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- Date Released: January 1, 1983
- Genre: International
- Label: Easy Star Records / IODA
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We Say...
The Horace Andy-influenced Sugar Minott shaped the next generation of dancehall stars, including the late, great Tenor Saw. This independently released 1979 album — Minott took an early stand against the island studios with his own label and sound system — demonstrates why. Delivering uncompromising lyrics in a sweet voice, Minott's honey-tempoed songs like "Man Hungry," "Dreader Than Dread" and the title track sound expansive and incendiary at the same time. Here is the album that Joe Strummer name-checked on "This Is Radio Clash," connecting Minott's yard-centrism to Afrika Bambaataa's "urban Vietnam."
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They Say...
After a successful apprenticeship under Coxsone Dodd at Studio One, Lincoln "Sugar" Minott went out on his own and established two labels of his own: Black Roots and Youth Promotion. Ghetto-ology, originally released in 1979, was his first self-produced album, and it was hard to come by until it was reissued on CD by the American Easy Star label in early 2000. If there were some kind of Reggae Medal of Honor, Easy Star would deserve it for bringing this hidden treasure back to light. It includes such stellar performances as "Man Hungry," the eerie "So Many Things," and "The People Got to Know," all of them sung in Minott's inimitably sweet style and supported by the rock-solid foundation of the Soul Syndicate band. What makes this reissue even more special is the inclusion of Ghetto-ology Dubwise, the dub counterpart to the original album that was remixed by dub legend King Tubby and copies of which have been even harder to find than Ghetto-ology itself. Quibbles? Instead of having the two albums programmed end-to-end, it would have been nice to have the dub versions interspersed with the songs themselves. But that's a minor annoyance; this is one of the year's best reggae reissues.
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| 01. |  |
Man Hungry |
3:33 |
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| 02. | |
The People Got to Know |
3:21 |
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| 03. | |
Walking Through the Ghetto |
3:06 |
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| 04. | |
Dreader Than Dread |
3:31 |
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| 05. | |
So Many Things |
3:13 |
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| 06. | |
Never Gonna Give Jah Up |
3:29 |
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| 07. | |
Ghetto-ology |
3:14 |
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| 08. | |
Africa is the Black Man's Home |
4:20 |
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| 09. | |
Strange Things |
4:11 |
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| 10. | |
Free Jah Jah Children |
3:35 |
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| 11. | |
Hungry Dub |
2:00 |
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| 12. | |
The People Got to Dub |
3:21 |
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| 13. | |
Walking Dub |
3:12 |
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| 14. | |
Dreader Dub |
2:12 |
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| 15. | |
So Many Things Dub |
2:56 |
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| 16. | |
Never Gonna Give Dub Up |
3:32 |
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| 17. | |
Ghetoo-ology Dub |
2:35 |
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| 18. | |
Africa Dub |
3:50 |
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| 19. | |
Strange Dub |
2:48 |
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| 20. | |
Free Jah Jah Dub |
3:21 |
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20 Total Tracks, 65:20 Total Length
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Credits
- Tony Tuff - Harmony // Prince Jammy - Engineer // Prince Jammy - Mixing // King Tubby - Mixing // King Tubby - Mixing // King Tubby - Mixing // King Tubby - Mixing // Monty Montgomery - Logo Art // Gladstone Anderson - Keyboards // Pablove Black - Keyboards // Arnold Brackenridge - Horn // Tony Chin - Guitar // Eric Clarke - Drums // Carlton "Santa" Davis - Drums // George Fullwood - Bass // Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson - Keyboards // Albert Malawi - Drums // Freddie McGregor - Drums // Sugar Minott - Drums // Sugar Minott - Drums // Sugar Minott - Vocals // Sugar Minott - Vocals // Sugar Minott - Producer // Sugar Minott - Producer // Sugar Minott - Main Performer // Sugar Minott - Main Performer // Zoot Sims - Percussion // Zoot Sims - Percussion // Zoot Sims - Percussion // Zoot Sims - Percussion // Zoot Sims - Percussion // Zoot Sims - Percussion // Zoot Sims - Percussion // Zoot Sims - Percussion // Zoot Sims - Percussion // Eric Smith - Executive Producer // Eric Smith - Art Direction // Eric Smith - Design // Earl Fox Walker - Bass // Errol "Flabba" Holt - Percussion // Paul Shields - Mastering // Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie - Engineer // Sangie Davis - Guitar // Roy Grant - Horn // Ashanti Waugh - Harmony // Francis Henry - Harmony
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