
Title: Sufferer's Choice
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Style: Reggae, Dancehall, Lovers Rock
Rating: 4.5/5
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FLAC size: 1903 mb | MP3 size: 1282 mb | WMA size: 1878 mb
SUGAR MINOTT - Sufferer's Choice.
Sufferer's Choice (LP, Album, Mono). CDHB 21. Sugar Minott. Sufferer's Choice (CD, Album). Sufferer's Choice (CD, Album, RE). Black Roots. Sufferer's Choice (LP, Album).
fans chose one of each - "A Rough Ole Life (Babylon)" and "Lover's Race" - and propelled them both straight into the charts. In reality, though, virtually the entire album was filled with worthy contenders for hits. Certainly "Rough Ole," with its hints of reggae's past, had hit written all over it, but the title track, a slow, stripped down dub, is equally strong.
Sugar Minott: Sufferer's Choice Play this back-to-back with Minott's 1979 Black Roots and then tell me reggae never changes. The progress is subtle, but I promise you'll hear it plenty clear enough. It begins as usual in the rhythms, which Sly & Robbie take over from lesser lights, but that doesn't explain why Minott, a creamy lovers rocker of no special distinction, not only keeps up but adds fillips of his own, fillips that would have been buried in the 1979 recording even if he'd been capable of them then.
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Sufferer's Choice (1983). Album by Sugar Minott.
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Sufferer’s Choice also features the duo’s sharp rhythms; it was overseen by Peter Chemist, who created a fabulous mix of cultural cuts and lover’s concerns. Lovers Rock Inna Dance Hall created a similar split of theme and sound, while Ghetto Youth Dem Rising and Sugar Minott & Youth Promotion also kept the singer’s name on the street. Equally of note was that same year was African Soldier, a concept album concerned with the current state of the continent. Sugar Minott had been diagnosed with heart problems in 2009, and died on July 10, 2010 following his admittance to a Kingston hospital after he had complained of feeling poorly.
Tracklist Hide Credits
A1 | Rough Ole Life (Babylon) | 3:50 |
A2 | Dress UpBacking Band [Rhythm Tracks By] – Roots Radics Band* |
3:15 |
A3 | Sufferer's Choice | 4:04 |
A4 | Uptown Ghetto | 3:24 |
A5 | The Half | 3:12 |
B1 | Lover's RaceBacking Band [Rhythm Tracks By] – Roots Radics Band* |
2:53 |
B2 | The Girl Is In LoveEngineer – Bigga* |
3:28 |
B3 | Have You Ever Found A Love | 3:29 |
B4 | Keep On Loving You | 3:29 |
B5 | The Youth Dem Getting Bad | 3:20 |
Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Poli-Rhythm, Ltd.
- Recorded At – Channel One Recording Studio
- Mixed At – Channel One Recording Studio
- Mixed At – Aquarius Studio
- Pressed By – Wakefield Manufacturing – 41721
Credits
- Backing Band [Rhythm Tracks By] – Sly & Robbie (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B2 to B5)
- Design [Cover] – Oneil Harris-Nanco*
- Engineer – Soljie Hamilton (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5)
- Mastered By [Vinyl] – Bill Kipper
- Mixed By – Peter Chemist
- Producer – Peter Thompson
- Producer, Written-By, Arranged By – Lincoln "Sugar" Minott*
Notes
Recorded & mixed at Channel One Studio, KingstonTracks A1, A4, B2 & B4 mixed at Aquarius, Kingston; Track B2 recorded at Mark Angelo Studio, London by Bigga
A Black Roots Production/L & M Records
℗ 1983 Poly-Rhythm Ltd.
Jacket Made in Canada.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (Etched)): HB.21.A [MASTERDISK (stamped)] BK [WM (stamped)] 41 721-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (Etched)): HB.21.B [MASTERDISK (stamped)] BK [WM (stamped)] 41 721-B
Other versions
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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LMLP 1002 | Sugar Minott | Sufferer's Choice (LP, Album) | Black Roots | LMLP 1002 | UK | 1983 |
28AP 2802 | Sugar Minott | Sufferer's Choice (LP, Album, Mono) | CBS/Sony | 28AP 2802 | Japan | 1984 |
CDHB 21 | Sugar Minott | Sufferer's Choice (CD, Album) | Heartbeat Records | CDHB 21 | US | 1988 |
BRVCD001 | Sugar Minott | Sufferer's Choice (CD, Album, RE) | Black Roots | BRVCD001 | Europe | 2011 |
LMLP 002 | Sugar Minott | Sufferer's Choice (LP, Album, RP) | Black Roots | LMLP 002 | Jamaica | 1985 |