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Forces of Victory

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Released
  
1979 (UK)

Length
  
32:47

Artist
  
Linton Kwesi Johnson

Label
  
Island Records

Recorded
  
1978

Forces of Victory (1979)
  
Bass Culture (1980)

Release date
  
1979

Genres
  
Dub, Dub poetry

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Producers
  
Linton Kwesi Johnson, Dennis Bovell

Similar
  
Linton Kwesi Johnson albums, Dub albums, Other albums

Forces of Victory is an album by dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1979 on the Island Records label. It was produced by Linton Kwesi Johnson and Dennis Bovell (credited as Blackbeard).

Contents

In 2003, David Bowie included it in a list of 25 of his favourite albums, "Confessions of a Vinyl Junkie".

Track listing

All tracks by Linton Kwesi Johnson

  1. "Want Fi Goh Rave" – 4:20
  2. "It Noh Funny" – 3:42
  3. "Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)" – 3:50
  4. "Independent Intavenshan" – 3:20
  5. "Fite Dem Back" – 4:27
  6. "Reality Poem" – 4:44
  7. "Forces of Viktry" – 4:56
  8. "Time Come" – 3:28

Personnel

  • Bass - Floyd Lawson (tracks: A1, B1), Vivian Weathers (tracks: A2 to A4, B2 to B4)
  • Drums - Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson (tracks: A1 to A4, B3), Winston "Crab" Curniffe (tracks: B1, B2, B4)
  • Engineer - Dennis Bovell, John Caffrey
  • Flugelhorn - Dick Cuthell
  • Guitar - John Kpiaye
  • Harmonica - Julio Finn
  • Mixed By - Dennis Bovell
  • Organ - The Invisible One, Webster Johnson
  • Percussion - Everald "Fari" Forrest, Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson, Winston "Crab" Curniffe
  • Photography - Dennis Morris
  • Piano - Dennis Bovell, Webster Johnson
  • Trombone - Rico
  • Vocals - Linton Kwesi Johnson
  • Additional voices - Dennis Bovell, Vivian Weathers, Winston Bennett
  • Cover design - Zebulon Design

    • Songs

    1Want Fi Goh Rave4:21
    2It Noh Funny3:43
    3Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)3:54

    References

    Forces of Victory Wikipedia
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