Police and Thieves (album)
1977 studio album by Junior Murvin
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Police and Thieves is an album by Junior Murvin and backing band the Upsetters, released in 1977.[5][6] Along with the Heptones' Party Time and Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon, this album is considered part of a Black Ark Lee 'Scratch' Perry-produced "holy trinity".[1]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 1977 | |||
| Recorded | Black Ark, Washington Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 37:59 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Lee 'Scratch' Perry | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [3] |
| The Independent | (very favorable)[4] |
Track listing
All tracks composed by Junior Murvin and Lee "Scratch" Perry; except where indicated
Original LP
- "Roots Train"
- "Police and Thieves"
- "Solomon" (Murvin)
- "Rescue Jah Children"
- "Tedious"
- "False Teachin" (Perry)
- "Easy Task" (Murvin)
- "Lucifer"
- "Workin' in the Cornfield" (Perry)
- "I Was Appointed" (Murvin)
2003 CD re-release
- "Roots Train"
- "Police and Thieves"
- "Solomon"
- "Rescue Jah Children"
- "Tedious"
- "False Teachin"
- "Easy Task"
- "Lucifer"
- "Working in the Cornfield"
- "I Was Appointed"
- "Childhood Sweetheart" (Murvin)
- "Bad Weed" (Discomix)
- "Roots Train" (Discomix)
- "Memories" (B-side of "Police and Thieves")
- "Rasta Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready")
Personnel
- Junior Murvin - vocals
- Cedric Myton, George Faith - vocals
- Robert "Billy" Johnson - guitar
- Boris Gardiner - bass
- Winston Wright, Errol "Tarzan" Nelson - keyboards
- "Dirty" Harry Hall, Herman Marquis, "Deadly" Headley Bennett - horns
- Dillinger - additional vocals on "Roots Train" discomix
- Tony Wright - cover illustration
