Sinsemilla (album)

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Sinsemilla
Black uhuru sinsemilla cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1980 (1980-07)
RecordedJanuary 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)
Studio Channel One Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre Reggae
Length36:43
Label Mango, Island, Warner Bros.
Producer Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare [1]
Black Uhuru chronology
Showcase
(1979)
Sinsemilla
(1980)
Red
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Sinsemilla is the third album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1980 on the Island Records subsidiary Mango. [4] The album helped the band achieve a global fanbase. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that the album "delivers a level of consistency only Bob Marley himself had achieved." [7] The Miami New Times wrote that "by 1980's Sinsemilla, Black Uhuru was a paragon of politics, close harmonies, pumping grooves, and a social awareness as astute and incisive as Marley's." [8] Spin deemed Sinsemilla a "classic reggae" album, writing that Sly and Robbie's "trademark synth-drum grooves drove the group's harmonies like a diddling steam turbine." [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Rose.

No.TitleLength
1."Happiness"4:21
2."World Is Africa"5:17
3."Push Push"4:12
4."There Is Fire"5:02
5."No Loafing (Sit and Wonder)"3:59
6."Sinsemilla"5:11
7."Endurance"4:01
8."Vampire"4:34
Bonus tracks 2003
No.TitleLength
9."Sinsemilla" (Discomix)6:30
10."Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (Discomix)6:00

Personnel

Black Uhuru

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Technical

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