| Police and Thieves | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 1977 | |||
| Recorded | Black Ark Studio, Washington Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 37:59 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Lee 'Scratch' Perry | |||
| Junior Murvin chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [3] |
| The Independent | (very favorable)[4] |
Police and Thieves is an album by Junior Murvin and backing band the Upsetters, released in 1977.[5][6] Along with the Heptones' Party Time and Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon, this album is considered part of a Black Ark Lee 'Scratch' Perry-produced "holy trinity".[1]
- ^ a b Anderson, Rick. "Police and Thieves". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ The Daily Telegraph review
- ^ The Independent review
- ^ Hebdige, Dick (2013). Subculture. Taylor & Francis. p. 38.
- ^ Hodges, Hugh (2023). The Fascist Groove Thing: Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes. PM Press.