Victims | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1991 | |||
Recorded | The Dub Factory & Central Studios, Birmingham, England | |||
Genre | Reggae | |||
Length | 63:25 | |||
Label | MCA [1] | |||
Producer | Steel Pulse, Paul Horton, Peter Lord, V. Jeffrey Smith, Stephen Bray, Michael Verdick | |||
Steel Pulse chronology | ||||
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Victims is the eighth album by the band Steel Pulse, released in 1991. [2] [3]
The album rose to the No. 6 spot on the Billboard Top World Music Albums chart. It was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Reggae Album category. [4] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [5]
The album was produced by Steel Pulse, Paul Horton, Peter Lord, V. Jeffrey Smith, Stephen Bray, and Michael Verdick. [6] It was divided into "Westside" and "Eastside" halves. [7] Stevie Wonder played harmonica on "Can't Get You (Out of My System)". [8] "Taxi Driver" is about taxi drivers not stopping for Black customers. [9]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [10] |
The Boston Globe noted that the album "contains searing raps against gang warfare, cultural imperialism and freebasing cocaine." [11] The Los Angeles Times called it "a quirkily inventive outing that manages to coalesce Caribbean, pop, hip-hop, rock, and funk elements while maintaining the integrity of its patented vocal harmonies." [12]
The St. Petersburg Times determined that "Steel Pulse has found a working formula for melding reggae roots with Club-MTV affectations." [13] The Ottawa Citizen opined that "pop and soul inflections dominate, often with reggae stuck in the back pocket." [14]