No Nuclear War
{{Infobox album
| name = No Nuclear War
| type = Album
| artist = Peter Tosh
| cover = No Nuclear War.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1987
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Reggae
| length = 39:34
| label = EMI
| producer = Peter Tosh, Marlene Tosh
| prev_title = Mama Africa
| prev_year = 1983
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No Nuclear War is the seventh and final studio album by the Jamaican musician Peter Tosh, released in 1987.{{cite web |title=Peter Tosh Biography by Jo-Ann Greene |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-tosh-mn0000328014/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 April 2023}} Tosh was murdered shortly after its release; he had returned to Jamaica after meetings in New York City to discuss the lack of promotion for the album.{{cite news |title=Gunmen Kill Peter Tosh, Reggae Star, in Jamaica |work=The New York Times |agency=AP |date=13 Sep 1987 |page=A23}}{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Sylvia |title=Drug Link Suspected in Peter Tosh Slaying |work=Newsday |date=13 Sep 1987 |page=2}} Tosh was also upset that, despite the language in his contract with EMI Records, the album had been released in South Africa.{{cite news |title=Peter Tosh killed by 3 gunmen |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=September 13, 1987 |page=A21}} Before recording No Nuclear War, Tosh had spent four years protesting elements of his record contract.{{cite news |last1=Yandel |first1=Gerry |title=Peter Tosh's reggae beat lives on in his music |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=September 20, 1987 |page=J2}}
The album received a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1988.Jackson, Kevin (2014) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Tosh-s-call-for-peace-_15841505 Tosh's call for peace]", Jamaica Observer, 23 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-nuclear-war-mw0000651071|title=No Nuclear War - Peter Tosh | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|accessdate=May 17, 2020|via=www.allmusic.com}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}
|rev3 = Los Angeles Times
|rev3score = {{rating|2|4}}{{cite news |last1=Snowden |first1=Don |title=Rastas: Rough, Romantic |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 Aug 1987 |department=Calendar |page=65}}
|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=712}}
}}
The Sun-Sentinel wrote that the "musicians create a lush backdrop for Tosh to address universal concerns about such topical issues as apartheid and nuclear holocaust."{{cite news |last1=Gomez |first1=Alex |title=Tosh Blends in Message |work=Sun-Sentinel |date=16 Aug 1987 |page=3G}} The Los Angeles Times noted that the "singing is spirited and expressive, but the songwriting is suspect—Tosh seems to have run out of the vivid imagery that originally made his pointed social commentaries noteworthy." The Boston Globe concluded that "rarely has a singer of any genre stuck so firmly to his beliefs for so long."{{cite news |last1=Morse |first1=Steve |title=Tosh Kept the Faith |work=The Boston Globe |date=14 Sep 1987 |department=Arts and Film |page=10}}
The Omaha World-Herald determined that "Tosh's mix of parody and spirituality is refreshing, although his latest album is more of a gentle nudge than a full-fledged call to arms."{{cite news |last1=Healy |first1=James |title=Peter Tosh No Nuclear War |work=Omaha World-Herald |date=August 23, 1987 |department=Entertainment}} The Times opined that "songs about apartheid, nuclear war/peace and religious zeal are rapidly becoming the hackneyed rasta equivalents of such rock'n'roll stand-bys as cars, girls and life on the road."{{cite news |last1=Sinclair |first1=David |title=Old, bold and still gold |work=The Times |date=September 26, 1987}}
Track listing
{{track listing
|collapsed =
|headline =
|all_writing = Peter Tosh
|title1 = No Nuclear War
|length1 = 7:57
|title2 = Nah Goa Jail
|length2 = 4:45
|title3 = Fight Apartheid
|length3 = 5:02
|title4 = Vampire
|length4 = 3:33
|title5 = In My Song
|length5 = 4:16
|title6 = Lessons in My Life
|length6 = 3:58
|title7 = Testify
|length7 = 5:36
|title8 = Come Together
|length8 = 4:26
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Bonus track on "The Definitive Remasters" (2002 EMI CD release)
|title9 = No Nuclear War (Single Version)
|length9 = 3:32
}}
Personnel
- Peter Tosh – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, horn arrangements
- Daniel “Danny AxeMan” Thompson, George "Fully" Fulwood, Leebert "Gibby" Morrison – bass guitar
- Carlton "Santa" Davis – drums
- Steve Golding – rhythm guitar
- Keith Sterling, Tyrone Downie – keyboards
- Scully Sims, Uziah Thompson – percussion
- David Madden, Dean Fraser, Junior "Chico" Chin, Ronald "Nambo" Robinson – horns
- Cynthia Schloss, June Lodge, Nadine Sutherland, Pam Hall, Ruddy Thomas – backing vocals
=Technical=
- Dennis Thompson, Peter Tosh – mixing
- Neville Garrick – cover illustration
- Adrian Boot – photography
Charts
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|+ Weekly chart performance for No Nuclear War ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ){{cite web |title=Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2025. 7. hét |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista-fizikai-hanghordozok/2025/7 |publisher=MAHASZ |access-date=20 February 2025}}
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References
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