Skylarking (Horace Andy album)

Skylarking is the debut studio album by Horace Andy. It was released on Studio One in 1972. Not to be confused with his later album, also titled Skylarking, released in 1996. The backing band was Sound Dimension - Coxsone Dodd's studio band, led by Leroy Sibbles.

Skylarking
Studio album by
Horace Andy
Released20 April 1972
StudioJamaican Recording Studio, Kingston
GenreReggae
Length34:01
LabelStudio One
ProducerCoxsone Dodd
Horace Andy chronology
Skylarking
(1972)		 You Are My Angel
(1973)
2015 remaster cover

Reception

In 2012, Skylarking was placed at number 16 on the "Top 50 Reggae Albums" list, which was compiled by Jamaican disc jockey Clinton Lindsay and his colleague Marlon Burrell in commemoration of Jamaica's 50th anniversary as an independent nation.[1] In 2014, Mojo placed it at number 43 on its list of the "50 Greatest Reggae Albums".[2] In 2016, GQ named it as one of the "10 Classic LPs from Reggae's Golden Era".[3]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Where Do the Children Play"2:52
2."Just Say Who"2:28
3."Love of a Woman"3:23
4."Skylarking"3:09
5."Mammie Blue"4:24
6."Please Don't Go"2:46
7."Every Tongue Shall Tell"2:28
8."Something's on My Mind"2:20
9."See a Man's Face"2:30
10."Don't Cry"2:56
11."I'll Be Gone"2:27
12."Got to Be Sure"2:18
Reissue edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Oh Youth Man"2:53
14."Night Owl"4:03

Personnel
  • Horace Andy - vocals
  • Sound Dimension - backing musicians
  • Clement S. Dodd - producer, recording, mixing
  • Sylvan Morris - mixing

References
  1. "Marley albums in top 50 count". The Jamaica Observer. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. "The 50 Greatest Reggae Albums". Mojo. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. "The Foundation: 10 Classic LPs From Reggae's Golden Era". GQ. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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