Perry, Lee "Scratch" / Must Be Free
| Album: | Must Be Free | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Perry, Lee "Scratch" | Added: | Sep 2016 | |
| Label: | Megawave Corporation | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2016-09-25 | Pull Date: | 2016-11-27 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 20 | Nov 13 | Nov 6 | Oct 23 | Oct 16 | Oct 9 | Oct 2 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 21, 2022: | Best Of Everything (rebroadcast from Jun 7, 2021)
Jungle Tongue |
4. | Dec 06, 2016: | Magnetized Toner
Rat Race |
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| 2. | Jun 07, 2021: | Best Of Everything
Jungle Tongue |
5. | Nov 30, 2016: | At the Cafe Bohemian
House Of Sin |
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| 3. | Jan 10, 2017: | Magnetized Toner: Best Of 2016 Part 3
Too Much Is Too Much |
6. | Nov 28, 2016: | Everything A to Z week 69
Psycho Dread |
Album Review
Telepathic Juan
Reviewed 2016-09-26
Reviewed 2016-09-26
Legendary reggae and dub innovator Lee “Scratch” Perry returns in 2016 with a new album titled Must Be Free. Even at age 80, the prolific Jamaican maverick can’t stop making mind-blowing riddims mixing everything from reggae to spoken word, dubstep to ambient, even acid jazz to trip-hop. Despite sounding overwhelming, as usual, Lee makes things have a natural flow and Must Be Free is one of the most inventive recordings I have heard in a while. The album has collaborations with the Groovematist, IAmPhloboi, and members of the Subatomic Sound System collective. Irie.
RIYL: Lee “Scratch” Perry!
FCC CLEAN!
Recommended Tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10 and 12
1. (6:02) **Psycho Dread – Dub, ambient, spoken word. Floating in space while dreaming of floating. Medium tempo.
2. (6:26) **Rat Race – Perry being Perry. Mid-tempo beat. 21st century dub recording filtered through ambient and found sounds.
3. (4:43) House Of Sin – Another classic Perry trip. Late 1970s inspired dub here. Medium tempo track.
4. (3:53) *Isabel – Medium tempo recording. More classic Perry cosmic energy. Stoner delight.
5. (4:00) **Jungle Tongue – Beatnik spoken word trip with ambient instrumentation and a dub medium tempo. All surrounded by jazz arrangements and more overdubbed vocals toward the end of the track.
6. (4:16) No Evil – Attempt at Flamenco (acoustic guitars) with a Spanish-Latin beat and melody. Trippy.
7. (4:18) *No Sorrow – 1970s funk inspired energy. Medium-up tempo. Dub vocals. Intense.
8. (3:05) On Nigeria – A combination of tribal dubstep, acid jazz and spoken word. Medium tempo. Feels calm somehow.
9. (4:20) Strip Off – Reggae and dub 101 here. Medium tempo.
10. (3:50) **Too Much Is Too Much – Kind of trip-hop beat with signature Perry vocals. Percussions everywhere.
11. (3:24) Therapist – String quarter sample, intense drumming and overdubbed vocals all over the place. Musically dense ode to a therapist. Weird.
12. (5:37) **Must Be Free – Slow piano balladesque intro then a kind of moombahton beat takes over. Perry has reached the 21st century.
13. (4:54) House Of Sin (Remix Version) – It sounds very similar to the original track; it’s just more dubstep and have a sharper drum beat sound.
RIYL: Lee “Scratch” Perry!
FCC CLEAN!
Recommended Tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10 and 12
1. (6:02) **Psycho Dread – Dub, ambient, spoken word. Floating in space while dreaming of floating. Medium tempo.
2. (6:26) **Rat Race – Perry being Perry. Mid-tempo beat. 21st century dub recording filtered through ambient and found sounds.
3. (4:43) House Of Sin – Another classic Perry trip. Late 1970s inspired dub here. Medium tempo track.
4. (3:53) *Isabel – Medium tempo recording. More classic Perry cosmic energy. Stoner delight.
5. (4:00) **Jungle Tongue – Beatnik spoken word trip with ambient instrumentation and a dub medium tempo. All surrounded by jazz arrangements and more overdubbed vocals toward the end of the track.
6. (4:16) No Evil – Attempt at Flamenco (acoustic guitars) with a Spanish-Latin beat and melody. Trippy.
7. (4:18) *No Sorrow – 1970s funk inspired energy. Medium-up tempo. Dub vocals. Intense.
8. (3:05) On Nigeria – A combination of tribal dubstep, acid jazz and spoken word. Medium tempo. Feels calm somehow.
9. (4:20) Strip Off – Reggae and dub 101 here. Medium tempo.
10. (3:50) **Too Much Is Too Much – Kind of trip-hop beat with signature Perry vocals. Percussions everywhere.
11. (3:24) Therapist – String quarter sample, intense drumming and overdubbed vocals all over the place. Musically dense ode to a therapist. Weird.
12. (5:37) **Must Be Free – Slow piano balladesque intro then a kind of moombahton beat takes over. Perry has reached the 21st century.
13. (4:54) House Of Sin (Remix Version) – It sounds very similar to the original track; it’s just more dubstep and have a sharper drum beat sound.
Track Listing
| 1. | Psycho Dread | 7. | No Sorrow | |||
| 2. | Rat Race | 8. | On Nigeria | |||
| 3. | House Of Sin | 9. | Strip Off | |||
| 4. | Isabel | 10. | Too Much Is Too Much | |||
| 5. | Jungle Tongue | 11. | Therapist | |||
| 6. | No Evil | 12. | Must Be Free | |||
| 13. | House Of Sin (Remix Version) | |||||