Reggae Got Soul

Reggae Got Soul
Studio album by Toots and the Maytals
Released	July 1976
Studio	Harry J's Recording Studio, Dynamic Sounds Studios, Basing Street Studios
Genre	Reggae
Length	35:00
Label	Island
Producer	Chris Blackwell (tracks: B1), Joe Boyd (A1 to A5, B2 to B5), Warrick Lyn
Toots and the Maytals chronology
In the Dark (1973) Reggae Got Soul (1976) Toots Presents The Maytals (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[2]

Reggae Got Soul is an album by the Jamaican reggae group Toots and the Maytals, released in July 1976 by Island Records.

Critical reception[]

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "In Toots the physical voice is all but equivalent to the artistic 'voice,' the way that term is applied to poets sometimes, and all its warmth, humor, and vivacity come through here. But what has made Toots doubly impressive is the amazing hit songs his voice was attached to. For starters: 'Sweet and Dandy,' '5446 Was My Number,' 'Monkey Man,' and 'African Doctor.' None of these has been released on an American Maytals album, and nothing on this album, not even 'Rasta Man' or 'True Love Is Hard to Find,' equals any of them."^[2]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Frederick "Toots" Hibbert except as indicated.

Side one[]

1. "Rasta Man" – 5:56
2. "Premature" – 3:11
3. "So Bad" – 2:57
4. "Six And Seven Books" – 3:30
5. "I Shall Sing" (Van Morrison) – 2:41

Side two[]

1. "Reggae Got Soul" (Warwick Lyn) – 3:08
2. "Everybody Needs Lovin" – 3:10
3. "Living In The Ghetto" – 3:40
4. "True Love Is Hard To Find" – 4:14
5. "Never You Change" – 3:11

Charts[]

Personnel[]

• Frederick "Toots" Hibbert – vocals
• Ralphus "Raleigh" Gordon – vocals
• Nathaniel "Jerry" Matthias – vocals
• Dudu Pukwana, Ray Allen – Alto Saxophone
• Jackie Jackson – Bass
• Paul Douglas – Drums
• Eckford/Stimpson – Design
• John Burns, Ronald Logan, Sylvan Morris – Engineer
• "Chicago Steve" (tracks: B1, B2) – Harmonica
• Lynford "Hux" Brown, Junior Kerr – Lead Guitar
• John Burns, Keith Harwood – Mixer
• Jean Alain Roussel – (Hammond B3 and Keyboards)
• Emmanuel Rentzos, Pablo Black (tracks: A1), Sonny Binns, Steve Winwood (tracks: B3), Winston Wright – organ
• Fitzroy "Brother" James, Bruce Rowland, Denzil Laing, Tony Uter – Percussion
• Larry Cohen, Marilyn Rickard, Roberto Morrison – Photography
• Gladstone Anderson, Steve Winwood (tracks: A2) – Piano
• Earl "Chinna" Smith, Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan, Willie Lindo – Rhythm Guitar
• George Lee, Tommy McCook – Tenor Saxophone
• Jerome Francis, Rico Rodriguez – Trombone
• Bobby Ellis, Eddie Quansah – Trumpet

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