From the Secret Laboratory
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| From the Secret Laboratory | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Reggae, dub | |||
| Label | Mango | |||
| Producer | Adrian Sherwood, Lee "Scratch" Perry | |||
| Lee "Scratch" Perry chronology | ||||
| ||||
From the Secret Laboratory is an album by the Jamaican musician Lee "Scratch" Perry, released in 1990.[1][2] It peaked at No. 8 on Billboard's World Music chart.[3] Despite Perry's pledge to not work again with Island Records, the album was released by Island's subsidiary label Mango.[4]
Recorded and mixed over eight days in England and Jamaica, the album was produced by Adrian Sherwood and Perry.[5][6][7] Perry was backed by members of Dub Syndicate, African Head Charge, and the Roots Radics.[6][8] The album cover photo, by Adrian Boot, was taken in the Swiss Alps.[9] "Party Time" is a cover of the Heptones song.[10] "Vibrate On" was written by Augustus Pablo.[11] "African Hitchhiker" uses a Kumina rhythm.[5]
