Scientist Meets the Space Invaders is a 1981 album by the dub musician Scientist.
| Scientist Meets the Space Invaders | ||||
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Channel One Studios, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Dub | |||
| Length | 31:50 | |||
| Label | Greensleeves GREL19 | |||
| Producer | Mickie "Roots" Scott, Linval Thompson | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ( )[2] |
The album was produced by Mickie "Roots" Scott and Linval Thompson. The recording was done at Channel One Studios backed by the Roots Radics, and mixed at King Tubby's. The recording was by Stanley "Barnabas" Bryan, Anthony "Crucial Bunny" Graham and Maxwell "Maxie" McKenzie. The cover artwork is by Tony McDermott.
The tracks that formed the basis of the album were Thompson productions including Wayne Wade's "Poor and Humble" ("Cloning Process"), and Johnny Osbourne's "Kiss Somebody" ("Quasar").[3]
Critical reception
editReviewing for AllMusic, Stephen Cook regarded the album as a "great dub" record and among Scientist's "essential" albums.[1] Fellow critic Tom Hull called it "one of the more legendary" recordings in which Scientist "orchestrated dozens of mythic battles, encounters, and jams ... although it feels like something he could do dozens of times."[2]
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Linval Thompson
- Side one - First Wall
- "Beam Down" - 3:20
- "Red Shift" - 3:33
- "Time Warp" - 2:51
- "Cloning Process" - 4:16
- "Pulsar" - 3:10
- Side two - Second Wall
- "Laser Attack" - 3:45
- "Dematerialise" - 2:48
- "Fission" - 2:35
- "Super Nova Explosion" - 2:34
- "Quasar" - 2:58
Personnel
edit- Carlton "Santa" Davis, Lincoln "Style" Scott - drums
- Errol "Flabba" Holt - bass
- Noel "Sowell" Bailey, Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont - guitar
- Wycliffe "Steelie" Johnson, Winston Wright - organ
- Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson - piano
- Christopher "Sky Juice" Blake, Noel "Skully" Simms - percussion
- Technical
- Scientist - mixing
- Stanley "Barnabas" Bryan, Anthony "Crucial Bunny" Graham, Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie - recording
- Tony McDermott - cover artwork
References
edit- ^ a b Cook, Stephen "Scientist Meets the Space Invaders Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
- ^ a b Hull, Tom (March 15, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) Reggae: 100 Essential CDs - The Rough Guide, Rough Guides, ISBN 1-85828-567-4, p.151-152