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{{Infobox album
Name = Forces of Victory |
| name = Forces of Victory
Type = Studio album |
| type = Studio album
Artist = [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]] |
| artist = [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]]
Cover = Forces of Victory (album cover).jpg |
| cover = Forces of Victory (album cover).jpg
| alt =
Released = 1979 <small> (UK) </small>|
| released = 1979 <small> (UK) </small>
Recorded = 1978 |
Genre = {{flatlist|
| recorded = 1978
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Dub music|Dub reggae]]
* [[Dub music|Dub reggae]]
* [[dub poetry]]}} |
* [[dub poetry]]}}
Length = 32:47 |
| length = 32:47
Label = [[Island Records|Island]] |
| label = [[Island Records|Island]]
Producer = {{flatlist|
| producer = {{flatlist|
*Linton Kwesi Johnson
*Linton Kwesi Johnson
*[[Dennis Bovell]]}} |
*[[Dennis Bovell]]}}
Last album = ''[[Dread Beat an' Blood]]''<br />(1978)|
| prev_title = [[Dread Beat an' Blood]]
| prev_year = 1978
This album = '''''Forces of Victory''''' <br /> (1979) |
Next album = ''[[Bass Culture]]''<br />(1980)
| next_title = [[Bass Culture]]
| next_year = 1980
|}}
}}


'''''Forces of Victory''''' is an album by [[dub poetry|dub poet]] [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]], released in 1979 on the [[Island Records]] label. It was produced by Linton Kwesi Johnson and [[Dennis Bovell]] (credited as Blackbeard).
'''''Forces of Victory''''' is an album by [[dub poetry|dub poet]] [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]], released in 1979 on the [[Island Records]] label. It was produced by Linton Kwesi Johnson and [[Dennis Bovell]] (credited as Blackbeard).

Revision as of 01:21, 30 June 2018

Forces of Victory
Studio album by
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Released1979 (UK)
Recorded1978
Genre
Length32:47
LabelIsland
Producer
Linton Kwesi Johnson chronology
Dread Beat an' Blood
(1978) 		Forces of Victory
(1979) 		Bass Culture
(1980)

Forces of Victory is an album by dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1979 on the Island Records label. It was produced by Linton Kwesi Johnson and Dennis Bovell (credited as Blackbeard).

In 2003, David Bowie included it in a list of 25 of his favourite albums, "Confessions of a Vinyl Junkie".[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Robert Christgau(A–)[2]

Track listing

All tracks by Linton Kwesi Johnson

  1. "Want Fi Goh Rave" – 4:20
  2. "It Noh Funny" – 3:42
  3. "Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)" – 3:50
  4. "Independent Intavenshan" – 4:20
  5. "Fite Dem Back" – 4:27
  6. "Reality Poem" – 4:44
  7. "Forces of Viktry" – 4:56
  8. "Time Come" – 3:28

Personnel

  • Linton Kwesi Johnson - vocals
  • Floyd Lawson (tracks: 1, 5), Vivian Weathers (tracks: 2-4, 6-7) - bass
  • Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson (tracks: 1-4, 7), Winston "Crab" Curniffe (tracks: 5-6, 8) - drums, percussion
  • John Kpiaye - lead and rhythm guitar
  • Julio Finn - harmonica
  • Rico - trombone
  • Dick Cuthell - flugelhorn
  • Dennis Bovell (as "The Invisible One"), Webster Johnson - keyboards, piano
  • Everald "Fari" Forrest - percussion
  • Dennis Bovell, Vivian Weathers, Winston Bennett - additional voices
Technical
  • Dennis "Blackbeard" Bovell, John Caffrey - engineer
  • Dennis Morris - photography
  • Zebulon Design - design

References

  1. ^ http://scallemang.ca/bowie25albums/
  2. ^ Robert Christgau: CG: linton kwesi
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