Unchained Spirit | ||||
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Released | August 22, 2000 | |||
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Length | 1:03:54 | |||
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Unchained Spirit is a studio album by the dancehall/reggae artist Buju Banton, released in 2000.[2][3] It was his first and only album to be released on the ANTI- record label, an imprint of Epitaph Records.
The album peaked at No. 128 on the Billboard 200.[4]
The album contains contributions from Stephen Marley, Rancid, and Beres Hammond, among others.[1]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
The Evening Post | [7] |
NME | [8] |
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
Spin | 7/10[10] |
Exclaim! wrote that "the treacle far outstrips anything resembling a tuff rhythm here ... even over the good rhythms, Buju doesn't seem to have the command he once did."[11] The Star Tribune thought that "Buju's grainy voice flows over slowly distilled lattices of rhythms and multi-part South African-style harmonies."[12] M.F. DiBella of AllMusic defined the album as a "a vital and rhythmic mix of homegrown Jamaican philosophy, biblical harmonizing, and just plain eerie dancehall".[5]