| Equal Rights | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | Dynamic Sounds Studio Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 38:53 | |||
| Label | Columbia EMI | |||
| Producer | Peter Tosh | |||
| Peter Tosh chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [3] |
Equal Rights is the second studio album by Peter Tosh.[4] It was released in 1977 (see 1977 in music) on Columbia Records.
Content
The song "Get Up, Stand Up", which was co-written by Bob Marley, was originally a single by Tosh's previous band, The Wailers, from their 1973 album Burnin'. "Downpressor Man" is a cover of "Sinner Man". "I Am that I Am" refers to a religious concept commonly referred to by that phrase.
Track listing
All songs composed and arranged by Peter Tosh except as shown.
- Side 1
- "Get Up, Stand Up" – 3:29 (Tosh, Bob Marley)
- "Downpressor Man" – 6:25
- "I Am that I Am" – 4:28
- "Stepping Razor" (Joe Higgs; credited to Tosh) – 5:47
- Side 2
- "Equal Rights" – 5:58
- "African" – 3:41
- "Jah Guide" – 4:29
- "Apartheid" – 5:31
- Track listing on "The Definitive Remasters" 2002 EMI CD release
- "Get Up, Stand Up"
- "Downpressor Man"
- "I Am That I Am"
- "Stepping Razor"
- "Equal Rights"
- "African"
- "Jah Guide"
- "Apartheid"
- "400 Years"
- "Hammer" (Extended Version)
- "Jah Man Inna Jamdung"
- "Vampire"
- "Babylon Queendom"
- "You Can't Blame the Youth"
- "(Know) Dem a Wicked"
- "Pound Get a Blow"
- "Stop That Train"
- "Get Up Stand Up" (Long Version)
- "Equal Rights" (Extended Long Version)
- "I Am That I Am" (Long Version)
- "Apartheid" (Long Version)
- "Stepping Razor" (Alternative Long Version)
- "Get Up Stand Up" (Alternate Version)
- "Pick Myself Up" (Live)
- "African" (Live)
- Tracks 1-8 originally issued April 1977 as Equal Rights
- Tracks 9-17 previously unreleased original session outtakes
- Tracks 18-23 previously unreleased original session alternatives and long versions
- Tracks 24-25 recorded on 1982 US tour
Personnel
- Peter Tosh - vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Bunny Wailer - backing vocals
- Sly Dunbar - drums
- Carlton "Carly" Barrett - drums ("African", "Jah Guide")
- Earl "Wya" Lindo - keyboards
- Donald Kinsey - guitar, backing vocals
- Robbie Shakespeare - bass
- Mikey Chung - lead guitar
- Al Anderson - lead guitar
- Robert Lyn - organ
- Keith Sterling - keyboards
- Harold Butler - clavinet
- Abdul Wali - guitar
- Karl Pitterson - guitar
- Uziah Thompson - percussion
- Skully - percussion
- "Dirty" Harry Hall - tenor saxophone
- Bobby Ellis - trumpet
- Technical
- Karl Pitterson - recording engineer
- Alex Sadkin, Jack Nuber, Karl Pitterson - remix engineer
- Herbie Miller, Ozzie Brown - production coordination
- Andy Engel - artwork
- Kim Gottlieb - front cover photography
References
- ↑ "Equal Rights - Peter Tosh | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 712.
- ↑ "Peter Tosh | Biography & History". AllMusic.
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