Mi Cyaan Believe It
by Michael Smith
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1982
- Label: Island
- Country: Jamaica
- Length: 32:46
- Community rating: 4.15/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The sole album by Jamaican dub poet Michael Smith, 'Mi Cyaan Believe It' was recorded in London and produced by Linton Kwesi Johnson and Dennis Bovell, with Bovell on bass, keyboards and percussion and Aswad drummer Angus 'Drummy Zeb' Gaye behind the kit. Its nine tracks include the title poem, the storytelling of 'Trainer' with Steve Gregory's flute, and the chant of 'Roots', and Smith toured the United Kingdom supporting Gregory Isaacs in the year of its release.
Genres
Descriptors: political, spoken-word, storytelling, conscious, protest
Tracklist
- Black And White (0:29)
- Mi Feel It (2:58)
- Mi Cyaan Believe It (3:07)
- Long Time (3:34)
- Trainer (4:55)
- Picture Or No Picture (3:58)
- Roots (6:22)
- It A Come (4:17)
- Give Me A Little Dub Music (3:02)
Credits
- Michael Smith - primary artist, written-by
- Steve Gregory - tenor saxophone, flute
- Martin Rex - engineer [recording]
- Linton Kwesi Johnson - producer