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Lee Scratch Perry - Arkology

Arkology

by Lee Scratch Perry

$34.95 Free Shipping

Released
1/07/97
Music Genre
Reggae

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Description

Purportedly the definitive Lee "Scratch" Perry compilation, the three-CD set Arkology is loaded with good intentions and is carefully constructed, but with a back catalog like Perry's — where it's nearly impossible to find out what's what — definitive in this case is a dream. Still, the compilers have done a fine job of providing an overview of Perry's career that makes sense musically, historically, and culturally.

Product Details

Artist
Lee Scratch Perry
Recording Environment
Studio
Label / Studio
ISLAND JAMAICA
WOW HD Sales Rank
#18697
Media Format
Audio CD
Number of Discs
3
Year of release
1997
Original year of release
1997
CD 30days Sales Rank
#13382
Cast & Crew
Lee "Scratch" Perry (Music Performer)
Lee "Scratch" Perry (Producer)

Press Reviews

4 Stars (out of 5) - "...ARKOLOGY...unearths what is ancient history in reggae terms and yet which still sounds as if it comes from maybe 100 years hence... Q (5/97, pp.140)

4 Stars (out of 5) - "...Perry was crazy like George Clinton, drawing dynamic performances from a fluid cast of singers and sidemen and camouflaging his calls for social change and spiritual retribution in cool licks and cartoonish mysticism... Rolling Stone (7/10-24/97, p.120)

9 (out of 10) - "...reveals Perry's alchemical use of ramshackle studio technology. Most cuts swim in a haze of sacred reverb froth, displaying a jarring, third-world `musique concrete,' with sound effects ranging from leonine roars to acid house-style bleeps and buzzes... Spin (8/97, pp.115-116)

...the most prescient producer...ever to emerge from Jamaica... Vibe (10/97, p.172)

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. Dub Revolution (Part 1)
  2. One Step Forward
  3. One Step Dub
  4. Vampire
  5. Vamp a Dub
  6. Sufferers Time
  7. Sufferer's Dub
  8. Sufferer's Heights
  9. Don't Blame On I
  10. Much Smarter
  11. Much Smarter Dub
  12. Life Is Not Easy
  13. Life Is Not Easy Dub
  14. Tedious
  15. War in Babylon
  16. Revelation Dub
  17. Mr President
  18. I Chase the Devil

Disc 2:

  1. Dreadlocks in Moonlight
  2. Dread at the Mantrols
  3. In These Times
  4. In These Times Dub
  5. Norman
  6. Police and Thieves
  7. Magic Touch
  8. Soldier and Police War
  9. Grumblin' Dub
  10. Bad Weed
  11. John Public
  12. John Public (Version)
  13. Roots Train
  14. No Peace
  15. No Peace Dub
  16. Rasta Train
  17. Party Time (Part 2)

Disc 3:

  1. Vibrate On
  2. Vibrator
  3. Bird in Hand
  4. Congoman
  5. Dyon Anasawa
  6. Rastaman Shuffle
  7. Why Must I (Version)
  8. Make Up Your Mind
  9. Closer Together
  10. Groovy Situation
  11. Groovy Dub
  12. To Be a Lover (Have Mercy)
  13. Soul Fire
  14. Curly Locks
  15. Feast of the Passover
  16. Roast Fish & Cornbread
  17. Corn Fish Dub
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