Long Life

Long Life
Studio album by
Prince Far I
Released1978
StudioHarry J Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
GenreReggae
LabelFront Line
ProducerMartin "Mandingo" Williams
Prince Far I chronology
Message from the King
(1978) 		Long Life
(1978) 		Cry Tuff Dub Encounter
(1978)

Long Life is a reggae album by Prince Far I, released in 1978 through Front Line.[1][2] "Black Starliner Must Come" is about Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

AllMusic wrote that "the rhythms are provided courtesy of a studio band made up of members of both Soul Syndicate (notably the killer bass-and-drums duo of Robbie Shakespeare and Sly Dunbar) and Roots Radics, and they are, without exception, as solid and heavy as a bag of boulders."[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Michael Williams

  1. "Daughters of Zion"
  2. "Right Way"
  3. "Black Starliner Must Come"
  4. "Praise Him With Psalms"
  5. "In Your Walking Remember Jah Jah"
  6. "Farmyard"
  7. "Love One Another"
  8. "Who Have Eyes to See"
  9. "So Long"

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ^ Moskowitz, David V. (2005). Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall. ABC-CLIO. p. 241.
  2. ^ Thompson, Dave (2002). Reggae & Caribbean Music. Backbeat Books. p. 108.
  3. ^ Partridge, Christopher (2014). The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane. OUP USA. p. 223.
  4. ^ a b "Long Life Review by Rick Anderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  5. ^ Colin Larkin (1998). "Prince Far I". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. VI (3rd ed.). Muze. p. 4334–5. ISBN 0-333-74134-X.