''Nyah Man Chant'' is the debut album from Jamaican

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singer Bushman. It was released in 1997 by

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.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) "Reggae: 100 Essential CDs", Rough Guides, Bushman had hitch-hiked seventy miles to Kingston in the hope of furthering his career.Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, After meeting renowned production team

Steely & Clevie Steely & Clevie was a Jamaican dancehall reggae production duo that was composed of members Wycliffe Johnson and Cleveland Browne. The duo worked with artists such as the Specials, Gregory Peck ("Poco Man Jam," 1990), Bounty Killer, Elephant Man ...

in the car park of the ''Arrows'' dub-cutting studio, where they were playing football, he auditioned on the spot and was invited to their studio. Prior to the album, Bushman recorded a string of singles for the duo, including "Grow Your Natty", "Call the Hearse", "Remember the Days", "Black Star Liner", and "Man a Lion", all of which were included on the album. The whole album was produced by Steely & Clevie, and employed a real horn section in contrast to many reggae albums of the time, and met with a positive critical reaction. The album recreated the sound of 1970s and 1980s reggae, and included musicians such as

Earl "Chinna" Smith Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 6 August 1955), a.k.a. Earl Flute and Melchezidek the High Priest,Johnson, Richard (2013)The Melchizedek way, ''Jamaica Observer'', 6 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013 is a Jamaican guitarist active since the late ...

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, and

Vin Gordon Vin Gordon (a.k.a. Trommie, Don D. Junior or Don Drummond Jr) (born 4 August 1949) is a Jamaican trombone player. Biography Gordon grew up in Jones Town, Kingston, Jamaica as one of eight children. He went to Kingston's Catholic Alpha Boys S ...

.Anderson, Rick " ''Nyah Man Chant'' Review, ''

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'', Macrovision Corporation The album was described in the

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book ''Reggae: 100 Essential CDs'' as "a coherent, excellently crafted set" and "as good an example of modern roots singing as you could hope to find". ''

'' called the album "a classic".

Track listing

#"Nyah Man Chant" (Browne, Duncan, Johnson) - 3:28 #"Remember the Day" (Browne, Myaz, Williams) - 4:48 #"Cannabis" (Browne, Duncan, Johnson) - 3:56 #"Man a Lion" (Browne, Duncan, Johnson) - 3:58 #"Grow Your Natty" (Browne, Duncan, Johnson) - 3:29 #"She's Gone" (Duncan) - 3:46 #"Poor People Power" (Browne, Duncan, Johnson) - 3:44 #"Rude Boy Life" (Browne, Duncan, Johnson) - 3:43 #"Call the Hearse" (Browne, Duncan, Johnson) - 3:51 #"My Day" (Browne, Duncan, Johnson) - 3:53 #"Ain't No Sunshine" (Withers) - 3:17 #"Anything for Your Love" (Browne, Duncan, Johnson) - 3:31 #"Black Starliner" (Duncan ) - 3:38

References

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