Peter Tosh/Touch, however you prefer to remember him is nothing short of classic. The Rastafarion Malcom X, comes through in all his glory on this album. If you are a fan of reggea or the Wailers this will do nothing but enhance your collection.

This is a great reggae album, and a great Peter Tosh album - the only problem is, he recorded a lot of BETTER albums, that don't suffer from this album's one malady - which is one melody! In other words, there is a sameness to all the songs, and they are almost indistinguishable from one another, except the title track and Johnny B Goode. A lot of this has to do with the production - there are no subtleties, just blaring synthesizers. Ultimately, it works., but if you are starting a Tosh collection, try Equal Rights or Bush Doctor before this one!
Or better yet, Scrolls of the Prophet. But eventually you'll get here and dig it.

This man,this reggae artist,this powerful African spirit is the hero of my generation.Iam proud to be able to collect ALL of his remastered classics.Mama Africa represents the finest in reggae music anywhere on planet earth.Grab it NOW!

This is an awesome cd, however, this should not be your introduction to Peter's music. Get "Legalize It," "Equal Rights," "Bush Doctor," and "Complete Captured Live" before you get this. They are all better intros to Peter's work than this is. That being said, this is still a great album.

A lot of these songs appear on "Complete Captured Live," and, in my opinion, they are better on that than this studio album. There's just more energy live than in the studio when it comes to Peter Tosh. However, if you don't get this album, you're going to be missing out on some fantastic songs. "Stop That Train," "Peace Treaty," "Feel No Way," and "Maga Dog" are all awesome and don't appear on CCL. "Stop That Train" appears on The Wailer's "Burnin" album, but both versions are equally good with different feels. In conclusion, get this album, but not before you get the albums I listed above.

1982 brought a departure with the Rolling Stones as well as the replacement of Tosh's rhythm section, drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, with Carlton "Santa" Davis on drums and George "Fully" Fullwood on bass as well as the replacement of guitarist Mikey Chung with Steve Golding. That year, Tosh sought solace in Africa and eventually signed with EMI, releasing his first album for the label the following year in 1983, "Mama Africa".

The album shows Tosh starting to enter the height of his global popularity. "Mama Africa" contains all of the themes that made Tosh so famous with songs like Pan-African title track, "Mama Africa," and the similar-in-theme, yet beautifully agressive "Not Gonna Give It Up". Tosh's millitancy and urge for unity and equallity also shine through on the spiritual "Glass House," and "Where You Gonna Run". Equally hard-hitting are the solemn, defiant songs towards the end of the album, my favorite, "Peace Treaty," reffering to the 1978 One Love Peace Concert and the carnage in Jamaica, and "Feel No Way," a message to all that karma will find each one of us.

Tosh also does an R&B-influenced cover of an old song he made with the Wailers, "Stop That Train," as well as another old single he made both with the Wailers and on his own: the fiery, ode to wariness of friends, "Maga Dog". The album also contains three versions of songs already on the album not previously released.

Finally, the album's most signifigant track, a chart-topping hit, was the cover of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode," recommended to him by guitarist Donald Kinsey. Though having refused at first, Tosh later agreed to cover the song and would come to defend his cover with: "What's wrong with telling someone to be good?"

"Mama Africa" shows Peter Tosh beginning to enter the height of his career. This is truly one of the highest moments in reggae history, not to be passed up by any fan.