Equal Rights (album)

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Equal Rights
PeterTosh-EqualRights.jpg
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedDynamic Sounds Studio Kingston, Jamaica
Genre Reggae
Length38:53
Label Columbia
EMI
Producer Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh chronology
Legalize It
(1976)
Equal Rights
(1977)
Bush Doctor
(1978)

Equal Rights is the second studio album by Peter Tosh. [1] It was released in 1977 on Columbia Records.

Contents

Content

The song "Get Up, Stand Up", which was co-written by Bob Marley, was originally a single by Tosh's previous band, the Wailers, from their 1973 album Burnin' . "Downpressor Man" is a cover of "Sinner Man". "I Am that I Am" refers to a religious concept commonly referred to by that phrase.

Critical reception

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

The New York Times considered "Stepping Razor" one of the best songs of the year, calling it "infectious, urgent music, brilliant lyrics and an inherent sense of drama equal to the great punk anthems of the past." [5]

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Peter Tosh except as shown.

Side 1
  1. "Get Up, Stand Up" – 3:29 (Tosh, Bob Marley)
  2. "Downpressor Man" – 6:25
  3. "I Am that I Am" – 4:28
  4. "Stepping Razor" (Joe Higgs; credited to Tosh) – 5:47
Side 2
  1. "Equal Rights" – 5:58
  2. "African" – 3:41
  3. "Jah Guide" – 4:29
  4. "Apartheid" – 5:31
Track listing on "The Definitive Remasters" 2002 EMI CD release
  1. "Get Up, Stand Up"
  2. "Downpressor Man"
  3. "I Am That I Am"
  4. "Stepping Razor"
  5. "Equal Rights"
  6. "African"
  7. "Jah Guide"
  8. "Apartheid"
  9. "400 Years"
  10. "Hammer" (Extended Version)
  11. "Jah Man Inna Jamdung"
  12. "Vampire"
  13. "Babylon Queendom"
  14. "You Can't Blame the Youth"
  15. "(Know) Dem a Wicked"
  16. "Pound Get a Blow"
  17. "Stop That Train"
  18. "Get Up Stand Up" (Long Version)
  19. "Equal Rights" (Extended Long Version)
  20. "I Am That I Am" (Long Version)
  21. "Apartheid" (Long Version)
  22. "Stepping Razor" (Alternative Long Version)
  23. "Get Up Stand Up" (Alternate Version)
  24. "Pick Myself Up" (Live)
  25. "African" (Live)

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. "Peter Tosh | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. "Equal Rights - Peter Tosh | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  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. Rockwell, John (27 May 1977). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C15.