Police and Thieves is an album by Junior Murvin and backing band the Upsetters, released in 1977.[5][6] Along with the Heptones' Party Time and Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon, this album is considered part of a Black Ark Lee 'Scratch' Perry-produced "holy trinity".[1]
| Police and Thieves | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 1977 | |||
| Recorded | Black Ark Studio, Washington Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 37:59 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Lee 'Scratch' Perry | |||
| Junior Murvin chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [3] |
| The Independent | (very favorable)[4] |
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Junior Murvin and Lee "Scratch" Perry; except where indicated
Original LP
edit- "Roots Train"
- "Police and Thieves"
- "Solomon" (Murvin)
- "Rescue Jah Children"
- "Tedious"
- "False Teachin" (Perry)
- "Easy Task" (Murvin)
- "Lucifer"
- "Workin' in the Cornfield" (Perry)
- "I Was Appointed" (Murvin)
2003 CD re-release
edit- "Roots Train"
- "Police and Thieves"
- "Solomon"
- "Rescue Jah Children"
- "Tedious"
- "False Teachin"
- "Easy Task"
- "Lucifer"
- "Working in the Cornfield"
- "I Was Appointed"
- "Childhood Sweetheart" (Murvin)
- "Bad Weed" (Discomix)
- "Roots Train" (Discomix)
- "Memories" (B-side of "Police and Thieves")
- "Rasta Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready")
Personnel
edit- Junior Murvin - vocals
- Cedric Myton, George Faith - vocals
- Robert "Billy" Johnson - guitar
- Boris Gardiner - bass
- Winston Wright, Errol "Tarzan" Nelson - keyboards
- "Dirty" Harry Hall, Herman Marquis, "Deadly" Headley Bennett - horns
- Dillinger - additional vocals on "Roots Train" discomix
- Tony Wright - cover illustration
References
edit- ^ a b Anderson, Rick. "Police and Thieves". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ The Daily Telegraph review
- ^ The Independent review
- ^ Hebdige, Dick (2013). Subculture. Taylor & Francis. p. 38.
- ^ Hodges, Hugh (2023). The Fascist Groove Thing: Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes. PM Press.
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