Sinsemilla (album)
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| Sinsemilla | ||||
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| Released | July 1980 | |||
| Recorded | January 26, 1980 | |||
| Studio | Channel One, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 36:43 | |||
| Label | Mango, Island, Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare[1] | |||
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Sinsemilla is the third album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1980 on the Island Records subsidiary Mango.[2] The album helped the band achieve a global fanbase.[1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [6] |
Trouser Press wrote that the album "delivers a level of consistency only Bob Marley himself had achieved."[7] The Miami New Times wrote that "by 1980's Sinsemilla, Black Uhuru was a paragon of politics, close harmonies, pumping grooves, and a social awareness as astute and incisive as Marley's."[8] Spin deemed Sinsemilla a "classic reggae" album, writing that Sly and Robbie's "trademark synth-drum grooves drove the group's harmonies like a diddling steam turbine."[9]
