Liberation (Bunny Wailer album)
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Liberation is a critically acclaimed reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 album by Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer, , also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B, is a singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh...

, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music
1989 in music
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). Wailer was one third of The Wailers, with Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...

 and Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

. Liberation was widely praised and considered a landmark album.

Track listing

All track written by Neville "Bunny" Livingston
  1. "Rise and Shine"
  2. "Liberation"
  3. "Botha the Mosquito"
  4. "Want to Come Home"
  5. "Ready When You Ready"
  6. "Didn't You Know"
  7. "Dash Wey the Vial"
  8. "Bald Head Jesus"
  9. "Food"
  10. "Serious Thing"

Personnel

  • Psalms - Background vocals
  • Tony Asher - Keyboards
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  • Barrington Bailey - Horn
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  • Headley Bennett
    Headley Bennett
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    - Horn
  • Errol Carter
    Errol Holt
    Errol Holt , also known as Errol Carter and by his nickname Flabba, is a Jamaican bass guitar player who was a member of The Morwells and the Roots Radics and has played on hundreds of Jamaican albums.-Biography:...

    - Bass
    Bass guitar
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  • Steven "Cat" Coore - Guitar
    Guitar
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  • Carlton "Santa" Davis - drums
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  • Sly Dunbar
    Sly Dunbar
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    - Drums
  • Bobby Ellis
    Bobby Ellis
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    - Horn
  • Harry T. Powell - Percussion
  • Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont
    Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont
    Eric Lamont , better known as Bingy Bunny, was a Jamaican guitarist and singer who recorded with the Roots Radics and The Morwells as well as recording solo material...

    - Rhythm guitar
  • Bunny Wailer - Percussion
    Percussion instrument
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    , Arranger, Director, Vocals, Producer
    Record producer
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    , Cover Art Concept
  • Sugar Minott
    Sugar Minott
    Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott was a Jamaican reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator.-Biography:...

    - Drums
  • Johnny "Dizzy" Moore
    Johnny Moore (trumpeter)
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    - Horn
  • Sylvan Morris - Engineer
  • Karl Pitterson
    Karl Pitterson
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    - Mixing
  • Dwight Pinkney
    Dwight Pinkney
    Dwight Pinkney , also known as Brother Dee, is a Jamaican guitarist best known for his work as a session musician and as a member of Zap Pow and the Roots Radics, who since 1999 has recorded as a solo artist.-Biography:...

    - Guitar
  • Robbie Shakespeare - Bass
  • Earl "Chinna" Smith - Bass
  • Keith Sterling - Keyboards
  • Danny Thompson
    Danny Thompson
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    - Bass
  • Neville Garrick
    Neville Garrick
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    - Graphic Design, Art Direction, Cover Art Concept
  • Owen "Red Fox" Stewart - Keyboards
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