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Reggae Got Soul

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{{Infobox album

| name = Reggae Got Soul

| type = Studio Album

| artist = Toots and the Maytals

| cover = reggae got soul.jpg

| alt =

| released = July 1976

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Harry J's Recording Studio,
Dynamic Sounds Studios,
Basing Street Studios

| genre = Reggae

| length = 35:00

| label = Island

| producer = Chris Blackwell (tracks: B1),
Joe Boyd (A1 to A5, B2 to B5),
Warrick Lyn

| prev_title = In the Dark

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = Toots Presents The Maytals

| next_year = 1977

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |tab=review |id=r123418 |first=Nathan|last=Bush|accessdate=1 October 2016}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: T|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70|accessdate=16 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

}}

Reggae Got Soul is an album by the Jamaican reggae group Toots and the Maytals, released in July 1976 by Island Records.

Critical reception

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "In Toots the physical voice is all but equivalent to the artistic 'voice,' the way that term is applied to poets sometimes, and all its warmth, humor, and vivacity come through here. But what has made Toots doubly impressive is the amazing hit songs his voice was attached to. For starters: 'Sweet and Dandy,' '5446 Was My Number,' 'Monkey Man,' and 'African Doctor.' None of these has been released on an American Maytals album, and nothing on this album, not even 'Rasta Man' or 'True Love Is Hard to Find,' equals any of them."

The title track was released a single in Jamaica and the US in 1975{{cite web | url=http://www.45cat.com/record/j120jm | title=Toots and the Maytals - Reggae's Got Soul }}{{cite web | url=http://www.45cat.com/record/d646 | title=Toots and the Maytals - Reggae's Got Soul }} and in the UK in 1976.{{cite web | url=http://www.45cat.com/record/wip6269 | title=Toots and the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul }}

Track listing

All songs written by Frederick "Toots" Hibbert except as indicated.

=Side one=

  1. "Rasta Man" – 5:56
  2. "Premature" – 3:11
  3. "So Bad" – 2:57
  4. "Six And Seven Books" – 3:30
  5. "I Shall Sing" (Van Morrison) – 2:41

=Side two=

  1. "Reggae Got Soul" (Warwick Lyn) – 3:08
  2. "Everybody Needs Lovin" – 3:10
  3. "Living In The Ghetto" – 3:40
  4. "True Love Is Hard To Find" – 4:14
  5. "Never You Change" – 3:11

Charts

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!rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| chart

!colspan="1"| Peak positions

style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| US Mod
[https://books.google.com/books?id=mxAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard+reggae+got+soul&pg=PA61 Toots and the Maytals – Billboard 200 Billboard magazine April 24th, 2004 (page 63)] Google Books. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
1976

| "Billboard 200"

| style="text-align:center;"| 157

Personnel

=Musicians=

=Technical=

  • Eckford/Stimpson – design
  • John Burns, Ronald Logan, Sylvan Morris – engineers
  • John Burns, Keith Harwood – mixer
  • Larry Cohen, Marilyn Rickard, Roberto Morrison – photography

References

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{{Toots and the Maytals}}

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Category:1976 albums

Category:Toots and the Maytals albums

Category:Albums produced by Chris Blackwell

Category:Albums produced by Joe Boyd

Category:Island Records albums