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

| label = Klik{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARrDQKqFo7AC&q=Dreadlocks+Dread+big+youth+1975&pg=PA36|title=Reggae & Caribbean Music|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=July 27, 2002|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306557|via=Google Books}}

| 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

  1. "Train to Rhodesia" – 3:33
  2. "House of Dread Locks" – 3:17
  3. "Lightning Flash (Weak Heart Drop)" – 3:21
  4. "Natty Dread She Want" – 3:18
  5. "Some Like It Dread" – 3:05
  6. "Marcus Garvey Dread" – 3:03
  7. "Big Youth Special" – 2:29
  8. "Dread Organ" – 3:02
  9. "Black Man Message" – 2:53
  10. "Moving On" – 3:07
  11. "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

References

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Category:1975 albums

Category:Big Youth albums