From the Secret Laboratory

by Lee "Scratch" Perry

From the Secret Laboratory cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Mango
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Length: 50:08
  • Community rating: 3.32/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced in collaboration with Adrian Sherwood, 'From the Secret Laboratory' captures the eccentric Jamaican visionary embracing sleek, modernized electronic aesthetics. The record seamlessly updates his classic foundational roots with crisp, contemporary digital programming.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, rhythmic, hedonism, party, drugs, sampling

Tracklist

  1. Secret Laboratory (Scientific Dancehall) (6:26)
  2. Inspector Gadget (3:40)
  3. (I Got The) Groove (5:26)
  4. Vibrate On (4:52)
  5. African Hitchiker (4:31)
  6. You Thought I Was Dead (3:52)
  7. Too Much Money (5:06)
  8. Push, Push (4:03)
  9. African Headcharge In The Hackney Empire (3:28)
  10. Party Time (3:45)
  11. Seven Devils Dead (4:54)

Credits

  • David Harrow - bass, keyboards, programmed by [computer programming]
  • Errol "Flabba" Holt - bass
  • Crocodile - effects
  • Dub Syndicate - featuring
  • The Roots Radics - featuring
  • Akabu - harmony vocals [harmonies]
  • George Faith - harmony vocals [harmonies]
  • Skip McDonald - harmony vocals [harmonies], lead guitar

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