Equal Rights (album)
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Equal Rights | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | Dynamic Sounds Studio Kingston, Jamaica | |||
Genre | Reggae | |||
Length | 38:53 | |||
Label | Columbia Records EMI | |||
Producer | Peter Tosh | |||
Peter Tosh chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Equal Rights is the second studio album by Peter Tosh.[4] It was released in 1977 (see 1977 in music) on Columbia Records.
Content[]
The song "Get Up, Stand Up", which was co-written by Bob Marley, was originally a single by Tosh's previous band, The Wailers, from their 1973 album Burnin'. "Downpressor Man" is a cover of "Sinner Man". "I Am that I Am" refers to a religious concept commonly referred to by that phrase.
Track listing[]
All songs by Peter Tosh except as shown.
- Side 1
- "Get Up, Stand Up" – 3:29 (Tosh, Bob Marley)
- "Downpressor Man" – 6:25
- "I Am that I Am" – 4:28
- "Stepping Razor" (Joe Higgs; credited to Tosh) – 5:47
- Side 2
- "Equal Rights" – 5:58
- "African" – 3:41
- "Jah Guide" – 4:29
- "Apartheid" – 5:31
Bonus tracks on "The Definitive Remasters" 2002 EMI CD release
- "Get Up, Stand Up"
- "Downpressor Man"
- "I Am That I Am"
- "Stepping Razor"
- "Equal Rights"
- "African"
- "Jah Guide"
- "Apartheid"
- "400 Years"
- "Hammer (Extended Version)"
- "Jah Man Inna Jamdung"
- "Vampire"
- "Babylon Queendom"
- "You Can't Blame The Youth"
- "(Know) Dem A Wicked"
- "Pound Get A Blow"
- "Stop That Train"
- "Get Up Stand Up (Long Version)"
- "Equal Rights (Extended Long Version)"
- "I Am That I Am (Long Version)"
- "Apartheid (Long Version)
- "Stepping Razor (Alternative Long Version)"
- "Get Up Stand Up (Alternate Version)"
- "Pick Myself Up (Live)"
- "African (Live)"
Tracks 1-8 originally issued April 1977, as Equal Rights. Tracks 9-17 previously unreleased original session outtakes. Tracks 18-23 previously unreleased original session alternatives and long versions. Tracks 24-25 Recorded 1982 US tour
Personnel[]
- Peter Tosh - vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Sly Dunbar - drums
- Earl Lindo - keyboards
- Donald Kinsey - guitar and background vocals
- Robbie Shakespeare - bass
- Mikey Chung - lead guitar
- Robert Lyn - organ
- Keith Sterling - keyboards
- Harold Butler - clavinet
- Abdul Wali - guitar
- Karl Pitterson - guitar
- Uziah Thompson - percussion
- Skully - percussion
- "Dirty" Harry Hall - tenor saxophone
- Bobby Ellis - trumpet
Remix Engineers - Alex Sadkin, Jack Nuber, Karl Pitterson
References[]
- ^ "Equal Rights - Peter Tosh | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 712.
- ^ "Peter Tosh | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- 1977 albums
- Rolling Stones Records albums
- Peter Tosh albums
- Reggae albums by Jamaican artists