into. Overthrowing the lame two beat and hackneyed rhymes for something much richer and far more complex.

Instead it was just a moment. So listen to David's beautiful call, "all and all", and savor the moment.