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| | Reggae Reviews: Lee "Scratch" Perry |
 | | Lee "Scratch" Perry is known more for his mid- to late '70s Black Ark Studio years than for any other time in his music career, but he made his name in the '60s and early '70s with songs like the ones included on Give Me Power. |
 | | Perry largely eschews conventional reggae here (which shouldn't surprise those who sampled his work in the '90s) in favor of an amalgam of funk, rock, soul, gospel, blues, jazz, and even classical music (witness the strings on "Evil Brain Rejector"). |
 | | Perry doesn't produce himself, so the unpredictable, zany effects that helped make his '70s tunes so much fun are largely absent, giving Panic in Babylon a surprisingly restrained (save perhaps for the spacey "Voodoo" and "Baby Krishna") and, well, sane sound. |
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