Party Time

by The Heptones

Party Time cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Island
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Length: 41:22
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded at the legendary Black Ark studio, this project pairs the veteran vocal trio's sweet, rocksteady-era harmonies with the dense, atmospheric production of Lee 'Scratch' Perry. The album balances socially conscious roots anthems with reimagined covers, anchored by deep, echoing basslines and hypnotic percussion. It represents a brilliant intersection of traditional Jamaican vocal group aesthetics and cutting-edge dub studio wizardry.

Genres

Descriptors: vocal-group, political

Tracklist

  1. Party Time (4:04)
  2. Crying Over You (3:37)
  3. Now Generation (4:34)
  4. Mr. President (3:21)
  5. Serious Time (3:45)
  6. I Shall Be Released (4:42)
  7. Storm Cloud (4:20)
  8. Road Of Life (3:59)
  9. Why Must I (4:49)
  10. Sufferer's Time (4:06)

Credits

  • The Heptones - primary artist
  • Boris Gardiner - bass guitar
  • Michael Boo - drums
  • Ranford "Rannie Bop" Williams - guitar [phase]
  • David Madden - horns
  • Glen DaCosta - horns
  • Vin Gordon - horns
  • John Dent - lacquer cut by

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