Dread Beat and Blood
Download links and information about Dread Beat and Blood by Linton Kwesi Johnson. This album was released in 1978 and it belongs to Reggae, Roots Reggae, World Music genres. It contains 10 tracks with total duration of 39:39 minutes.
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| Artist: | Linton Kwesi Johnson |
| Release date: | 1978 |
| Genre: | Reggae, Roots Reggae, World Music |
| Tracks: | 10 |
| Duration: | 39:39 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Dread Beat an' Blood | 2:59 |
| 2. | Five Nights Of Bleeding | 4:29 |
| 3. | Doun de Road | 2:27 |
| 4. | Song Of Blood | 6:28 |
| 5. | It Dread Inna Inglan | 4:04 |
| 6. | Come Wi Goh Dung Deh | 3:46 |
| 7. | Man Free | 6:01 |
| 8. | Command Counsel Dub | 3:10 |
| 9. | Defense Dub | 3:13 |
| 10. | All Wi Doin Is Defendin | 3:02 |
Details
[Edit]One of Jamaica's most significant reggae albums, originally released in 1978 on Frontline Records. Poet is Linton Kwesi Johnson; the Roots are Vivian Weathers (bass guitar, vocals), Dennis Bovell (guitar, keyboards), Desmond Craig (keyboards), Winston Cumiffe (drums), Lloyd Donaldson (drums), Everald Forest (percussion), John Vamom (guitar), and Lila Weathers (vocals). All but two songs first appeared in Johnson's 1975 poetry book, Dread Beat An' Blood. The poems are political in nature, dealing with Jamaica's racist regime and the way some dealt with the oppression: doping, fighting, and wasting one another in bars, as depicted in "Five Nights of Bleeding (For Leroy Harris)." Johnson does little singing, he simply delivers his poems in cadence to the music. Only on a couple of tunes like "Song of Blood," led by Lila Weathers, does any real singing occur, but Johnson's powerful, inspirational, descriptive words needs little embellishment.