Marcus' Children

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Marcus' Children aka Social Living
Studio album by Burning Spear
Released	1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Reggae
Length	37:05
Label	Island (ILPS 9556)
Producer	Winston Rodney Karl Pitterson
Burning Spear chronology
Live (1977) Marcus' Children aka Social Living (1978) Living Dub Vol 1 (1979)
Alternative cover
Blood and Fire release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pop Matters	(Favorable) link
Robert Christgau	(A-) link

Marcus' Children is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear originally released in 1978 as Social Living.

"Marcus Say Jah No Dead" was covered by Sinéad O'Connor on her album Throw Down Your Arms (2005).

The LP appears in a scene in the 1994 film Léon: The Professional, where it is endorsed by one of the movie's antagonists.

Track listing[]

Marcus' Children AKA Social Living[]

1. "Marcus Children Suffer" - 4:39
2. "Social Living"- 2:49
3. "Nyah Keith" - 4:03
4. "Institution" - 3:29
5. "Marcus Senior" - 5:09
6. "Civilized Reggae" - 7:11
7. "Mister Garvey" - 4:52
8. "Come"- 3:53
9. "Marcus Say Jah No Dead" - 3:57

Social Living (2003 Island Remaster)[]

1. "Marcus Children Suffer"
2. "Social Living"
3. "Nayah Keith"
4. "Institution"
5. "Marcus Senior"
6. "Civilized Reggae"
7. "Mister Garvey"
8. "Come"
9. "Marcus Say Jah No Dead"

Bonus Tracks[]

1. "Social Living [Extended Mix]"
2. "Civilized Reggae [Extended Mix]"

Credits[]

• Recorded at Harry J Studio, Kingston, Jamaica and at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
• Engineer
• Mixed at Compass Point Studios by Karl Pitterson and
• All songs written by Winston Rodney and published by EMI Copyright Holdings Ltd. except tracks 2, 3, 5 published by

Musicians[]

• Earl "Chinna" Smith - guitar
• Bertram "Ranchie" McLean - guitar
• Brinsley Forde - guitar
• Donald "Roots" Kinsey - guitar
• - guitar
• Lowell "Sly" Dunbar - drums
• Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace - drums
• Angus Gaye - drums
• Robbie Shakespeare - bass
• Aston "Family Man" Barrett - bass
• - bass
• - keyboards
• Earl "Wire" Lindo - keyboards
• Michael "Ibo" Cooper - keyboards
• - keyboards
• Bobby Ellis - trumpet
• Dick Cuthell - trumpet
• Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall - tenor saxophone
• Herman Marquis - alto saxophone
• Vincent "Trommie" Gordon - trombone
• Rico Rodriguez - trombone
• Winston Rodney - percussion
• Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion

Blood and Fire release notes[]

• Remastered by at the Town House, London
• Designed and built by Mat at intro, London
• Photograph of Cover by
• Photograph of the Black Disciple Band by
• Photograph of Burning Spear by
• The copyright to recording is owned by Island Records Inc. and is licensed to Blood and Fire Ltd.
• Blood and Fire would like to thank Chris Blackwell, , Trevor Wyatt, Ian Moss and all at Island Records for their kind cooperation. Thanks also to .