- reggae, dub, roots reggae
- 44 min
- 10 tracks
- Black Ark Studios
Heart of the Congos is a roots reggae album by the Congos, produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry at his Black Ark studio with a studio band including Boris Gardiner on bass and Ernest Ranglin on guitar. The album was released in 1977. It is noted as being one of Perry's masterpiece productions of the Black Ark era.
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Character
Grave, character-led, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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Tracks
- A1Fisherman5:18
- A2Congo Man4:51
- A3Open Up the Gate4:30
- A4Children Crying4:16
- A5La La Bam‐Bam2:15
- B1Can’t Come In5:02
- B2Sodom & Gomorrow4:12
- B3The Wrong Thing4:16
- B4Ark of Covenant4:43
- B5Solid Foundation4:48
10 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Congos
- Label
- Black Ark Studios
- Released
- 1977
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- JM
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
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