Dread Beat an’ Blood

Album by Linton Kwesi Johnson

Dread Beat an' Blood is the debut studio album by Jamaican-born British dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1978. The record pairs Johnson's spoken-word dub poetry with reggae and dub rhythms, featuring prominent basslines, echoing delay effects and pared-back rhythmic backing, and helped establish the dub poetry approach within the British reggae scene.
First released: August 1978

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Dread Beat an' Blood
    3:00
  2. 2.
    Five Nights of Bleeding
    4:29
  3. 3.
    Doun De Road
    2:27
  4. 4.
    Song of Blood
    6:29
  5. 5.
    It Dread Inna Inglan
    4:05
  6. 6.
    Come Wi Goh Dung Deh
    3:47
  7. 7.
    Man Free
    6:02
  8. 8.
    All Wi Doin Is Defendin
    3:03
  9. 9.
    Command Counsel Dub
    3:10
  10. 10.
    Defense Dub
    3:12

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