Equal Rights (Remastered) Peter Tosh

• 1 Get Up, Stand Up 03:29
• 2 Downpressor Man 06:26
• 3 I Am That I Am 04:28
• 4 Stepping Razor 05:47
• 5 Equal Rights 05:57
• 6 African 03:44
• 7 Jah Guide 04:29
• 8 Apartheid 05:21
• Total Runtime 39:41

Info for Equal Rights (Remastered)

Tosh's 1977 album, „Equal Rights“, is a peak in his career. It begins with a new version of 'Get Up, Stand Up,' one of Marley's signature songs (co-written by Tosh). Tosh's version is more sinewy than Marley's, with biting guitar lines snaking throughout. Likewise, 'Stepping Razor' struts with a dangerous swagger, 'African' plays like a mirror to Marley's pan-Africanism, and 'Apartheid' shows that Tosh is not afraid to indict any enemy, no matter how large. But the most chilling song is the title track, where Tosh sings, 'Everyone is crying out for peace/None is crying out for justice,' a self-assured call-to-arms as pertinent today as it was eighteen years ago. „Equal Rights“ represents Tosh to a tee--no-nonsense, gritty, political reggae with some of the most fully realized and best produced tracks this side of Tuff Gong.

„Equal Rights was to be the album that propelled Peter Tosh to the top of the reggae world -- the rival to onetime fellow Wailer Bob Marley. Time has shown that this lofty aspiration was not borne out, but Equal Rights remains among the handful of best, and most influential, reggae albums ever recorded. Tosh was always the most militant of the original Wailers and this album reflects that outlook. Whether it is preaching about the unity of the African diaspora ('African'), protesting conditions in South Africa ('Apartheid'), or giving a more general call to arms ('Get Up, Stand Up'), Equal Rights is a political album. This is at times crippling, as some tracks are more effective as political statements than they are as songs. This, in fact, is a primary difference between Tosh and Marley -- Marley's political statements never overwhelmed his songs. Unfortunately, this is not always the case with Tosh. That being said, 'Downpresser Man' (based on a folk standard), 'Stepping Razor,' and his definitive version of 'Get Up, Stand Up' are as good a trio of songs as you will find on any album, reggae or not. Tosh's singing is angry and forceful and the music is intricate and distinctive. On these three tracks you can see why people thought that Tosh could become a transcendent international star. The rest of the album, however, shows why he never quite lived up to that potential.“ (Toby Ball, AMG)

'Tosh is plenty fiery: Over deliciously spongy roots grooves, he states his politics both personal and political...' (Rolling Stone)

'Tosh makes Joe Higgs' 'Stepping Razor' his own signature tune...' (Mojo)

Peter Tosh, vocals, guitar, keyboards
Al Anderson, guitar
Abdul Wali, guitar
Karl Pitterson, guitar
Tyrone Downie, keyboards
Earl Lindo, keyboards
Harold Butler, clavinet
'Dirty' Harry Hall, tenor saxophone
Bobby Ellis, trumpet
Robbie Shakespeare, bass
Sly Dunbar, drums
Carlton Barrett, drums
Skully, percussion
Bunny Wailer, background vocals

Recorded 1977 at Randy's Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
Produced by Peter Tosh

Digitally remastered

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Booklet for Equal Rights (Remastered)