Police_and_Thieves_(album)

<i>Police and Thieves</i> (album)

Police and Thieves (album)

1977 studio album by Junior Murvin

Police and Thieves is an album by Junior Murvin and backing band the Upsetters, released in 1977.[5][6] Along with the Heptones' Party Time and Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon, this album is considered part of a Black Ark Lee 'Scratch' Perry-produced "holy trinity".[1]

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Junior Murvin and Lee "Scratch" Perry; except where indicated

Original LP

  1. "Roots Train"
  2. "Police and Thieves"
  3. "Solomon" (Murvin)
  4. "Rescue Jah Children"
  5. "Tedious"
  6. "False Teachin" (Perry)
  7. "Easy Task" (Murvin)
  8. "Lucifer"
  9. "Workin' in the Cornfield" (Perry)
  10. "I Was Appointed" (Murvin)

2003 CD re-release

  1. "Roots Train"
  2. "Police and Thieves"
  3. "Solomon"
  4. "Rescue Jah Children"
  5. "Tedious"
  6. "False Teachin"
  7. "Easy Task"
  8. "Lucifer"
  9. "Working in the Cornfield"
  10. "I Was Appointed"
  11. "Childhood Sweetheart" (Murvin)
  12. "Bad Weed" (Discomix)
  13. "Roots Train" (Discomix)
  14. "Memories" (B-side of "Police and Thieves")
  15. "Rasta Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready")

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Anderson, Rick. "Police and Thieves". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  2. [2]
    Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. [3]
    The Daily Telegraph review
  4. [4]
    The Independent review
  5. [5]
    Hebdige, Dick (2013). Subculture. Taylor & Francis. p. 38.
  6. [6]
    Hodges, Hugh (2023). The Fascist Groove Thing: Thatcher’s Britain in 21 Mixtapes. PM Press.


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