Scientist Meets the Space Invaders

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Scientist Meets the Space Invaders
Scientist Meets the Space Invaders (Scientist) album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1981
Studio Channel One Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre Dub
Length31:50
Label Greensleeves GREL19
Producer Mickie "Roots" Scott, Linval Thompson
Scientist chronology
Big Showdown at King Tubby's
(1980)
Scientist Meets the Space Invaders
(1981)
Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
(1981)
Professional ratings
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Tom Hull – on the Web B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [2]

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

Contents

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
  1. "Beam Down" - 3:20
  2. "Red Shift" - 3:33
  3. "Time Warp" - 2:51
  4. "Cloning Process" - 4:16
  5. "Pulsar" - 3:10
Side two - Second Wall
  1. "Laser Attack" - 3:45
  2. "Dematerialise" - 2:48
  3. "Fission" - 2:35
  4. "Super Nova Explosion" - 2:34
  5. "Quasar" - 2:58

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Cook, Stephen "Scientist Meets the Space Invaders Review", Allmusic , Macrovision Corporation
  2. 1 2 Hull, Tom (March 15, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  3. Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) Reggae: 100 Essential CDs - The Rough Guide, Rough Guides, ISBN   1-85828-567-4, p.151-152