Police and Thieves (album)

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Police and Thieves
Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Junior Murvin chronology
Police and Thieves
(1977) 		Tedious
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
The Daily Telegraph[3]
The Independent(very favorable)[4]

Police and Thieves is an album by

Lee 'Scratch' Perry-produced "holy trinity".[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Junior Murvin and Lee "Scratch" Perry; except where indicated

Original LP

  1. "Roots Train"
  2. "Police and Thieves"
  3. "Solomon" (Murvin)
  4. "Rescue Jah Children"
  5. "Tedious"
  6. "False Teachin" (Perry)
  7. "Easy Task" (Murvin)
  8. "Lucifer"
  9. "Workin' in the Cornfield" (Perry)
  10. "I Was Appointed" (Murvin)

2003 CD re-release

  1. "Roots Train"
  2. "Police and Thieves"
  3. "Solomon"
  4. "Rescue Jah Children"
  5. "Tedious"
  6. "False Teachin"
  7. "Easy Task"
  8. "Lucifer"
  9. "Working in the Cornfield"
  10. "I Was Appointed"
  11. "Childhood Sweetheart" (Murvin)
  12. "Bad Weed" (Discomix)
  13. "Roots Train" (Discomix)
  14. "Memories" (B-side of "Police and Thieves")
  15. "Rasta Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready")

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Anderson, Rick. "Police and Thieves". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  2. ISBN 089919026X
    . Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ The Daily Telegraph review
  4. ^ The Independent review
  5. ^ Hebdige, Dick (2013). Subculture. Taylor & Francis. p. 38.
  6. ^ Hodges, Hugh (2023). The Fascist Groove Thing: Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes. PM Press.


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