| True Democracy | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Steel Pulse |
| Cover: | Steelpulse truedemocracy.jpg |
| Recorded: | "Feedback" Studios, Aarhus, Denmark, 1981 |
| Genre: | Reggae |
| Length: | 41:50 |
| Label: | Wise Man Doctrine |
| Producer: | Karl Pitterson |
| Prev Title: | Caught You |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Earth Crisis |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
True Democracy is a studio album by the British reggae band Steel Pulse. It was released on 1March 1982 through the band's own label Wise Man Doctrine Records.[1]
The album got to at least No.14 on the Independent Albums Chart.[2] In the US it peaked at No.120 on the Billboard200.[3]
When the band started work on the album, they had no record deal.[4] While on tour in New York in 1981 they met Karl Pitterson, with whom they recorded five demos. While the demos didn't prompt any offers from major labels, a small Danish label offered the use of their studios to record an album.
The album was recorded over 25 days at Feedback Studios in Aarhus, with Pitterson producing.[5] [6]
It was released in March 1982 through the band's own label Wise Man Doctrine Records.[1] It was later released through Elektra Records for distribution in the United States.
Boo Browning of The Washington Post called True Democracy "a cheerful album, almost buoyant in its musical exhortations to dance even as its lyrics tackle less-than-merry topics."[7]
Style Weekly, in 2018, called it "still ... one of the most danceable political albums ever."[8]
All tracks written by David Hinds, except where noted.