Health and Strength
| Health and Strength | ||||
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| File:PFI HealthStrength.jpg | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1978–1979 | |||
| Studio | Channel One, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 36:18 | |||
| Label | Pressure Sounds | |||
| Producer | Prince Far I | |||
| Prince Far I chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | StarStarStarStarHalf star[1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | StarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[2] |
Health and Strength is an album by Prince Far I recorded in the late 1970s but not released until 1998.
Recording
[edit | edit source]Health and Strength was recorded for Virgin Records's Front Line label between 1978 and 1979, but the master tapes were lost en route to Virgin's offices.[3] In 1997, a former staff member for Hit Run records (the label run by Adrian Sherwood, with whom Prince Far I worked for several years) discovered a cassette that he had made from the master tapes, and the album was finally released by Pressure Sounds.[3]
The album features several tracks based on Gregory Isaacs songs – "Brother Joe", "Health Warning" (which uses Isaacs' "Sacrifice" as its basis), and "House of Jah" (which is based on "Handcuff"). The album also features DJ Blackskin Prophet (on "When the King Comes to Earth") and includes the Jamaican singles "Frontline Speech" and "Weatherman Tam". The album features Prince Far I singing and chanting.[1][3]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]- "Frontline Speech"
- "Brother Joe"
- "House Of Jah"
- "Health Warning"
- "Weatherman Tam"
- "When The King Comes"
- "Easy Squeeze"
- "Solomon's Wisdom"
- "The Will To Win"
- "Clean Hands Pure Heart"
- "Leave Babylon"
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Prince Far I – vocals, production
- Carlton "Santa" Davis – drums
- Sly Dunbar – drums
- Eric "Fish" Clarke – drums
- Lincoln "Style" Scott – drums
- Flabba Holt – bass guitar
- Bertram "Ranchie" McLean – bass guitar
- Robbie Shakespeare – bass guitar
- Clinton Jack – bass guitar
- Bingy Bunny – guitar
- "Crucial" Tony Phillips – guitar
- Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar
- Noel "Sowell" Bailey – guitar
- Dougie Bryan – guitar
- Clifton "Bigga" Morrison – keyboards
- Wycliffe "Steele" Johnson – keyboards
- Ansel Collins – keyboards
- Ossie Hibbert – keyboards
- Sticky – percussion
- Augustus Pablo – melodica
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Anderson, Rick "Health and Strength Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
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- ^ a b c Thompson, Dave (2002). Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. p. 224.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Health and Strength at Roots Archives
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