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'''''Babylon the Bandit''''' is an album by the reggae band [[Steel Pulse]], released in 1986.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steel-pulse-mn0000745584/biography</ref> It won the [[Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album]], the only time the award has been won by a non-Jamaican artist.<ref name="Campbell">Campbell, Howard (2014) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Steel-Pulse-creates-history_15831071 Steel Pulse Creates History]", ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 20 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014</ref><ref>https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/steel-pulse/14714</ref> |
'''''Babylon the Bandit''''' is an album by the reggae band [[Steel Pulse]], released in 1986.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steel-pulse-mn0000745584/biography</ref> It won the [[Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album]], the only time the award has been won by a non-Jamaican artist.<ref name="Campbell">Campbell, Howard (2014) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Steel-Pulse-creates-history_15831071 Steel Pulse Creates History]", ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 20 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014</ref><ref>https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/steel-pulse/14714</ref> |
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==Production== |
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The album was produced by Jimmy "Senyan" Haynes.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ebOh2_lIfVYC&pg=PA95</ref> |
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==Critical reception== |
==Critical reception== |
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 40:00 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Jimmy "Senyan" Haynes | |||
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Babylon the Bandit is an album by the reggae band Steel Pulse, released in 1986.[2] It won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album, the only time the award has been won by a non-Jamaican artist.[3][4]
Production
The album was produced by Jimmy "Senyan" Haynes.[5]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "it was clear that the band’s professed ideals were no longer jibing with their attempts to crack the (American) market ... Protest lyrics swathed in slick, upwardly mobile production were pretty hard to take seriously."[6]
Track listing
- "Save Black Music" – 4:17
- "Not King James Version" – 4:13
- "School Boy's Crush (Jail Bait)" – 4:18
- "Sugar Daddy" – 4:35
- "Kick That Habit" – 3:42
- "Blessed Is the Man" – 4:25
- "Love Walks Out" – 4:26
- "Don't Be Afraid" – 4:56
- "Babylon the Bandit" – 5:08
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/babylon-the-bandit-mw0000199804
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steel-pulse-mn0000745584/biography
- ^ Campbell, Howard (2014) "Steel Pulse Creates History", Jamaica Observer, 20 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014
- ^ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/steel-pulse/14714
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=ebOh2_lIfVYC&pg=PA95
- ^ "Steel Pulse". Trouser Press. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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