Chill Out is an album by reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1982. The album was recorded at Channel One Studios in Jamaica and produced by Sly and Robbie. Featuring The Revolutionaries, an influential session group, Chill Out, together with its dub companion The Dub Factor, is widely considered a classic of reggae music.
Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru. The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Derrick "Duckie" Simpson as the mainstay. They had their most successful period in the 1980s, with their album Anthem winning the first ever Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1985.
Sandra "Puma" Jones was an American singer, best known as a member of the Grammy Award-winning reggae group Black Uhuru.
Michael Rose is a Jamaican reggae singer. He is most widely known for a successful tenure as the lead singer for Black Uhuru from 1977 to 1984, followed by a lengthy solo career. He has been praised as "one of Jamaica's most distinguished singers" and for launching a distinctive form of reggae singing that originated in his home neighborhood of Waterhouse in Kingston.
Lowell Fillmore "Sly" Dunbar is a Jamaican drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a reggae album and single by Black Uhuru. The album was first released under the title Showcase in 1979, then as a re-edition entitled Black Uhuru in 1980, with the addition of "Shine Eye Gal", and with different mixes of the original LP tracks The Guess Who's Coming to Dinner release, from 1983, is identical to the 1980 edition.
Sly and Robbie were a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians. Shakespeare died in December 2021 following kidney surgery.
Compass Point Studios was a music recording studio in the Bahamas, founded in 1977 by Chris Blackwell, the owner of Island Records. The concept of the studio was of a recording facility supported by in-house sets of artists, musicians, producers and engineers, all dedicated to a specific and recognisable sound and style. The session band at the studios, as well as visiting recording artists, became known as the Compass Point All Stars.
Steven J. C. Stanley, is a Jamaican audio engineer, record producer and keyboardist who has worked in the reggae, dub and rock music genres since 1975, most notably with Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and Black Uhuru.
The Wailing Souls are a Jamaican reggae vocal group whose origins date back to the 1960s. The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years with Winston "Pipe" Matthews and Lloyd "Bread" McDonald the only constant members. They have been nominated for Grammy Awards three times.
Delroy "Junior" Reid is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician, best known for his featuring on the songs "One Blood", "It's Okay " and "This Is Why I'm Hot", as well as being the lead vocalist for Black Uhuru on three albums: Brutal, Positive and Black Uhuru Live in New York.
Word, Sound and Power are a Jamaican reggae band, formed in 1976 as Peter Tosh's backing band after Tosh left The Wailers. It is believed that each word in the name stood for Word, Sound (Guitars) and Power. They toured with Tosh in America in 1976, Europe in 1978, and backed him at the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, Jamaica. For this concert, their line-out was Sly and Robbie, Al Anderson, Mikey Chung, Robbie Lyn, Keith Sterling, Uziah Thompson and Noel Simms.
Sinsemilla is the third album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1980 on the Island Records subsidiary Mango. The album helped the band achieve a global fanbase.
Red is a 1981 album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. The line-up of the band changed many times during its 16 years and this is the second release for the lineup of Michael Rose, Sandra "Puma" Jones and Derek "Duckie" Simpson. Sly & Robbie were again in the production seat after having previously worked with the band on the 1980 album Sinsemilla.
Brutal is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. It was released in 1986 through Real Authentic Sound, making it their first album on the label. Audio production was handled by Doctor Dread, Arthur Baker, Steven Stanley and Black Uhuru. The album peaked at number 36 in New Zealand, number 73 in the Netherlands, and was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording at 29th Annual Grammy Awards. The album spawned five singles: "Conviction Or Fine", "Fit You Haffe Fit", "The Great Train Robbery", "Let Us Pray" and "Dread In The Mountain". The single "Great Train Robbery" also made it to charts, reaching #31 in New Zealand, #49 in the Netherlands,and #69 in the United Kingdom, reaching overall populairty.
Now is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. It was released in 1990 through Rhino Records. The album peaked at number 121 on the US Billboard 200 chart, number 2 on the World Albums chart, and was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording at 33rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Iron Storm is a studio album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. It was released in 1991 through Mesa Recordings. The album peaked at number 1 on the US Billboard World Albums chart and was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at 34th Annual Grammy Awards.
Strongg is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. It was released in 1994 through Mesa Recordings. The album peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Reggae Albums chart and was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at 37th Annual Grammy Awards.
As the World Turns is a studio album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. It was released on September 7, 2018 through Black Uhuru Official. It was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at 61st Annual Grammy Awards.
Positive is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae group Black Uhuru, released in 1987. A dub album, Positive Dub, was released the same year. Positive was the final album with vocalist Delroy "Junior" Reid.
