Under Heavy Manners

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Under Heavy Manners
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Studio album by
Released1976
Studio Joe Gibbs Recording Studio, 25 Retirement Crescent, Kingston 5, Jamaica
Genre Reggae
Length31:34
Label Joe Gibbs Music
Producer The Mighty Two (Errol Thompson, Joe Gibbs)
Prince Far I chronology
Psalms For I
(1975)
Under Heavy Manners
(1976)
Message from the King
(1978)
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Under Heavy Manners is a reggae album by Prince Far I, released in 1976. The musicians others were Joe Gibbs' house band, The Professionals.

Heavy Manners refers to the state of emergency declared in Jamaica in 1976.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Gibbs; except where indicated

  1. "Rain a Fall"
  2. "Big Fight"
  3. "You I Love and Not Another"
  4. "Young Generation"
  5. "Shine Eye Gal" (Errol Thompson)
  6. "Boz Rock"
  7. "Show Me Mine Enemy"
  8. "Shadow"
  9. "Deck of Cards"
  10. "Heavy Manners"

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References

  1. Under Heavy Manners at AllMusic
  2. Colin Larkin (1998). "Prince Far I". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. VI (3rd ed.). Muze. p. 4334–5. ISBN   0-333-74134-X.