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Babylon the Bandit
Studio album by
Steel Pulse
Released1986 (1986)
Recorded1985
GenreReggae
Length40:00
LabelElektra[1]
ProducerJimmy "Senyan" Haynes
Steel Pulse chronology
Earth Crisis
(1984) 		Babylon the Bandit
(1986) 		State of Emergency
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]

Babylon the Bandit is an album by the reggae band Steel Pulse, released in 1986.[4] It won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album, the only time the award has been won by a non-Jamaican artist.[5][6]

Production

The album was produced by Jimmy "Senyan" Haynes.[7]

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."[8]

Track listing

  1. "Save Black Music" – 4:17
  2. "Not King James Version" – 4:13
  3. "School Boy's Crush (Jail Bait)" – 4:18
  4. "Sugar Daddy" – 4:35
  5. "Kick That Habit" – 3:42
  6. "Blessed Is the Man" – 4:25
  7. "Love Walks Out" – 4:26
  8. "Don't Be Afraid" – 4:56
  9. "Babylon the Bandit" – 5:08

References

  1. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 669.
  2. ^ "Babylon the Bandit - Steel Pulse | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. pp. 727–728.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ "Steel Pulse | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Campbell, Howard (2014) "Steel Pulse Creates History", Jamaica Observer, 20 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014
  6. ^ "Steel Pulse". GRAMMY.com. December 15, 2020.
  7. ^ Best, Curwen (March 15, 2012). "The Popular Music and Entertainment Culture of Barbados: Pathways to Digital Culture". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Steel Pulse". Trouser Press. Retrieved 23 June 2021.



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