Down by Law (Deadline album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Down by Law
| type = album
| artist = Deadline
| cover = Deadline - Down by Law.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1985|5|2}}
| recorded = Evergreen Studio, NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Electronic
| length = 38:13
| label = Celluloid
| producer = Bill Laswell, Phillip Wilson
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Dissident
| next_year = 1991
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Christian |last=Genzel |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000193019|pure_url=yes}}|title=Down by Law |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=October 19, 2014}}
}}
Down by Law is the debut studio album by Deadline, which was released on May 2, 1985, on Celluloid Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.celluloidrecords.net/releases/CELL6111.php |title=Deadline - Down By Law |publisher=Celluloid Records |date=2014 |access-date=October 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201638/http://www.celluloidrecords.net/releases/CELL6111.php |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Afro Beat
| writer1 = Manu Dibango, Bill Laswell, Phillip Wilson
| length1 = 6:31
| title2 = Boat Peoples
| writer2 = Manu Dibango, Steve Turre, Phillip Wilson
| length2 = 7:03
| title3 = Baliphone Dub
| writer3 = Phillip Wilson
| length3 = 4:28
| title4 = Makossa Rock
| writer4 = Bill Laswell, Phillip Wilson
| length4 = 11:05
| title5 = Gammatron
| writer5 = Bill Laswell, Phillip Wilson
| length5 = 5:22
| title6 = Doo Root
| writer6 = Phillip Wilson
| length6 = 3:44
}}
Personnel
;Musicians
- Paul Butterfield – harmonica (4)
- Olu Dara – Holztrompete and cornet (2, 4)
- Aïyb Dieng – congas and cowbell (1, 2), talking drums (4)
- Manu Dibango – tenor saxophone (1, 2, 4), voice (1, 2)
- Jonas Hellborg – bass guitar (3, 5), fuzz bass (3)
- Bill Laswell – DMX (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), bass guitar (1), shortwave (3), producer
- Jaco Pastorius – bass guitar (4)
- Steve Turre – didjeridoo (2, 4, 6), conch shells (2, 6)
- Bernie Worrell – synthesizer (1, 2, 4)
- Phillip Wilson – DMX (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), percussion (2, 5, 6), Balafon (3, 4, 6), cymbals (1, 4), bells (3), bass synthesizer (4), mbira (5), processed piano (6), floor toms (6), congas (6), cabasa (6), producer
;Technical personnel
- Mike Krowiak – assistant engineer, editing
- Robert Musso – engineering, mixing
- Hahn Rowe – assistant engineer
- Robert Stevens – engineering, processed piano (3), electric piano (6)
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| United States
| 1985 | CELL 6111 |
| France
| 1990 | Celluloid | CD | CELD 6111 |
| United States
| 1993 | Celluloid | CD | CELD 6111 |
| United Kingdom
| 1996 | Charly | CD | CPCD 8192 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=13985 |name=Down by Law |type=album}}
- [https://billlaswell.bandcamp.com/album/down-by-law Down by Law] at Bandcamp
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Category:Deadline (band) albums