| Victims | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Steel Pulse |
| Cover: | Spvictims.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Recorded: | The Dub Factory & Central Studios, Birmingham, England |
| Genre: | Reggae |
| Length: | 63:25 |
| Label: | MCA[1] |
| Producer: | Steel Pulse, Paul Horton, Peter Lord, V. Jeffrey Smith, Stephen Bray, Michael Verdick |
| Prev Title: | State of Emergency |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Vex |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
Victims is the eighth album by the band Steel Pulse, released in 1991.[2] [3]
The album rose to the No. 6 spot on the Billboard Top World Music Albums chart. It was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Reggae Album category.[4] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[5]
The album was produced by Steel Pulse, Paul Horton, Peter Lord, V. Jeffrey Smith, Stephen Bray, and Michael Verdick.[6] It was divided into "Westside" and "Eastside" halves.[7] Stevie Wonder played harmonica on "Can't Get You (Out of My System)".[8] "Taxi Driver" is about taxi drivers not stopping for Black customers.[9]
The Boston Globe noted that the album "contains searing raps against gang warfare, cultural imperialism and freebasing cocaine."[10] The Los Angeles Times called it "a quirkily inventive outing that manages to coalesce Caribbean, pop, hip-hop, rock, and funk elements while maintaining the integrity of its patented vocal harmonies."[11]
The St. Petersburg Times determined that "Steel Pulse has found a working formula for melding reggae roots with Club-MTV affectations."[12] The Ottawa Citizen opined that "pop and soul inflections dominate, often with reggae stuck in the back pocket."[13]