Two Sevens Clash

Two Sevens Clash
Studio album by Culture
Released	1977
Recorded	Joe Gibbs Recording Studio, Kingston, 1976
Genre	Reggae
Length	33:14
Label	Joe Gibbs
Producer	Joe Gibbs
Culture chronology

Two Sevens Clash is the debut album by roots reggae band Culture, recorded with producer Joe Gibbs at his own Joe Gibbs Recording Studio in Kingston in 1976, and released on Gibbs' eponymous label in 1977 (see 1977 in music). The album's title is a reference to the date of July 7, 1977.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(9.0/10)[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	A+[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Singer Joseph Hill said "Two Sevens Clash," Culture's most influential record, was based on a prediction by Marcus Garvey, who said there would be chaos on July 7, 1977, when the "sevens" met. With its apocalyptic message, the song created a stir in his Caribbean homeland and many Jamaican businesses and schools shuttered their doors for the day.[5][6]

The liner notes of the album read: "One day Joseph Hill had a vision, while riding a bus, of 1977 as a year of judgment -- when two sevens clash -- when past injustices would be avenged. Lyrics and melodies came into his head as he rode and thus was born the song "Two Sevens Clash" which became a massive hit in reggae circles both in Jamaica and abroad. The prophecies noted by the lyrics so profoundly captured the imagination of the people that on July 7, 1977 - the day when sevens fully clashed (seventh day, seventh month, seventy-seventh year) a hush descended on Kingston; many people did not go outdoors, shops closed, an air of foreboding and expectation filled the city."

Music critic Robert Christgau named the album one of the few import-only records from the 1970s he loved yet omitted from Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[7]

The album was reissued in 1988 with different cover art. To mark its 40th anniversary, the album was reissued again in 2017. This version features an additional disc of remixes and dub versions. New sleeve notes were written by Don Letts.

Track listing

1977 original release

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Calling Rasta Far I"	2:30
2.	"I'm Alone in the Wilderness"	3:25
3.	"Pirate Days"	2:52
4.	"Two Sevens Clash"	3:30
5.	"I'm Not Ashamed"	3:59

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion"	3:27
7.	"Black Starliner Must Come"	2:42
8.	"Jah Pretty Face"	3:39
9.	"See Them a Come"	3:24
10.	"Natty Dread Taking Over"	3:46

2007 30th Anniversary Edition[8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'm Alone in the Wilderness"	3:23
2.	"Pirate Days"	2:49
3.	"Two Sevens Clash"	3:28
4.	"Calling Rasta Far I"	2:27
5.	"I'm Not Ashamed"	3:59
6.	"Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion"	3:24
7.	"Black Starliner Must Come"	2:39
8.	"Jah Pretty Face"	3:37
9.	"See Them a Come"	3:20
10.	"Natty Dread Taking Over"	3:45
11.	"See Dem A Come (12" Mix w/ Prince Weedy)"	6:56
12.	"See Dem Dub"	3:58
13.	"Natty Dread Taking Over (12" Mix w/ I-Roy)"	7:20
14.	"I'm Not Ashamed (12" Mix w/ I-Roy)"	7:55
15.	"Not Ashamed Dub"	4:25

Personnel

Joseph Hill – lead vocals
Albert Walker – harmony vocals
Kenneth Dayes – harmony vocals
Lloyd Parks – bass
Sly Dunbar – drums
Lennox Gordon – guitar
Robbie Shakespeare – guitar
Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont – guitar
Franklyn "Bubbler" Waul – keyboards
Errol "Tarzan" Nelson – keyboards
Harold Butler – keyboards
Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion
Herman Marquis – alto saxophone
Vin Gordon – trombone
Tommy McCook – tenor saxophone
Bobby Ellis – trumpet
Errol "ET" Thompson, Joe Gibbs - arranging, mixing

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References

Allmusic review
Pitchfork Media review
Robert Christgau review
Rolling Stone review
"Birth of a Phenomenon: 'Two Sevens Clash'". National Public Radio. July 12, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-21. The title refers to apocalyptic prophecies by Marcus Garvey
"Culture Leader Joseph Hill Dies In Berlin". Billboard. August 21, 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-21. Hill said "Two Sevens Clash," Culture's most influential record, was based on a prediction by Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, who said there would be chaos on July 7, 1977, when the "sevens" met. With its apocalyptic message, the song created a stir in his Caribbean homeland and many Jamaican businesses and schools shut their doors for the day.
Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Guide". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 30, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
"Shanachie". Shanachie.com. Shanachie.

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[1] Allmusic review

[2] Pitchfork Media review

[3] Robert Christgau review

[4] Rolling Stone review

[5] "Birth of a Phenomenon: 'Two Sevens Clash'". National Public Radio. July 12, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-21. The title refers to apocalyptic prophecies by Marcus Garvey

[6] "Culture Leader Joseph Hill Dies In Berlin". Billboard. August 21, 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-21. Hill said "Two Sevens Clash," Culture's most influential record, was based on a prediction by Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, who said there would be chaos on July 7, 1977, when the "sevens" met. With its apocalyptic message, the song created a stir in his Caribbean homeland and many Jamaican businesses and schools shut their doors for the day.

[7] Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Guide". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 30, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[8] "Shanachie". Shanachie.com. Shanachie.