Chill Out (Black Uhuru album)

Chill Out
Studio album by Black Uhuru
Released December 1982
Genre Reggae
Length 35:44
Label Mango
Producer Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare
Black Uhuru chronology
Red
(1981)
Chill Out
(1982)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau B+ [2]

Chill Out is an album by reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). The album was recorded at Channel One Studios in Jamaica and produced by Sly & Robbie. Featuring The Revolutionaries, an influential session group, Chill Out, together with its dub companion The Dub Factor, is widely considered a classic of reggae music.

Chill Out peaked at #146 on Billboard's (North America) Pop Albums chart.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Michael Rose. except where noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Chill Out"   Michael Rose, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Derrick "Duckie" Simpson 5:58
2. "Darkness"     4:00
3. "Eye Market"     3:16
4. "Right Stuff"     4:34
5. "Mondays"     3:20
6. "Fleety Foot"     4:00
7. "Wicked Act"     3:26
8. "Moya (Queen of I Jungle)"   Simpson 3:29
9. "Emotional Slaughter"   Simpson 3:41

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. "Black Uhuru: Chill Out > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Black Uhuru". robertchristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=156. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  3. ^ "Chill Out > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at Allmusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.