Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a reggae album and single by Black Uhuru. The album was first released under the title Showcase in 1979, then as a re-edition entitled Black Uhuru in 1980, with the addition of "Shine Eye Gal" (featuring a guest performance by Keith Richards on guitar), and with different mixes of the original LP tracks (some shorter, some longer.) The Guess Who's Coming to Dinner release, from 1983, is identical to the 1980 edition.[1]
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | March 1980 | |||
| Studio | Channel One Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Reggae, Dub | |||
| Length | 47:00 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.[2]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Michael Rose; except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shine Eye Gal" | Rose, Derrick "Duckie" Simpson | 7:36 |
| 2. | "Leaving to Zion" | 5:30 | |
| 3. | "General Penitentiary" | 5:32 | |
| 4. | "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" | 6:18 | |
| 5. | "Abortion" | Rose, Simpson | 7:25 |
| 6. | "Natural Reggae Beat" | 8:12 | |
| 7. | "Plastic Smile" | Rose, Simpson | 7:10 |
Personnel
edit- Black Uhuru
- Michael Rose - vocals
- Puma Jones - harmony vocals
- Derrick "Duckie" Simpson - harmony vocals
- The Revolutionaries
- Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan - guitar
- Robbie Shakespeare - bass
- Sly Dunbar - drums
- Keith Sterling - organ
- Winston Wright - organ
with:
- Keith Richards - guitar on "Shine Eye Gal"
- Technical
- Delroy Witter - producer on "Shine Eye Gal"
- Sisan March - design
- Deborah Feingold - photography
References
edit- ^ a b Anderson, Rick. "Black Uhuru: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) Reggae: 100 Essential CDs, Rough Guides, ISBN 1-85828-567-4