Bush Doctor

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Bush Doctor
PeterTosh-BushDoctor.jpg
Studio album by
Released1978
StudioDynamic Sounds, Joe Gibbs Studio, Kingston, Jamaica and Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York
Genre Reggae, rock, ska
Length39:46
Label Rolling Stones Records
EMI
Producer Peter Tosh, Robert Shakespeare
Peter Tosh chronology
Equal Rights
(1977)
Bush Doctor
(1978)
Mystic Man
(1979)

Bush Doctor is the third studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Peter Tosh. It was released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records. [1] The album features Mick Jagger as guest vocalist on one song, while Keith Richards plays guitar on two tracks. The rhythm section featured Sly and Robbie. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Bay State Banner called the album "a rather lame hybrid of rock and ska that pales beside his earlier, Jamaican releases on the Intel-Diplo label." [5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Peter Tosh; except where indicated

Side 1
  1. "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 3:43
  2. "Pick Myself Up" – 3:55
  3. "I'm the Toughest" – 3:48
  4. "Soon Come" (Tosh, Bob Marley) – 3:54
  5. "Moses – The Prophet" – 3:37
Side 2
  1. "Bush Doctor" – 4:04
  2. "Stand Firm" – 6:10
  3. "Dem Ha Fe Get a Beatin'" – 4:11
  4. "Creation" – 6:29
Bonus tracks on 2002 EMI Remaster
  1. "Lesson in My Life" – (previously unreleased)
  2. "Soon Come" – (long version)
  3. "I'm the Toughest" – (long version)
  4. "Bush Doctor" – (long version)
  5. "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" (dub version)
  6. "Tough Rock Soft Stones" – (previously unreleased)

Personnel

with:

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Bush Doctor
Chart (1978/79)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 34
United States (Billboard 200)104

Sales and certifications

Certifications for Bush Doctor
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI) [7] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. "New Tosh Album". The Globe and Mail. 11 Nov 1978. p. P35.
  2. 1 2 Horowitz, Hal. "Bush Doctor – Peter Tosh". AllMusic . Rovi. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 712.
  5. Freedberg, Mike (15 Mar 1979). "Peter Tosh brings music and 'da message' to The Paradise". Bay State Banner. No. 23. p. 14.
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 311. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. "Dutch album certifications – Peter Tosh – Bush Doctor" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved July 16, 2022.Enter Bush Doctor in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1979 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".