Song · Peter Tosh
“Stepping Razor” by Peter Tosh
From the album Equal Rights (1977)
“Stepping Razor” by Peter Tosh appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1977. It was first released in 1977 on the album Equal Rights. Its best result is #53 on the John Peel's Forgotten Fifty of 1977. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #53 alternative song of 1977 and #53 of the '70s.
"Stepping Razor" comes off Equal Rights, Peter Tosh's second studio album, out on Columbia in 1977, and it's a borrowed blade: Joe Higgs wrote it, words and music. Tosh grabs it and makes it his own, singing lead and his own backing vocals and playing guitar alongside Al Anderson, while Sly Dunbar on drums and Robbie Shakespeare on bass lock the groove down and Earl "Wya" Lindo adds keyboards.
The New York Times counted it among the year's best songs, praising its urgency and its flair for drama and ranking it beside the great punk anthems. Tosh had cut loose from the Wailers by then, and the same album carries his new take on "Get Up, Stand Up", the Bob Marley co-write that had first been a Wailers single.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 53 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Forgotten Fifty of 1977 | 61 |
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