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War ina Babylon

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Released
  
1976

Length
  
37:58

Artists
  
Max Romeo, The Upsetters

Label
  
Spectrum Music

Recorded
  
Black Ark Studios

War ina Babylon (1976)
  
Reconstruction (1977)

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Reggae

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Producers
  
Lee "Scratch" Perry, Max Romeo

Similar
  
Max Romeo albums, Reggae albums

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War ina Babylon is an album by Max Romeo and Lee Perry's backing band The Upsetters, released in 1976.

Contents

Along with The Heptones' Party Time and Junior Murvin's Police and Thieves, both released in 1977, this album is a part of what is referred to as Lee "Scratch" Perry-produced Black Ark "holy trinity".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Max Romeo and Lee "Scratch" Perry except where indicated.

Side A
  1. "One Step Forward" – 5:15
  2. "Uptown Babies" (Romeo) – 5:00
  3. "Chase the Devil" – 3:27
  4. "War ina Babylon" – 4:51
Side B
  1. "Norman" – 4:50
  2. "Stealin'" (Romeo) – 3:04
  3. "Tan and See" (Romeo, Perry, Brown) – 4:36
  4. "Smokey Room" (Romeo, Perry, Brown) – 3:03
  5. "Smile out of Style" – 3:32

Personnel

  • Lead vocals – Max Romeo
  • Male harmony vocals – Barry Llewellyn, Earl Morgan
  • Female harmony vocals – Cynthia Schloss, Marcia Griffiths
  • Production and engineering – Lee "Scratch" Perry
  • Cover artwork – Tony Wright
  • Back cover photography – Kim Gottlieb

    • Singles

  • 1975: "One Step Forward"
  • 1976: "War in a Babylon"
  • 1976: "Chase the Devil"
  • 1977: "Norman"

    • Songs

    1One Step Forward5:15
    2Uptown Babies Don't Cry5:02
    3Chase the Devil3:29

    References

    War ina Babylon Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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