''Scientist Meets the Space Invaders'' is a 1981

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. The album was produced by Mickie "Roots" Scott and

Linval Thompson Leval Alphonso Thompson (born 12 October 1954, Kingston, Jamaica), also known as Linval Thompson, is a Jamaican conscious roots reggae vocalist, dub musician and record producer. Biography Thompson was raised in Kingston, Jamaica, but spent ti ...

. The recording was done at Channel One Studios backed by the Roots Radics, and mixed at King Tubby's. The recording was by Stanley "Barnabas" Bryan, Anthony "Crucial Bunny" Graham and Maxwell "Maxie" McKenzie. The cover artwork is by Tony McDermott. The tracks that formed the basis of the album were Thompson productions including Wayne Wade's "Poor and Humble" ("Cloning Process"), and Johnny Osbourne's "Kiss Somebody" ("Quasar").Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) ''Reggae: 100 Essential CDs - The Rough Guide'',

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Critical reception

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, Stephen Cook regarded the album as a "great dub" record and among Scientist's "essential" albums. Fellow critic Tom Hull called it "one of the more legendary" recordings in which Scientist "orchestrated dozens of mythic battles, encounters, and jams ... although it feels like something he could do dozens of times."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Linval Thompson ;Side one - First Wall #"Beam Down" - 3:20 #"Red Shift" - 3:33 #"Time Warp" - 2:51 #"Cloning Process" - 4:16 #"Pulsar" - 3:10 ;Side two - Second Wall #"Laser Attack" - 3:45 #"Dematerialise" - 2:48 #"Fission" - 2:35 #"Super Nova Explosion" - 2:34 #"Quasar" - 2:58

Personnel

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, Lincoln "Style" Scott -

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* Errol "Flabba" Holt -

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* Noel "Sowell" Bailey, Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont -

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* Wycliffe "Steelie" Johnson, Winston Wright -

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* Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson -

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* Christopher "Sky Juice" Blake, Noel "Skully" Simms -

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;Technical *Scientist - mixing *Stanley "Barnabas" Bryan, Anthony "Crucial Bunny" Graham, Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie - recording *Tony McDermott - cover artwork

References

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