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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the OTHER really VERY best reggae albums..., December 13, 2005
...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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Should be taken with...., October 21, 2008
I believe if you spin this record once a day, you should be able to keep the Doctor away.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Black Uhuru Bounces Back, February 19, 2008
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.
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