Credits:Max Romeo & The UpsettersDescription:LiketheepochalPolice&ThievesbyJuniorMurvin,whichalsooriginatedatLee"Scratch"Perry'sBlackArkStudioandthusshareswiththisalbumPerry'strademarkdark,swampyambience,WarinaBabylonissomethingofamountainonthereggaelandscape.Butwhatmakesitsoremarkableisnotjusttheconsistentlyhighqualityofthemusic--indeed,by1976onehadcometoexpectnothingbutthefinestandheaviestgroovesfromPerryandhisstudioband,theUpsetters--rather,it'sthefactthatMaxRomeohadprovedtobesuchaconvincingsingerofcultural(or"conscious")reggaeafterseveralyearsofrakingitinasapurveyorofthemostabjectslackness.(His"WetDream"hadbeenahugehitinEnglandseveralyearsearlier,andhadbeenfollowedbysuchotherdelicaciesas"WineHerGoosie"and"PussyWatchMan.")Butthere'snodenyingtheauthorityofhisadmonishingvoicehere,andthetitletrack(whichdescribestheviolentmoodduringJamaica's1972generalelection)hasremainedastandardfordecades.Otherhighlightsinclude"OneStepForwar