Sinsemilla (album)

Sinsemilla
Studio album by
Black Uhuru
ReleasedJuly 1980 (1980-07)
RecordedJanuary 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)
StudioChannel One Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
GenreReggae
Length36:43
LabelMango, Island, Warner Bros.
ProducerSly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare[1]
Black Uhuru chronology
Showcase
(1979) 		Sinsemilla
(1980) 		Red
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

Sinsemilla is the third album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1980 on the Island Records subsidiary Mango.[4] The album helped the band achieve a global fanbase.[1]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that the album "delivers a level of consistency only Bob Marley himself had achieved."[7] The Miami New Times wrote that "by 1980's Sinsemilla, Black Uhuru was a paragon of politics, close harmonies, pumping grooves, and a social awareness as astute and incisive as Marley's."[8] Spin deemed Sinsemilla a "classic reggae" album, writing that Sly and Robbie's "trademark synth-drum grooves drove the group's harmonies like a diddling steam turbine."[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Rose

No.TitleLength
1."Happiness"4:21
2."World Is Africa"5:17
3."Push Push"4:12
4."There Is Fire"5:02
5."No Loafing (Sit and Wonder)"3:59
6."Sinsemilla"5:11
7."Endurance"4:01
8."Vampire"4:34
Bonus tracks 2003
No.TitleLength
9."Sinsemilla" (Discomix)6:30
10."Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (Discomix)6:00

Personnel

Black Uhuru

with:

Technical
  • Lister Hewan Lowe, Lowell "Sly" Dunbar, Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare - executive producer
  • Ernest Hookim, Colonel Maxie (Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie) - recording engineer
  • Tony Wright - cover illustration

References

  1. ^ a b "Black Uhuru: Sinsemilla / Red / The Dub Factor". March 7, 2004.
  2. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Black Uhuru: Sinsemilla" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 638.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 116.
  6. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 63.
  7. ^ "Black Uhuru". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  8. ^ Stratton, Jeff (November 15, 2001). "Rare Riddims". Miami New Times.
  9. ^ "Classic Reggae". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. April 11, 2003 – via Google Books.



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