Dennis Bovell - Brain Damage '1981

Tracks list

       Brain Damage is the third studio album by Barbadian-British reggae
musician Dennis Bovell, released in 1981 by Fontana Records. His first solo
album under his own name, following two dub albums released as Blackbeard, it
was Bovell's first recording at his South London-based Studio 80. Having begun
to feel that reggae had not progressed as much as he would have liked, he
conceived Brain Damage as an attempt to fuse the genre with numerous rhythmic
styles from Europe, America, Africa and the Caribbean to highlight the genre's
flexibility. The musician intended not to explore the international rhythms in a
standard way but to take them to what he perceived as musical extremes. The
direction was also inspired by the wide array of people in his audience.

The album fuses reggae with styles such as rock, R&B, calypso, soca, disco,
boogie-woogie and jazz, with Bovell providing mixing, production and most of the
instrumentation. A second disc of instrumental dub tracks also features as a
freebie, reducing the album's original price to that of a single album. Bovell
formed the Dub Band to promote the album in concert, having envisioned its
material in a live context. Music critics praised the album's eclecticism and
musical abilities. In 2006, the album was remastered and issued as a single CD
by Front Line.

Tracklist:
1 01. Dennis Bovell - Brain Damage (02:03)
1 02. Dennis Bovell - Bettah (03:09)
1 03. Dennis Bovell - After Tonight (03:27)
1 04. Dennis Bovell - Our Tune (03:03)
1 05. Dennis Bovell - Run Away (02:22)
1 06. Dennis Bovell - Heaven (05:20)
1 07. Dennis Bovell - Bah Be Lon (02:57)
1 08. Dennis Bovell - Bertie (03:26)
1 09. Dennis Bovell - Aqua Dub (02:03)
1 10. Dennis Bovell - Frea Stoil (03:03)
1 11. Dennis Bovell - Smouche (03:00)
1 12. Dennis Bovell - El Passoah (03:39)
1 13. Dennis Bovell - Chief Inspector (02:29)
1 14. Dennis Bovell - Ehying (04:25)
1 15. Dennis Bovell - Dutty (02:48)
1 16. Dennis Bovell - Cabbage (03:22) 

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