Never Trust a Hippy (Adrian Sherwood album)

Never Trust a Hippy
Never Trust a Hippy
Studio album by Adrian Sherwood
Released	25 February 2003
Recorded	On-U Sound Studios and Real World Studios, UK
Genre	Electro, dub
Length	57:44
Label	Real World
Producer	Adrian Sherwood
Adrian Sherwood chronology

Last updated April 10, 2025

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[3]
Mojo	^[4]

Adrian Sherwood feat. Shara Nelson - Hari Up Hari (2003)

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Never Trust a Hippy (or NTAH) is the first solo album by Adrian Sherwood. It was released on Peter Gabriel's Real World Records label. It includes guest performances by Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare and S. E. Rogie (sampled from the title track of the album Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana ). The album also contains Sherwood's remix of the track "Paradise of Nada" by Rizwan Muazzam Qawwali and Temple of Sound.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"No Dog Jazz"	Adrian Sherwood	4:54
2.	"Hari Up Hari"	Steven "Lenky" Marsden, Adrian Sherwood	5:09
3.	"Haunted by Your Love"	Adrian Sherwood	4:08
4.	"X-Plantation"	Adrian Sherwood	5:16
5.	"Strange Turn"	Adrian Sherwood	5:30
6.	"Dead Man Smoking"	S. E. Rogie, Adrian Sherwood	3:55
7.	"Paradise of Nada"	Count Dubulah, Rizwan Mujahid Ali Khan, Adrian Sherwood, Neil Sparkes	7:52
8.	"Boogaloo"	Adrian Sherwood	5:19
9.	"Processed World"	Steven "Lenky" Marsden, Adrian Sherwood	5:11
10.	"The Ignorant Version"	Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie, Adrian Sherwood	5:15
11.	"Majestic 12"	Nick Coplowe, Adrian Sherwood	5:11

Personnel

Musicians

Harry Beckett – trumpet
Crucial Tony – guitar (4)
Sly Dunbar – drums (3, 5)
Ghetto Priest – vocals (6)
Emily Sherwood Hyman – vocals (10)
Jazzwad – keyboards (1, 4, 8), bass guitar (1, 4, 8), drum machine (1, 4, 8)
Hariharan – vocals (2, 9)
Keith LeBlanc – drums (6, 11)
Steven "Lenky" Marsden – drums (2, 9)
Skip McDonald – guitar (1-3, 5-11)
Michael Mondesir – bass guitar (8)
Simon Mundey – sequencer (4), bass guitar (4)
Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah – percussion (11)
Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie – piano (1, 3, 5, 6, 8), bass guitar (6, 10), vocals (10), drums (10)
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali – vocals (7)
S. E. Rogie – vocals (6)
Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare – bass guitar (3, 5)
Denise Sherwood – vocals (9, 10)
Temple of Sound – bass guitar (7), percussion (7)
Sorra Wilson-Dickson – violin (6)

Technical personnel

Nick Coplowe – engineering, keyboards (1), bass guitar (1)
Paul Grady – mixing, recording
Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
Adrian Sherwood – producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	2003	Real World	CD	CDRW110
United Kingdom	2003	Real World	LP	LPRW 110
United States	2003	Real World, Virgin	CD	70876 17640 2 4
Japan	2003	Real World	CD	VJCP-68426
United Kingdom	2012	Real World	CD	CDRWG110

References

↑ Nickson, Chris. "Never Trust a Hippy". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Adrian Sherwood: Never Trust a Hippy". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ Hermes, Will (14 March 2003). "Never Trust a Hippy". Entertainment Weekly . No. 700. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ columnist (March 2003). "Adrian Sherwood - Never Trust a Hippy". Mojo : 100.

External links

Never Trust a Hippy at Discogs (list of releases)
Official album page (Real World Records)
Shara Nelson at AllMusic

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[allmusic-1] Nickson, Chris. "Never Trust a Hippy". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[Christgau_Review-2] Christgau, Robert. "Adrian Sherwood: Never Trust a Hippy". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[entertainmentweekly-3] Hermes, Will (14 March 2003). "Never Trust a Hippy". Entertainment Weekly . No. 700. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[mojomag-4] umnist (March 2003). "Adrian Sherwood - Never Trust a Hippy". Mojo : 100.

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v t e Adrian Sherwood
Studio albums	Never Trust a Hippy Becoming a Cliché Survival & Resistance
as Voice of Authority	Very Big in America Right Now
as Barmy Army	"Sharp as a Needle" The English Disease
Related	Tackhead On-U Sound Records

v t e Shara Nelson
Solo albums	What Silence Knows (1993) Friendly Fire (1995)
Other albums	Blue Lines (1991) Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (1995) All Systems Gone (1999) Never Trust a Hippy (2003)
EPs	"Good Intentions" (1996)
Singles	"Can't Get Over You" (1986) "Daydreaming" (1990) "Unfinished Sympathy" (1991) "Safe from Harm" (1991) "Down That Road (1993) "One Goodbye in Ten (1993) "Uptight" (1994) "Nobody" (1994) "Inside Out" (1994) "Rough with the Smooth" (1995) "I Fell (So You Could Catch Me)" (1996) "Sense of Danger" (1998) "Black Island" (1999) "U" (1999) "Hari Up Hari" (2003) "Right Now" (2003) "Nobody Else" (2004) "Go That Deep" (2008)
Associated acts	Wild Bunch Massive Attack Saint Etienne Guru David Arnold Cuba Adrian Sherwood Little Axe Doug Wimbish
Related articles	Shara Nelson discography Massive Attack discography