''The Good, the Bad and the Upsetters'' is a studio
album
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by
the Upsetters
The Upsetters was the name given to the house band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The name of the band comes from Perry's nickname of Upsetter, after his song "I Am the Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Coxs ...
, released in 1970.
Lee Perry had no direct involvement with this album and never considered it an Upsetters album.
In response to the album's release, Perry released an album in Jamaica a year later with the same title and
Trojan
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* Of or from the ancient city of Troy
* Trojan language, the language of the historical Trojans
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artwork but with a completely different track listing. It was only released in small quantities at the time, but it was reissued in January 2014 on
Cherry Red Records
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' Hot Milk label.
Track listing
UK edition
#"Capo" (
Glen Adams) – 3:05
#"Phil the Fluter" (R. Lewis) – 3:11
#"Guns of Navarone" (
Dimitri Tiomkin
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/
Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award.
Life and career
Webster was born in New York City, United S ...
) – 3:13
#"What Do You Say" (Glen Adams) – 4:04
#"Straight to the Head" (
Aston Barrett
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) – 4:18
#"Red or Red" (Aston Barrett/Glen Adams) – 3:50
#"Mellow Mood" (Aston Barrett/Glen Adams) – 3:00
#"Family Man" (R. Lewis) – 3:19
#"Oney (Happy Clap)" (
Winston Wright
Winston Wright (5 September 1943 – 18 March 1993) was a Jamaica
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) – 4:13
#"Mama Look (Monkey Man)" (
Toots Hibbert
Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, (8 December 1942 – 11 September 2020) was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals. A reggae pioneer, he performed for six decades and ...
) – 2:31
#"Snow White" (Aston Barrett/Glen Adams) – 3:31
#"The Good the Bad & the Upsetters" (Aston Barrett/Glen Adams) – 3:13
Jamaican edition
Produced and directed by Lee Scratch Perry. All tracks composed by Lee "Scratch" Perry.
Side one
#"Same Thing All Over" – 3:17
#"It's All in the Game" – 3:17
#"Big Ball" – 2:20
#"If You Don't Mind" – 2:23
#"Dracula" – 3:35
#"It' Alright" – 2:33
#"Man to Man V. 3" - 3:13
Side two
#"Soul Rebel V. 4" – 2:50
#"Must Reach You" – 2:30
#"Equalizer" – 1:58
#"Down the Road" – 2:43
#"Some Sign" – 2:45
#"On the Rock" – 2:12
#"Same Thing V. 3" – 3:12
References
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The Upsetters albums
1970 albums
Trojan Records albums