Time Boom X De Devil Dead

Time Boom X De Devil Dead
Studio album by Lee "Scratch" Perry + Dub Syndicate
Released	1987
Recorded	On LP via On-U Sound & EMI Records in 1987
Genre	Reggae, dub
Label	On-U Sound[1]
Producer	Adrian Sherwood[2] Lee Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry + Dub Syndicate chronology
Battle Of Armagideon (Millionaire Liquidator) (1986) Time Boom X De Devil Dead (1987) On the Wire

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Time Boom X De Devil Dead is a 1987 studio album by Lee Perry and Dub Syndicate. It was re-released in 1994 by On-U Sound and in 2001 by EMI Records.

The album was something of a comeback for Perry.[2][6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "while perhaps lacking the eccentric edge of Perry’s own work, the LP is still weird and wonderful, a sample of some of the best avant-garde groove music being made today."[7] Exclaim! called it Perry's best album of the 1980s.[6] NME ranked it #34 on its "50 Best Albums of 1987" list.[8]

First release

First release of the album was made in 1987.

• Bass – Errol "Flabba" Holt
• Drums – Lincoln "Style" Scott
• Engineer – A.M. Sherwood, Derek Birket
• Guitar – Bingy Bunny, Dwight Pinkney
• Keyboards – Peter "Doctor Pablo" Stroud
• Percussion – Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah
• Piano – Steely
• Saxophone – "Deadly" Headley Bennett
• Artwork and sleeve concept – Lee Perry
• Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe
• Photography, artwork, sleeve design – Kishi

Side A

1. "S.D.I." (6:27)
2. "Blinkers" (4:58)
3. "Jungle" (7:33) (Bass – Evar Wellington, guitar – Martin Frederix, keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto, vocals – Akabu)
4. "De Devil Dead" (4:29) (Vocals – Akabu)

Side B

1. "Music + Science Lovers" (5:05) (Bass – Doctor Pablo, guitar – Doctor Pablo)
2. "Kiss the Champion" (7:13)
3. "Allergic to Lies" (3:53) (Keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto)
4. "Time Conquer" (4:31) (Guitar – Martin Frederix, keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto, piano – Kishi Yamamoto)

Second release

This release with electronic remixes was made in 1994 in On-U Sound.

• Bass – Errol "Flabba" Holt
• Bass, Guitar, Keyboards – Doctor Pablo
• Drums – Style Scott
• Guitar – Bingy Bunny, Dwight
• Keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto (tracks: 3,7,8,9,10)
• Percussion – Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah
• Piano – Steely
• Saxophone – "Deadly" Headley Bennett
• Vocals – Akabu (tracks: 3,4,9,10)

1. "S.D.I." (6:27)
2. "Blinkers" (4:58)
3. "Jungle" (7:33) (Bass – Evar Wellington, guitar – Martin Frederix)
4. "De Devil Dead" (4:29)
5. "Music & Science Lovers" (5:05)
6. "Kiss the Champion" (7:13)
7. "Allergic to Lies" (3:53)
8. "Time Conquer" (4:31) (Guitar – Martin Frederix)
9. "Jungle (Original 7" Version)" (3:46)
10. "Jungle (Wall Of China)" (2:52)
11. "Night Train" (3:04)

References

1. "The Quietus | News | LISTEN: Unreleased Lee 'Scratch' Perry". The Quietus.
2. Beta, Andy (23 May 2019). "Lee 'Scratch' Perry Keeps Dub Weird On 'Rainford'". NPR.org.
3. Dougan, John. "Time Boom X De Devil Dead". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
4. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
5. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (July 12, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
6. "Lee "Scratch" Perry It's His Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World". exclaim.ca.
7. "Lee 'Scratch' Perry (and the Upsetters)". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
8. "1987 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year - NME". NME. October 10, 2016.