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Police And Thieves
Artist: Murvin, Junior
UPC: 00600753219690
Label: Universal Music Group
Genre: Reggae Music
    OUR PRICE: $25.85  
Product Type: Compact Disc
Released: April 2010
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Additional Information
Rating:
Units: 2
Weight: 0.20 lbs
Info: Additional Tracks, IMPORT, Remastered, Reissued, Deluxe Edition
Track Listing
1 DISC 1:
2 Roots Train
3 I Was Appointed
4 Version Train [Aka Roots Train Dub]
5 Predictions Dub
6 Grumblin' Dub
7 Tedious Dub
8 Teachers Dub [False Teachin' Dub]
9 Police & Thieves Radio Advert #1
10 Police & Thieves [Single Version]
11 Solomon [Extened Version]
12 Rescue Jah Children [Extended Version]
13 Tedious
14 False Teachin'
15 Easy Task
16 Lucifer
17 Workin' In the Cornfield
18 DISC 2: SINGLES, DUBS AND ALTERNATE VERSIONS:
19 Childhood Sweetheart
20 Bad Weed
21 Soldier and Police War
22 No Justice
23 Magic Touch
24 Philistines On the Land
25 Bingo Kid
26 Bad Weed [Disco Mix] - (remix)
27 Police & Thieves Radio Advert #2
28 Memories [12" Version] - (remix)
29 Rasta Get Ready - (featuring Junior Murvin)
30 Closer Together - (featuring Junior Murvin)
31 Roots Train [Special Disco Mix] - (remix)
32 False Teachin' [Alternate Take] - (alternate take)
33 I Was Appointed - (alternate take)
34 Cross Over
35 Cross Over [Dub]
Release Date : 09/21/2009
General Description : Performer
Muze Genre-sub class : Reggae
Number of Discs : 2
Running Time : 136 minutes 16 seconds
Performance Recorded : Studio
Review Expert : Q (4/00, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...an all-time reggae classic....possessed the right mix of biblical ire and righteous indignation to make any West London rebel envious..." Mojo (Publisher) (9/03, p.120) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...The title cut to Murvin Smith Junior's Island label debut has it all....Bonus tracks are equally strong..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.100) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[With] Murvin and The Upsetter at their roots-skanking peak. Easily one of the best releases of the year."
Misc Note : Recorded at Black Art Studios, Kingston, Jamaica. Includes liner notes by Brian Blevins and David Katz. Liner Note Author: Laurence Cane-Honeysett. Junior Murvin, along with co-writer/producer Lee Perry, created a certifiable reggae classic in "Police and Thieves." Covered by The Clash and symbolic of its time (the mid-1970s) musically and politically, the song is the centerpiece of an album considered by reggae fans to be one of the greatest albums of the genre. Murvin sings powerful, intense lyrics with a sweet-sounding falsetto voice (recalling Smokey Robinson), while Lee Perry frames the songs with dark, almost haunted tempos, sharp guitar work and seemingly bottomless reverb. Murvin mixes British/Jamaican angst and fury with gospel fervor, and the tunes stick with you long after the CD stops.