Reggae_Got_Soul

<i>Reggae Got Soul</i>

Reggae Got Soul

1976 studio album by Toots and the Maytals

Reggae Got Soul is an album by the Jamaican reggae group Toots and the Maytals, released in July 1976 by Island Records.

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Critical reception

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "In Toots the physical voice is all but equivalent to the artistic 'voice,' the way that term is applied to poets sometimes, and all its warmth, humor, and vivacity come through here. But what has made Toots doubly impressive is the amazing hit songs his voice was attached to. For starters: 'Sweet and Dandy,' '5446 Was My Number,' 'Monkey Man,' and 'African Doctor.' None of these has been released on an American Maytals album, and nothing on this album, not even 'Rasta Man' or 'True Love Is Hard to Find,' equals any of them."[2]

The title track was released a single in Jamaica and the US in 1975[3][4] and in the UK in 1976.[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Frederick "Toots" Hibbert except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "Rasta Man" – 5:56
  2. "Premature" – 3:11
  3. "So Bad" – 2:57
  4. "Six And Seven Books" – 3:30
  5. "I Shall Sing" (Van Morrison) – 2:41

Side two

  1. "Reggae Got Soul" (Warwick Lyn) – 3:08
  2. "Everybody Needs Lovin" – 3:10
  3. "Living In The Ghetto" – 3:40
  4. "True Love Is Hard To Find" – 4:14
  5. "Never You Change" – 3:11

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Personnel

Musicians

Technical

  • Eckford/Stimpson – design
  • John Burns, Ronald Logan, Sylvan Morris – engineers
  • John Burns, Keith Harwood – mixer
  • Larry Cohen, Marilyn Rickard, Roberto Morrison – photography

References

  1. [1]
    Bush, Nathan. Reggae Got Soul at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. [2]
    Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 16 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. [3]
    "Toots and the Maytals - Reggae's Got Soul".
  4. [4]
    "Toots and the Maytals - Reggae's Got Soul".
  5. [5]
    "Toots and the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul".
  6. [6]
    Toots and the Maytals – Billboard 200 Billboard magazine April 24th, 2004 (page 63) Google Books. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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