Time Boom X De Devil Dead | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | On LP via On-U Sound & EMI Records in 1987 | |||
Genre | Reggae, dub | |||
Label | On-U Sound[1] | |||
Producer | Adrian Sherwood[2] Lee Perry | |||
Lee "Scratch" Perry + Dub Syndicate chronology | ||||
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The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Time Boom X De Devil Dead is a 1987 studio album by Lee Perry and Dub Syndicate. It was re-released in 1994 by On-U Sound and in 2001 by EMI Records.
The album was something of a comeback for Perry.[2][6]
Critical reception
[edit]Trouser Press wrote that "while perhaps lacking the eccentric edge of Perry’s own work, the LP is still weird and wonderful, a sample of some of the best avant-garde groove music being made today."[7] Exclaim! called it Perry's best album of the 1980s.[6] NME ranked it #34 on its "50 Best Albums of 1987" list.[8]
First release
[edit]First release of the album was made in 1987.
- Bass – Errol "Flabba" Holt
- Drums – Lincoln "Style" Scott
- Engineer – A.M. Sherwood, Derek Birket
- Guitar – Bingy Bunny, Dwight Pinkney
- Keyboards – Peter "Doctor Pablo" Stroud
- Percussion – Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah
- Piano – Steely
- Saxophone – "Deadly" Headley Bennett
- Artwork and sleeve concept – Lee Perry
- Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe
- Photography, artwork, sleeve design – Kishi
Side A
[edit]- "S.D.I." (6:27)
- "Blinkers" (4:58)
- "Jungle" (7:33) (Bass – Evar Wellington, guitar – Martin Frederix, keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto, vocals – Akabu)
- "De Devil Dead" (4:29) (Vocals – Akabu)
Side B
[edit]- "Music + Science Lovers" (5:05) (Bass – Doctor Pablo, guitar – Doctor Pablo)
- "Kiss the Champion" (7:13)
- "Allergic to Lies" (3:53) (Keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto)
- "Time Conquer" (4:31) (Guitar – Martin Frederix, keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto, piano – Kishi Yamamoto)
Second release
[edit]This release with electronic remixes was made in 1994 in On-U Sound.
- Bass – Errol "Flabba" Holt
- Bass, Guitar, Keyboards – Doctor Pablo
- Drums – Style Scott
- Guitar – Bingy Bunny, Dwight
- Keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto (tracks: 3,7,8,9,10)
- Percussion – Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah
- Piano – Steely
- Saxophone – "Deadly" Headley Bennett
- Vocals – Akabu (tracks: 3,4,9,10)
- "S.D.I." (6:27)
- "Blinkers" (4:58)
- "Jungle" (7:33) (Bass – Evar Wellington, guitar – Martin Frederix)
- "De Devil Dead" (4:29)
- "Music & Science Lovers" (5:05)
- "Kiss the Champion" (7:13)
- "Allergic to Lies" (3:53)
- "Time Conquer" (4:31) (Guitar – Martin Frederix)
- "Jungle (Original 7" Version)" (3:46)
- "Jungle (Wall Of China)" (2:52)
- "Night Train" (3:04)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Quietus | News | LISTEN: Unreleased Lee 'Scratch' Perry". The Quietus.
- ^ a b Beta, Andy (23 May 2019). "Lee 'Scratch' Perry Keeps Dub Weird On 'Rainford'". NPR.org.
- ^ Dougan, John. "Time Boom X De Devil Dead". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (July 12, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Lee "Scratch" Perry It's His Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World". exclaim.ca.
- ^ "Lee 'Scratch' Perry (and the Upsetters)". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ "1987 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year - NME". NME. October 10, 2016.