Back A Yard, by Wailing Souls

Back A Yard

by Wailing Souls

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1.	Down In Trench Town 04:31	buy track
2.	This Is The Time 03:35	buy track
3.	In The House Of Jah 03:28	buy track
4.	No Chalice Malice 03:53	buy track
5.	Invisable Wall 03:37	buy track
6.	Shark Attack (feat. Alborosie) 03:39	buy track
7.	Stay Calm 03:48	buy track
8.	All About You 03:53	buy track
9.	Eyes On You 03:28	buy track
10.	USVPR1900545 - Look What's Happening 04:10	buy track

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Back A Yard is Wailing Souls' 25th album in a career that includes three Grammy Award nominations for Best Reggae Album, and a pioneering 1992 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

The concise, 10-song Back A Yard, which was submitted for 2021 Grammy Award consideration, features the group’s two longstanding, charter members, Winston “Pipe” Matthews and Lloyd “Bread” McDonald, ‘back a yard’ (patois for ‘back in Jamaica’) in the studio with production from next generation reggae singer Alborosie. The production features all-star musicians including keyboardist Tyrone Downie (formerly of The Wailers) and bassist Errol “Flabba” Holt of the Roots Radics, who backed Wailing Souls on several of their key releases in the 1980s. Alborosie’s deep study of Jamaican music was heavily influenced by the Souls and their heyday at Channel One studio in the 80s.

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released August 28, 2020

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – VP Music Group, Inc.
Copyright © – VP Music Group, Inc.
Recorded At – Shengen Studio
Mixed At – Shengen Studio
Manufactured By – VP Records
Distributed By – VP Records
Published By – Winmatt Publishing
Published By – Greensleeves Publishing Ltd.
Published By – BMG Rights Management
Published By – Breadsoul Publishing

A&R, Production Manager – Chris O'Brien (2)
Artwork [Poster Collage] – Jake Stevens
Backing Vocals – Nikky Burt*, Sandy Smith (2)
Bass – Errol "Flabba" Holt
Design – Tony McDermott
Drums – Elisha Ellis, Makiri Whyte
Executive-Producer – Chris Chin
Guitar – Alborosie, Valter Vincenti
Horns – Hopeton Williams, Kemroy Bonfield
Keyboards – Alborosie, Ottmar Campbell, Tyrone Downie
Management – Hardline Entertainment, Ken Seaton
Mastered By – Chris Athens
Percussion – Errol "Flabba" Holt
Photography By – Ken Seaton
Producer – Alborosie
Project Manager – Carter Van Pelt
Recorded By, Mixed By – Alborosie
Vocals – Lloyd "Bread" McDonald, Winston "Pipe" Matthews

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