Sinsemilla (album)

Sinsemilla is the third album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1980 on the Island Records subsidiary Mango. The album helped the band achieve a global fanbase.

Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that the album "delivers a level of consistency only Bob Marley himself had achieved." The Miami New Times wrote that "by 1980's Sinsemilla, Black Uhuru was a paragon of politics, close harmonies, pumping grooves, and a social awareness as astute and incisive as Marley's." Spin deemed Sinsemilla a "classic reggae" album, writing that Sly and Robbie's "trademark synth-drum grooves drove the group's harmonies like a diddling steam turbine."

Personnel
with:
 * Black Uhuru
 * Michael Rose - lead vocals
 * Derrick "Duckie" Simpson - harmony vocals
 * Puma Jones - harmony vocals
 * Robbie Shakespeare - bass, lead bass on "Vampire"
 * Sly Dunbar - drums, percussion, electronic drums
 * Ansel Collins - acoustic piano, organ
 * Jimmy Becker - harmonica
 * Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan - lead guitar
 * Bertram "Ranchie" McLean - rhythm guitar
 * Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion
 * Technical
 * Lister Hewan Lowe, Lowell "Sly" Dunbar, Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare - executive producer
 * Ernest Hookim, Colonel Maxie (Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie) - recording engineer
 * Tony Wright - cover illustration