''Strongg'' is a studio album by the Jamaican
reggae
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band
Black Uhuru
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. It was released in 1994 through Mesa Recordings. The album peaked at number 6 on the US ''
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Reggae Albums
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chart and was nominated for
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
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at
37th Annual Grammy Awards
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.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Derrick "Duckie" Simpson – vocals, composer, producer
*
Euvin Spencer – composer, arranger
*
Rudolph "Garth" Dennis – composer
* Vincent Black – guitar
(tracks: 1-9, 11-12)
* Leebert "Gibby" Morrison – guitar
(track 10)
* Earl "Bagga" Walker – bass
(tracks: 1-4, 8-9, 11)
* Derrick Barnett – bass
(tracks: 5-6, 10, 12)
* Christopher Meridith – bass
(track 7)
* Anthony Brissett – keyboards
(tracks: 1, 3, 5-7, 10-12), producer
(tracks: 1, 6, 12)
*
Keith Sterling-McLeod – keyboards
(tracks: 2-5, 8-9)
*
Dean Fraser
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– horns
(tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10)
* Rass Brass – horns
(track 1)
* Sydney Wolfe – horns
(track 7), percussion
(tracks: 1-9, 11-12)
* Jermaine Forde – drums
(tracks: 1, 6, 10)
* Marcus "Rangatan" Smith – drums
(tracks: 2-5, 7-9, 11)
*
Lowell Fillmore Dunbar – drums
(tracks: 10, 12)
* Christopher "Sky Juice" Blake – percussion
(track 10)
* George Nauful – executive producer
* Jim Snowden – executive producer
*
Steven J. C. Stanley – mixing
* Junior Edwards – engineering
*
Yasus Afari
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– arranging
(track 1)
* Richard Tate – arranging
(track 10)
* Michelle Laurencot – art direction & design
* Daniel Nevins – artwork
Charts
References
External links
1994 albums
Black Uhuru albums
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