Pass the Pipe

Pass the Pipe
Studio album by
Toots and the Maytals
Released1979
GenreReggae
LabelMango
Toots and the Maytals chronology
Toots Presents The Maytals
(1977)		 Pass the Pipe
(1979)		 Just Like That
(1980)

Pass the Pipe is an album by the Jamaican reggae band Toots and the Maytals. It was released in 1979 on Mango Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star
Robert ChristgauB+
DownBeatStarStarStarHalf star
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarHalf star

New York praised the "raspy lushness" of Toots Hibbert's vocals. The New York Times wrote: "Although customarily raucous, the Maytals' reggae retains a marked gospel intensity. As such, Pass the Pipe does not represent a new direction so much as a greater concentration on one aspect of Toots and company's mature gifts. Highly recommended." The Bay State Banner thought that the "guitar and bass men shun the usual metallic riffing in favor of a reedy vegetable sound that purrs and mushes against your speakers." Stereo Review deemed Pass the Pipe "a recording of special merit."

Dave Thompson, in Reggae & Caribbean Music, thought that on Pass the Pipe "jazz influences creep into the now solidly soulful brew."

Track listing

  1. "Famine" - 3:13
  2. "Inside Outside" - 4:00
  3. "Feel Free" - 4:38
  4. "Get Up, Stand Up" - 6:18
  5. "No Difference Here" - 5:42
  6. "Rhythm Down Low" - 3:29
  7. "My Love Is So Strong" - 4:35
  8. "Take It from Me (No Money, No Love) - 6:20

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Toots & the Maytals Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ "Toots Hibbert's pure, powerful voice carried reggae to the world". The Guardian. September 12, 2020.
  3. 1 2 White, Timothy (July 22, 1979). "The Life and Times of Reggae". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ "Pass the Pipe Toots & the Maytals". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "Toots and the Maytals". Robert Christgau.
  6. ↑ Freedman, Sam (July 1980). "Record Reviews". DownBeat. Vol. 47, no. 7. pp. 48–49.
  7. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 591.
  8. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 711–712.
  9. ↑ Bentkowski, Tom (Mar 24, 1980). "Working Class Heroes". New York. Vol. 13, no. 12. p. 75.
  10. ↑ Freedberg, Mike (31 May 1979). "Soul Dog". Bay State Banner. No. 34. p. 15.
  11. ↑ "Toots & the Maytals: Pass the Pipe". Stereo Review. Vol. 43. September 1979. p. 132.
  12. ↑ Thompson, Dave (June 27, 2002). Reggae & Caribbean Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306557.