''Bush Doctor'' is the third studio album by Jamaican

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singer

Peter Tosh Winston Hubert McIntosh (19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987), professionally known as Peter Tosh, was a Jamaican reggae musician. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band Bob Marley and the Wa ...

. It was released in 1978 on

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. The album features

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as guest vocalist on one song, while

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plays guitar on two tracks. The rhythm section featured

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Critical reception

The ''

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'' called the album "a rather lame hybrid of rock and ska that pales beside his earlier, Jamaican releases on the Intel-Diplo label."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Peter Tosh; except where indicated ;Side 1 #" (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" (

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, Ronald White) – 3:43 #"Pick Myself Up" – 3:55 #"I'm the Toughest" – 3:48 #"Soon Come" (Tosh,

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) – 3:54 #"Moses – The Prophet" – 3:37 ;Side 2 #

"Bush Doctor" – 4:04 #"Stand Firm" – 6:10 #"Dem Ha Fe Get a Beatin'" – 4:11 #"Creation" – 6:29 ;Bonus tracks on 2002 EMI Remaster #

"Lesson in My Life" – (previously unreleased) #"Soon Come" – (long version) #"I'm the Toughest" – (long version) #"Bush Doctor" – (long version) #"(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" (dub version) #"Tough Rock Soft Stones" – (previously unreleased)

Personnel

*Peter Tosh – rhythm and acoustic guitars, clavinet, audio harp, lead vocals *

Robbie Shakespeare Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare (27 September 1953 – 8 December 2021) was a Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer, best known as half of the reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie, with drummer Sly Dunbar. Regarded as on ...

– bass, pick guitar, guitar, horn arrangements *

Sly Dunbar Lowell Fillmore "Sly" Dunbar (born 10 May 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie. Biography Dunbar began playing at 15 in a ba ...

– drums, gato box * Mikey "Mao" Chung – lead guitar, Moog synthesizer,

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, pick guitar * Robert Lyn – acoustic piano, organ, Fender Rhodes, clavinet *

Keith Sterling Keith Sterling (born Keith Sterling-McLeod, January 1952, Kingston, Jamaica)Larkin, Colin (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', 4th edn., OUP USA, , p. 743 is a piano and keyboard player. Biography Keith Sterling is a well-respected Jam ...

– keyboards *Luther François – soprano saxophone *

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– lead guitar *

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– percussion *

Uziah "Sticky" Thompson Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson (1 August 1936 – 25 August 2014) was a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active from the late 1950s. He worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums. Biog ...

– percussion with: *

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– arrangement on "Creation" *

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– autoharp on "Creation" *

– guitar on "Bush Doctor" and "Stand Firm" *

– vocals on "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" Technical personnel *

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– executive producer * Errol Thompson,

Geoffrey Chung Geoffrey Aloysius Chung (1950 – 13 October 1995) was a Jamaican musician, recording engineer, and record producer. Biography Chung was born in 1950 in Kingston, Jamaica.Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of ...

, Lew Hahn – engineer

Charts

Sales and certifications

References

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