Red (Black Uhuru album)

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Red
Black Uhuru - Red.jpg
Studio album by
Black Uhuru
ReleasedMay 1981
RecordedChannel One, Kingston, Jamaica, and Compass Point, Nassau, Bahamas
GenreReggae
Length39:24
LabelMango, Island, Warner Bros.
ProducerSly & Robbie
Black Uhuru chronology
Sinsemilla
(1981) 		Red
(1981) 		Chill Out
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic5/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA–[2]
Q Magazine4/5 stars[3]

Red is a 1981 album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. The line-up of the band changed many times during its 16 years and this is the second release for the lineup of Michael Rose, Sandra "Puma" Jones and Derek "Duckie" Simpson. Sly & Robbie were again in the production seat after having previously worked with the band on the 1980 album Sinsemilla.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Michael Rose unless stated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Youth of Eglington" 5:00
2."Sponji Reggae" 4:56
3."Sistren"Rose, Derrick "Duckie" Simpson4:34
4."Journey"Simpson5:21
5."Utterance" 3:42
6."Puff She Puff" 5:08
7."Rockstone"Rose, Simpson4:38
8."Carbine" 6:05
Bonus tracks 2003
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Sponji Reggae" (Discomix) 10:32
10."Trodding" (Dub version of "Journey")Simpson5:18

Personnel[]

Reception[]

Red was ranked at #3 among the top ten "Albums of the Year" for 1981 by NME.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Cook, Stephen. "Black Uhuru: Red" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Q. Bauer Media Group. January 1991. ISSN 0955-4955. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.



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