Mama Africa | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1983 | |||
Recorded | 1982, 1983 | |||
Genre | Reggae, pop | |||
Length | 44:11 | |||
Label | EMI America(U.S.) EMI(UK / International) Intel-Diplo (Jamaica) | |||
Producer | Chris Kimsey, Peter Tosh | |||
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Mama Africa is the sixth studio album by Peter Tosh. It was released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).
Peter Tosh Mama Africa Album
Track listing[edit]
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Peter Tosh's most accessible solo album, Mama Africa, would also be his best seller outside Jamaica, the only one of his albums to break into the U.K. Top 50 and even push into the bottom reaches of the U.S. Tosh concentrated on the music, self-producing an album that sounds fantastic from start to finish.
All tracks composed by Peter Tosh; except where indicated
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- Peter Tosh may have written marijuana's greatest advertisement - and mantra to weed-smokers everywhere - with 'Legalize It,' but this Roots Reggae stalwart was a lot more than your run-of-the-mill hash head. Son of a single mother and a preacher father who refused to recognize Peter as his son, Tosh grew up with an arrogant and volatile.
- 'Mama Africa' - 7:56
- 'Glass House' - 5:52
- 'Not Gonna Give It Up' - 5:48
- 'Stop That Train' - 4:02
- 'Johnny B. Goode' (Chuck Berry) - 4:04
- 'Where You Gonna Run' (Donald Kinsey) - 4:09
- 'Peace Treaty' - 4:21
- 'Feel No Way' - 3:31
- 'Maga Dog' - 4:30
Bonus tracks on 'The Definitive Remasters' 2002 EMI CD release[edit]
- 10. 'Johnny B. Goode' (Long Version) 6:55
- 11. 'Where You Gonna Run' (Long Version) 6:35
- 12. 'Mama Africa' (7' single-version) 4:00
Personnel[edit]
- Peter Tosh - lead and backing vocals, clavinet
- Leebert 'Gibby' Morrison, Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar
- Carlton 'Santa' Davis, Sly Dunbar - drums
- Geoffrey Chung, Lancelot 'Maxie' McKenzie - engineer
- Darryl Thompson, Donald KinseyEd Edizalde - lead guitar
- Mikey Chung, Steve Golding - rhythm guitar
- Byron Allred, Peter Couch - keyboards
- Robert Lyn - organ (tracks: A1 to A4, B3 to B5)
- Skully, Uziah Thompson - percussion
- Keith Sterling - piano'
- Dean Fraser - saxophone
- Ronald 'Nambo' Robinson - trombone
- Arnold Brackenridge, David Madden, Junior 'Chico' Chin - trumpet
- Jon Paris - harmonica
- Audrey Hall, Betty Wright, Donald Kinsey, Dorett Myers, Pam Hall, Raymond Hall, The Tamlins - backing vocals
- Technical
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- Chris Kimsey, Peter Tosh - mixing
- John 'Jellybean' Benitez - mixing on 'Johnny B. Goode'
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Charts[edit]
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] | 47 |
United States (Billboard 200) | 59 |
References[edit]
- ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 311. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
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