- reggae, dub poetry
- 33 min
- 8 tracks
- Mango Records
Forces of Victory is the debut solo album by the Jamaican dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson. It was released in 1979 on Island Records.
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Character-led, grave, earnest and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1Want fi Goh Rave4:20
- A2It Noh Funny3:42
- A3Sonny’s Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)3:50
- A4Independent Intavenshan3:20
- B1Fite Dem Back4:27
- B2Reality Poem4:44
- B3Forces of Viktry4:56
- B4Time Come3:28
8 tracks, 33 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Linton Kwesi Johnson
- Label
- Mango Records
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- CA
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