''Serious Thing'' is a roots
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
album released in 1984 by the reggae trio
The Gladiators.
Track listing
# "Serious Thing"
# "My Thoughts"
# "My Thoughts Version"
# "Fling it Gimme"
# "Rearrange"
# "Mid-Range"
# "Mid-Range Version"
# "Freedom Train"
# "Good Foundation"
# "After You"
Personnel
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Albert Griffiths - Vocals, Rhythm guitar
*
Clinton Fearon
Clinton Anthony Fearon (born 13 January 1951) is a Jamaican reggae singer and musician. He has lived in Seattle, Washington since 1987.
Career
Jamaica
Clinton Fearon was born near Kingston, and quickly moved to St. Catherine, a rural Jamaica ...
- Background vocals, Bass guitar
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Gallimore Sutherland - Background vocals, Rhythm guitar
*
Clinton Rufus - Solo guitar
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Audley Taylor - Keyboard
* Stanley "Barnabas" Bryan - Drums
* Richard Ace - Keyboard
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Scully - Percussion
* Bobby Ellis - Trumpet
*
Deadly Headley - Saxophone
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Dean Fraser
Dean Ivanhoe Fraser (sometimes appearing as Dean Frazer) (born 4 August 1957) Allmusic.com biography by Sandra Brennan/ref> is a Jamaican saxophonist who has contributed to hundreds of reggae recordings since the mid-1970s. He was awarded the Mu ...
- Saxophone
* Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - Trombone
* David Madden - Trumpet
* Glen DaCosta - Saxophone
* Andy Bassford - Guitar
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1984 albums
The Gladiators (band) albums