Baldhead Bridge
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| name = Baldhead Bridge
| type = Album
| artist = Culture
| cover = CultureBaldheadBridge.jpg
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| released = 1978
| recorded = Joe Gibbs Recording Studio, Kingston
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| genre = Reggae
| length =
| label = Joe Gibbs
| producer = Joe Gibbs
| prev_title = Two Sevens Clash
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Africa Stand Alone
| next_year = 1978
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Baldhead Bridge is the second album by the Jamaican roots reggae band Culture, released on Joe Gibbs Records in 1978.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/culture-mn0000109637/biography|title=Culture Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARrDQKqFo7AC&pg=PA84|title=Reggae & Caribbean Music|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=March 31, 2002|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation}}
Production
As with the band's debut, Two Sevens Clash, the album was recorded in Kingston at the studio of Joe Gibbs, who also produced the album.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDKfGRCq73cC&pg=PA75|title=Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall|first=David Vlado|last=Moskowitz|date=March 31, 2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group}}
The band accompanying the trio was the Professionals, which included musicians such as Sly and Robbie, Tommy McCook, and Bobby Ellis.
Critical reception
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|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=662}}
|rev3 = The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Record Guide |date=1983 |publisher=Random House |page=126}}
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AllMusic called the album "a true reggae classic," writing that "listeners are reminded of the impact that the Delfonics, the Impressions and other soul favorites had on reggae." Record Collector praised the "outrageously brutal" dub version of the album.{{Cite magazine|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/maconblack-14|title=Maconblack|magazine=Record Collector}}
Track listing
- "Them a Payaka"
- "How Can I Leave Jah"
- "Baldhead Bridge"
- "Behold I Come"
- "Love Shines Brighter"
- "Jah Love"
- "Zion Gate"
- "So Long Babylon a Fool I (And I)"
Personnel
- Joseph Hill – lead vocals
- Albert Walker – vocals
- Kenneth Dayes – vocals
- Lloyd Parks – bass
- Sly Dunbar – drums
- Lennox Gordon – guitar
- Robbie Shakespeare – guitar
- Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont – guitar
- Franklyn Waul – keyboards
- Errol Nelson – keyboards
- Harold Butler – keyboards
- Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion
- Herman Marquis – alto saxophone
- Vin Gordon – trombone
- Tommy McCook – tenor saxophone
- Bobby Ellis – trumpet
References
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Category:Culture (band) albums
Category:Shanachie Records albums
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