Scientist Meets the Space Invaders
| Scientist Meets the Space Invaders | ||||
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Channel One Studios, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Dub | |||
| Length | 31:50 | |||
| Label | Greensleeves GREL19 | |||
| Producer | Mickie "Roots" Scott, Linval Thompson | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarStarStarHalf star[1] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[2] |
Scientist Meets the Space Invaders is a 1981 album by the dub musician Scientist.
The album was produced by Mickie "Roots" Scott and Linval Thompson. The recording was done at Channel One Studios backed by the Roots Radics, and mixed at King Tubby's. The recording was by Stanley "Barnabas" Bryan, Anthony "Crucial Bunny" Graham and Maxwell "Maxie" McKenzie. The cover artwork is by Tony McDermott.
The tracks that formed the basis of the album were Thompson productions including Wayne Wade's "Poor and Humble" ("Cloning Process"), and Johnny Osbourne's "Kiss Somebody" ("Quasar").[3]
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]Reviewing for AllMusic, Stephen Cook regarded the album as a "great dub" record and among Scientist's "essential" albums.[1] Fellow critic Tom Hull called it "one of the more legendary" recordings in which Scientist "orchestrated dozens of mythic battles, encounters, and jams ... although it feels like something he could do dozens of times."[2]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]All tracks composed by Linval Thompson
- Side one - First Wall
- "Beam Down" - 3:20
- "Red Shift" - 3:33
- "Time Warp" - 2:51
- "Cloning Process" - 4:16
- "Pulsar" - 3:10
- Side two - Second Wall
- "Laser Attack" - 3:45
- "Dematerialise" - 2:48
- "Fission" - 2:35
- "Super Nova Explosion" - 2:34
- "Quasar" - 2:58
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Carlton "Santa" Davis, Lincoln "Style" Scott - drums
- Errol "Flabba" Holt - bass
- Noel "Sowell" Bailey, Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont - guitar
- Wycliffe "Steelie" Johnson, Winston Wright - organ
- Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson - piano
- Christopher "Sky Juice" Blake, Noel "Skully" Simms - percussion
- Technical
- Scientist - mixing
- Stanley "Barnabas" Bryan, Anthony "Crucial Bunny" Graham, Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie - recording
- Tony McDermott - cover artwork
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Cook, Stephen "Scientist Meets the Space Invaders Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
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