Scientist Meets the Space Invaders

Scientist Meets the Space Invaders
Scientist Meets the Space Invaders
Studio album by Scientist
Released	1981
Studio	Channel One Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre	Dub
Length	31:50
Label	Greensleeves GREL19
Producer	Mickie "Roots" Scott, Linval Thompson
Scientist chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()^[2]

Scientist Meets the Space Invaders is a 1981 album by the dub musician Scientist.

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[]

Reviewing 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[]

All 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[]

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[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Stephen "Scientist Meets the Space Invaders Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
^ Jump up to: ^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

[Cook-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Stephen "Scientist Meets the Space Invaders Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation

[Hull-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Hull, Tom (March 15, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

[Barrow100-3] Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) Reggae: 100 Essential CDs - The Rough Guide, Rough Guides, ISBN 1-85828-567-4, p.151-152

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