| Pass the Pipe | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Toots and the Maytals |
| Cover: | Pass the Pipe.jpg |
| Released: | 1979 |
| Genre: | Reggae |
| Label: | Mango |
| Prev Title: | Toots Presents The Maytals |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Just Like That |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
Pass the Pipe is an album by the Jamaican reggae band Toots and the Maytals.[1] [2] It was released in 1979 on Mango Records.[3]
New York praised the "raspy lushness" of Toots Hibbert's vocals.[4] The New York Times wrote: "Although customarily raucous, the Maytals' reggae retains a marked gospel intensity. As such, Pass the Pipe does not represent a new direction so much as a greater concentration on one aspect of Toots and company's mature gifts. Highly recommended."[3] The Bay State Banner thought that the "guitar and bass men shun the usual metallic riffing in favor of a reedy vegetable sound that purrs and mushes against your speakers."[5] Stereo Review deemed Pass the Pipe "a recording of special merit."[6]
Dave Thompson, in Reggae & Caribbean Music, thought that on Pass the Pipe "jazz influences creep into the now solidly soulful brew."[7]