Red (Black Uhuru album)

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.

Red
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1981
RecordedChannel One, Kingston, Jamaica, and Compass Point, Nassau, Bahamas
GenreReggae
Length39:24
LabelMango, Island, Warner Bros.
ProducerSly & Robbie
Black Uhuru chronology
Sinsemilla
(1981)
Red
(1981)
Chill Out
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Robert ChristgauA− [2]
Q Magazine [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Rose unless stated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Youth of Eglington" 5:00
2."Sponji Reggae" 4:56
3."Sistren"Rose, Derrick "Duckie" Simpson4:34
4."Journey"Simpson5:21
5."Utterance" 3:42
6."Puff She Puff" 5:08
7."Rockstone"Rose, Simpson4:38
8."Carbine" 6:05
Bonus tracks 2003
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Sponji Reggae" (Discomix) 10:32
10."Trodding" (Dub version of "Journey")Simpson5:18

Personnel

Reception

Red was ranked at #3 among the top ten "Albums of the Year" for 1981 by NME.[4]

References

  1. Cook, Stephen. "Black Uhuru: Red" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "Black Uhuru: Red". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  3. Q. Bauer Media Group. January 1991. ISSN 0955-4955. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.


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