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Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae

Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae is a studio album by Mad Professor with Lee "Scratch" Perry, released in 1996.

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Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae
Studio album by
Mad Professor
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1996
GenreDub
LabelAriwa1
ProducerMad Professor
Mad Professor chronology
Who Put the Voodoo Pon Reggae
(1996) 		Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae
(1996) 		Evolution of Dub: Black Liberation Dub, Chapter 3
(1996)
Lee "Scratch" Perry chronology
Who Put The Voodoo Pon Reggae
(1996) 		Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae
(1996) 		Dub Fire
(1998)

Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae is a studio album by Mad Professor with Lee "Scratch" Perry, released in 1996.23

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star4
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar1
(The New) Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStar5

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch stated: "Mad Professor makes a fun farrago of Perry's vocals by compressing them, varying their speed, and echoing them in cascades toward the horizon as the drums and bass maintain militancy."6

AllMusic wrote that "as insane as Perry normally sounds, being awash in the psychedelic soundwaves of dub suits his raving-madman vocal style even more perfectly."4

Track listing

All tracks by Mad Professor

  1. "Cheerful Dub" – 3:23
  2. "Drummer Boy Dub" – 5:32
  3. "Bounce Back Dub" – 3:54
  4. "Dub Voodoo" – 3:16
  5. "Shadow of Dub" – 3:46
  6. "Mystic Powers of Dub" – 4:06
  7. "Arkwell Dub" – 3:33
  8. "Mr. Dubfire" – 3:43
  9. "Dub Connection" – 3:59
  10. "Messy Dub Apartment" – 3:21

Personnel

  • Mad Professor – vocals, producer, keyboards
  • Rob Alton – producer, samples, drums
  • Errol "Black Steel" Nicholson – guitar
  • Derek Litchmore – bass, keyboards, drums
  • William Forde – bass, keyboards
  • Patrick Augustus – steel pan
References

References

  1. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  2. Kreps, Daniel (August 29, 2021). "Mad Professor Pays Tribute to Lee 'Scratch' Perry: 'I Am Missing Him Already'". Rolling Stone.
  3. Thompson, Dave (March 10, 2002). Reggae & Caribbean Music. Hal Leonard Corporation.
  4. "Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae Mad Professor, Lee 'Scratch' Perry". AllMusic.
  5. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (March 10, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster.
  6. Kuelker, Michael (March 6, 1997). "Music/Reviews". Get Out. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 8.