English vocals, other languages
International relevance: **
Tony Ellis was a member of Peps Blodsband on their ”Spår” album from 1978, and he made his solo
album debut the following year. Most of the Blodsband is present here
including Peps Persson himself, with the addition of Per Tjernberg
(Archimedes Badkar) and Hassan Bah (Kebnekajse). It's an all reggae
effort with the occasional African element, pretty much like a lesser
Peps Blodsband album with a different singer. Mostly original songs
but there's also a good cover of Johnnie Clarke's wonderful ”Roots
Natty Roots Natty Congo” (also covered in Swedish by Mikael Ramel)
and a version of the dull ”Sitting In The Park” made famous by
Georgie Fame. One of the highpoints is the slowed down version of "Punky Reggae", originally on "Spår" but better in this moody take.
”No Place To Run” has its ups and downs but it's a
decent album overall. And it's much better than the pretty terrible
1981 follow-up ”Change Will Come”. Live album ”Red Hot And
Live” was released in 1983.
There was also a 12” in 1980 with an
'A' side which isn't any better than the title ”Disco Baby”, but
with the great smoky 'B' side ”Ire” not dissimilar to UK band Capital Letters' better moments.
Full album playlist
12":
Disco Baby
Ire
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