Dreadlocks Dread
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dread Locks Dread
| type = Album
| artist = Big Youth
| cover = DreadlockDread Cover.JPG
| alt =
| released = 1975
| recorded = 1975
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Reggae
| length = 33:33
| producer = Tony Robinson{{Cite web|url=https://www.furious.com/perfect/bigyouth.html|title=Big Youth|website=www.furious.com}}
| prev_title = Reggae Phenomenon
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Natty Cultural Dread
| next_year = 1976
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r103352|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]
|rev2 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music |date=1997 |publisher=Virgin Books |page=45}}
}}
Dread Locks Dread is an album by the Jamaican deejay Big Youth, released in 1975.{{cite web |title=Big Youth |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/big-youth/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=27 July 2020}}
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "the record is widely considered his best."
Track listing
All tracks by Big Youth & Tony Robinson
- "Train to Rhodesia" – 3:33
- "House of Dread Locks" – 3:17
- "Lightning Flash (Weak Heart Drop)" – 3:21
- "Natty Dread She Want" – 3:18
- "Some Like It Dread" – 3:05
- "Marcus Garvey Dread" – 3:03
- "Big Youth Special" – 2:29
- "Dread Organ" – 3:02
- "Black Man Message" – 2:53
- "Moving On" – 3:07
- "You Don't Care" – 2:36
Personnel
- Skin, Flesh & Bones – backing band
- Big Youth – vocals
- Casey Cashman – art direction
- Trevor Herman – liner notes
- Cooke Key – sleeve art
- Dennis Morris – photography
- Dave Turner – mastering
Recording information
- Recording : Randy's, Kingston, Jamaica & Harry J, Kingston, Jamaica
- Mixing : Joe Gibbs
- Engineer : Errol Thompson
- Arranger : Tony Robinson