Police and Thieves (album)

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Police and Thieves
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Studio album by
Junior Murvin
ReleasedApril 1977
Recorded Black Ark, Washington Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre Reggae
Length37:59
Label Island
Producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Junior Murvin chronology
Police and Thieves
(1977)		Tedious
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B [2]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
The Independent (very favorable) [4]

Police and Thieves is an album by Junior Murvin and backing band the Upsetters, released in 1977. [5] [6] Along with the Heptones' Party Time and Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon , this album is considered part of a Black Ark Lee 'Scratch' Perry-produced "holy trinity". [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Junior Murvin and Lee "Scratch" Perry; except where indicated

Original LP

  1. "Roots Train"
  2. "Police and Thieves"
  3. "Solomon" (Murvin)
  4. "Rescue Jah Children"
  5. "Tedious"
  6. "False Teachin" (Perry)
  7. "Easy Task" (Murvin)
  8. "Lucifer"
  9. "Workin' in the Cornfield" (Perry)
  10. "I Was Appointed" (Murvin)

2003 CD re-release

  1. "Roots Train"
  2. "Police and Thieves"
  3. "Solomon"
  4. "Rescue Jah Children"
  5. "Tedious"
  6. "False Teachin"
  7. "Easy Task"
  8. "Lucifer"
  9. "Working in the Cornfield"
  10. "I Was Appointed"
  11. "Childhood Sweetheart" (Murvin)
  12. "Bad Weed" (Discomix)
  13. "Roots Train" (Discomix)
  14. "Memories" (B-side of "Police and Thieves")
  15. "Rasta Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready")

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Anderson, Rick. "Police and Thieves". AllMusic . Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 8, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ The Daily Telegraph review
  4. ↑ The Independent review
  5. ↑ Hebdige, Dick (2013). Subculture. Taylor & Francis. p. 38.
  6. ↑ Hodges, Hugh (2023). The Fascist Groove Thing: Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes. PM Press.


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