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In the Dark is the second international album release by the reggae singing group Toots and the Maytals, issued in Jamaica and in the United Kingdom on Dragon Records, DRLS 5004, a subsidiary label owned by Chris Blackwell.[4]

Content

To follow up on Funky Kingston, label owner Blackwell returned Toots and the Maytals to Dynamic Sound Studios in Kingston for new recordings.[5] Included were songs previously released as singles, "54-46 Was My Number" and "Pomp and Pride." Continuing interesting choices of cover material aimed at the English market, the Maytals included a version of the hit single by John Denver, "Take Me Home, Country Roads," which replaces West Virginia with West Jamaica in the lyric.

For a hybrid release of Funky Kingston for the United States, six songs from this album were substituted for five others from the original Jamaican version of Funky Kingston, adding in the 1969 "Pressure Drop" single. On March 25, 2003, In the Dark was released on compact disc by Universal complete in its original format, along with the Jamaican Funky Kingston album and the "Pressure Drop" single.

Track listing

All songs written by Frederick "Toots" Hibbert except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "Got to Be There" — 3:06
  2. "In the Dark" (F. Hibbert, E. Chin) — 2:48
  3. "Having a Party" — 2:48
  4. "Time Tough" — 4:23
  5. "I See You" (B. Davidson) — 3:16
  6. "Take a Look in the Mirror" — 3:17

Side two

  1. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (John Denver, Taffy Nivert, Bill Danoff) — 3:23
  2. "Fever" — 2:26
  3. "Love's Gonna Walk Out on me" — 3:15
  4. "Revolution" — 3:31
  5. "54-46 was my Number" (F. Hibbert; Leslie Kong) — 3:24
  6. "Sailing On" — 3:35

Personnel

References

  1. ^ In The Dark Dragon – DRLS 5004
  2. ^ Bush, Nathan. In the Dark at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 Dec 2010.
  3. ^ Miles, Milo (April 22, 2003). "Toots and the Maytals Funky Kingston/In The Dark > Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 9 Jun 2008. Retrieved 18 Aug 2011.
  4. ^ Katz, David. Funky Kingston/In the Dark. Island Records 440 077 076-2, 2003, liner notes.
  5. ^ Katz, liner notes.
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