Red (Black Uhuru album)
Red is a 1981 album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru. The line-up of the band changed many times during its 16 years and this is the second release for the lineup of Michael Rose, Sandra "Puma" Jones and Derek "Duckie" Simpson. Sly & Robbie were again in the production seat after having previously worked with the band on the 1980 album Sinsemilla. Reception

Red was ranked at No. 3 among the top ten "Albums of the Year" for 1981 by NME. The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Rose's "elaborately ornamented phrasing has more in common with cantorial singing than with typical reggae vocal style." Track listing

Personnel
Black Uhuru
Michael Rose - vocals
Derrick "Duckie" Simpson - harmony vocals
Puma Jones - harmony vocals
with:
Sly Dunbar - drums, syndrums
Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare - bass, piano
Ranchie McLean - rhythm guitar, lead guitar
Mikey Chung - rhythm guitar, lead guitar
Radcliff "Dougie" Bryan - lead guitar
Barry Reynolds - lead guitar on "Carbine"
Robert Lyn - piano
Keith Sterling - piano
Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion
Technical
Chris Blackwell - executive producer
Soldgie (Cedrica Anthony Hamilton) - sound engineer
Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie - vocal engineer
Kendal Stubbs - guitar overdubs engineer
Johnnie Black - photography

References

Black Uhuru albums
1981 albums
Albums produced by Sly and Robbie
Mango Records albums