Mystical Truth
{{Infobox album
| name = Mystical Truth
| type = Studio
| artist = Black Uhuru
| cover = File:BlackUhuru_Mystical.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1993
| recorded =
| studio = {{hlist|Leggo Sound Studio (Kingston, Jamaica)|Mixing Lab Studios (Kingston, Jamaica)|Our Own Studio (Los Angeles, California)}}
| genre = Reggae
| length = {{Duration|m=54|s=24}}
| label = Mesa Recordings
| producer = Black Uhuru
| prev_title = Iron Storm
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Strongg
| next_year = 1994
| misc =
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mystical-truth-mw0000093508|title=Mystical Truth – Black Uhuru|website=AllMusic|accessdate=February 24, 2018}}
}}
Mystical Truth is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. It was released in 1993 through Mesa Recordings. The album peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard World Albums chart and was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at 36th Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/black-uhuru|title=Black Uhuru|date=May 14, 2017|work=Grammys|access-date=February 24, 2018|language=en}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Questions
| length1 = 5:02
| title2 = Bassline
| length2 = 3:47
| title3 = Slippin' into Darkness
| writer3 = {{hlist|Sylvester Allen|Harold Ray Brown|Morris Dickerson|LeRoy L. Jordan|Charles Miller|Lee Oskar|Howard E. Scott}}
| length3 = 5:40
| title4 = Give My Love
| length4 = 4:34
| title5 = Don't You Worry
| length5 = 4:39
| title6 = Dreadlock Pall Bearers
| length6 = 3:46
| title7 = One Love
| note7 = featuring Louie Rankin
| length7 = 6:30
| title8 = Payday
| length8 = 3:53
| title9 = Ozone Layer
| length9 = 3:43
| title10 = Living in the City
| length10 = 4:02
| title11 = Young School Girl
| length11 = 4:03
| title12 = Mercy Street
| length12 = 4:45
| total_length = 54:24
}}
Personnel
{{div col}}
- Derrick Simpson – vocals, composer, producer
- Ived "Sen-C" Campbell – backing vocals
- Lisa Hewitt – backing vocals
- Vann Johnson – backing vocals
- Zac Harmon – backing vocals, guitar, bass, drums, producer
- Louie Rankin – guest artist (track 7)
- Bob Brockman – guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer, strings, drums, congas, percussion, timbales, drum programming, producer, mixing
- Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar
- Anthony Brissett – bass, piano, synthesizer, percussion, arranger
- Christopher Meridith – bass
- Earl "Bagga" Walker – bass
- Christopher Troy – piano, keyboards, drums, producer, arranger
- Noel Davis – piano, synthesizer
- Chico Chin – horns
- David Madden – horns
- Dean Fraser – horns
- Nambo Robinson – horns
- Rass Brass – horns
- Marcus "Rangatan" Smith – drums & percussion
- George "Dusty" Miller – drums & percussion
- Lowell Fillmore Dunbar – drums
- Jermaine Forde – drums
- Harry T. Powell – percussion
- George Nauful – executive producer
- Jim Snowden – executive producer
- Claire McNally – production coordinator
- Steve Sykes – mixing
- David Rowe – engineering
- Lynford "Fatta" Marshall – engineering
- Rohan Richards – engineering
- Karl Tappin – engineering
- Rob Groome – assistant engineering
- Vincent Henry – assistant engineering
- Mark Johnson – assistant engineering
- Steve Hall – mastering
- Howard Alston – horns, flute, saxophone
- Michelle Laurencot – art direction & design
- Ron Larson – art direction
- Nathaniel Welch – photography
{{div col end}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Chart (1993) ! scope="col" |Peak |
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardWorld|6|artist=Black Uhuru}} |
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References
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External links
{{Discogs master|232737|Black Uhuru – Mystical Truth}}
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