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.[2]

Mystical Truth
Studio album by
Released1993
Studio
GenreReggae
Length54:24
LabelMesa Recordings
ProducerBlack Uhuru
Black Uhuru chronology
Iron Storm
(1991)
Mystical Truth
(1993)
Strongg
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Questions" 5:02
2."Bassline" 3:47
3."Slippin' into Darkness"5:40
4."Give My Love" 4:34
5."Don't You Worry" 4:39
6."Dreadlock Pall Bearers" 3:46
7."One Love" (featuring Louie Rankin) 6:30
8."Payday" 3:53
9."Ozone Layer" 3:43
10."Living in the City" 4:02
11."Young School Girl" 4:03
12."Mercy Street" 4:45
Total length:54:24

Personnel edit

  • 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

Charts edit

Chart (1993) Peak
position
US World Albums (Billboard)[3] 6

References edit

  1. ^ "Mystical Truth – Black Uhuru". AllMusic. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "Black Uhuru". Grammys. May 14, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  3. ^ "Black Uhuru Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard.

External links edit

Black Uhuru – Mystical Truth at Discogs (list of releases)