No Nuclear War by Peter Tosh

No Nuclear War, released on EMI in 1987, was Peter Tosh's seventh studio album and his last. The former Wailer, who had stood alongside Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer at the band's core, had spent 4 years fighting parts of his record contract before he cut it, and the fight didn't stop there: he went to meetings in New York over the lack of promotion, and he was angry that the album had been released in South Africa despite what his contract said.

Musically it's defiant, rootsy reggae, Tosh's voice as stern and steady as a preacher's. "Testify" is the song from it that reached the countdowns. Tosh was murdered during a home invasion in Jamaica shortly after the album's release, and the record went on to win the Grammy for Best Reggae Album.

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