Reggae Got Soul Explained
| Reggae Got Soul |
| Type: | Studio Album |
| Artist: | Toots and the Maytals |
| Cover: | reggae got soul.jpg |
| Released: | July 1976 |
| Studio: | Harry J's Recording Studio,
Dynamic Sounds Studios,
Basing Street Studios |
| Genre: | Reggae |
| Length: | 35:00 |
| Label: | Island |
| Producer: | Chris Blackwell (tracks: B1),
Joe Boyd (A1 to A5, B2 to B5),
Warrick Lyn |
| Prev Title: | In the Dark |
| Prev Year: | 1973 |
| Next Title: | Toots Presents The Maytals |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
Reggae Got Soul is an album by the Jamaican reggae group Toots and the Maytals, released in July 1976 by Island Records.
Critical reception
Reviewing in (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "In Toots the physical voice is all but equivalent to the artistic 'voice,' the way that term is applied to poets sometimes, and all its warmth, humor, and vivacity come through here. But what has made Toots doubly impressive is the amazing hit songs his voice was attached to. For starters: 'Sweet and Dandy,' '5446 Was My Number,' 'Monkey Man,' and 'African Doctor.' None of these has been released on an American Maytals album, and nothing on this album, not even 'Rasta Man' or 'True Love Is Hard to Find,' equals any of them."
The title track was released a single in Jamaica and the US in 1975[1] [2] and in the UK in 1976.[3]
Track listing
All songs written by Frederick "Toots" Hibbert except as indicated.
Side one
- "Rasta Man" – 5:56
- "Premature" – 3:11
- "So Bad" – 2:57
- "Six And Seven Books" – 3:30
- "I Shall Sing" (Van Morrison) – 2:41
Side two
- "Reggae Got Soul" (Warwick Lyn) – 3:08
- "Everybody Needs Lovin" – 3:10
- "Living In The Ghetto" – 3:40
- "True Love Is Hard To Find" – 4:14
- "Never You Change" – 3:11
Personnel
Musicians
- Frederick "Toots" Hibbert – vocals
- Ralphus "Raleigh" Gordon – vocals
- Nathaniel "Jerry" Matthias – vocals
- Dudu Pukwana, Ray Allen – alto saxophone
- Jackie Jackson – bass
- Paul Douglas – drums
- "Chicago Steve" (track B1, B2) – harmonica
- Lynford "Hux" Brown, Junior Kerr – lead guitar
- Jean Alain Roussel – Hammond B3, keyboards
- Emmanuel Rentzos, Pablo Black (track A1), Sonny Binns, Steve Winwood (track B3), Winston Wright – organ
- Fitzroy "Brother" James, Bruce Rowland, Denzil Laing, Tony Uter – percussion
- Gladstone Anderson, Steve Winwood (track A2) – piano
- Earl "Chinna" Smith, Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan, Willie Lindo – rhythm guitar
- George Lee, Tommy McCook – tenor saxophone
- Jerome Francis, Rico Rodriguez – trombone
- Bobby Ellis, Eddie Quansah – trumpet
Technical
- Eckford/Stimpson – design
- John Burns, Ronald Logan, Sylvan Morris – engineers
- John Burns, Keith Harwood – mixer
- Larry Cohen, Marilyn Rickard, Roberto Morrison – photography
Notes and References
- Web site: Toots and the Maytals - Reggae's Got Soul .
- Web site: Toots and the Maytals - Reggae's Got Soul .
- Web site: Toots and the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul .
- https://books.google.com/books?id=mxAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard+reggae+got+soul&pg=PA61 Toots and the Maytals – Billboard 200 Billboard magazine April 24th, 2004 (page 63)
