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- Artist: Junior Murvin
- Rating:
- Release Date: 1977
- Total Time: 37:59
- Genre: Reggae
Review
This is one of those albums that winds up on just about every list of essential reggae recordings, and with good reason. Like Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon (which is equally essential, and can be considered a companion to this one), it was recorded under the auspices of Lee "Scratch" Perry at his legendary Black Ark studio, and is saturated with Perry's trademark dense, murky sound. Murvin sings in a fierce and beautiful falsetto, a voice which lends a unique weight to such dark masterpieces as "Lucifer," "Roots Train" and the title track (which was later recorded by the Clash). Perry surrounds Murvin's voice with great washes of echo and reverb and keeps the tempos slow and intense, giving the album an almost Biblical feel. Ignore the goofy album art on the CD reissue -- there is nothing lighthearted about any of these songs, nor is there a single wrong note or misplaced effect. There may be eight or ten perfect reggae albums in existence, and this is certainly one of them. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Roots Train | Junior Murvin, Lee "Scratch" Perry | Junior Murvin | (3:42) |
| Police and Thieves | Lee "Scratch" Perry, Junior Murvin | Junior Murvin | (3:52) |
| Solomon | Junior Murvin | Junior Murvin | (2:55) |
| Rescue Jah Children | Junior Murvin, Lee "Scratch" Perry | Junior Murvin | (3:46) |
| Tedious | Lee "Scratch" Perry, Junior Murvin | Junior Murvin | (5:02) |
| False Teachin' | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Junior Murvin | (4:06) |
| Easy Task | Junior Murvin | Junior Murvin | (3:47) |
| Lucifer | Lee "Scratch" Perry, Junior Murvin | Junior Murvin | (3:13) |
| Workin' in the Cornfield | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Junior Murvin | (3:46) |
| I Was Appointed | Junior Murvin | Junior Murvin | (3:50) |
