Equal Rights by Peter Tosh

Equal Rights, Peter Tosh's second solo album, came out on Columbia in 1977, a year after his run as one of the Wailers' three core members, alongside Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, came to an end. Tosh produced it himself, and it sounds like a man with no intention of softening his message for anybody: lean, steely reggae, grooves rolling steady under that stern, commanding voice, and a Rastafarian's conviction running all the way through.

He reached back for "Get Up, Stand Up", the song he wrote with Marley that the Wailers had released as a single from Burnin' in 1973, and turned the old "Sinner Man" into "Downpressor Man". "I Am that I Am" takes its title from a well-worn religious idea. "Stepping Razor" is the one with the blade: the New York Times counted it among the best songs of the year and compared its urgency to the great punk anthems.

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