No Nuclear War
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | No Nuclear War |
| type | Album |
| artist | Peter Tosh |
| cover | No Nuclear War.jpg |
| released | 1987 |
| genre | Reggae |
| length | 39:34 |
| label | EMI |
| producer | Peter Tosh, Marlene Tosh |
| prev_title | Mama Africa |
| prev_year | 1983 |
| :: |
| name = No Nuclear War | type = Album | artist = Peter Tosh | cover = No Nuclear War.jpg | alt = | released = 1987 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Reggae | length = 39:34 | label = EMI | producer = Peter Tosh, Marlene Tosh | prev_title = Mama Africa | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = | next_year = No Nuclear War is the seventh and final studio album by the Jamaican musician Peter Tosh, released in 1987. Tosh was murdered shortly after its release; he had returned to Jamaica after meetings in New York City to discuss the lack of promotion for the album. Tosh was also upset that, despite the language in his contract with EMI Records, the album had been released in South Africa. Before recording No Nuclear War, Tosh had spent four years protesting elements of his record contract.
The album received a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1988.
Critical reception
| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |rev2score = |rev3 = Los Angeles Times |rev3score = |rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide |rev4score = The Sun-Sentinel wrote that the "musicians create a lush backdrop for Tosh to address universal concerns about such topical issues as apartheid and nuclear holocaust." The Los Angeles Times noted that the "singing is spirited and expressive, but the songwriting is suspect—Tosh seems to have run out of the vivid imagery that originally made his pointed social commentaries noteworthy."
The Omaha World-Herald determined that "Tosh's mix of parody and spirituality is refreshing, although his latest album is more of a gentle nudge than a full-fledged call to arms." The Times opined that "songs about apartheid, nuclear war/peace and religious zeal are rapidly becoming the hackneyed rasta equivalents of such rock'n'roll stand-bys as cars, girls and life on the road."
Track listing
|collapsed = |headline = |all_writing = Peter Tosh |title1 = No Nuclear War |length1 = 7:57 |title2 = Nah Goa Jail |length2 = 4:45 |title3 = Fight Apartheid |length3 = 5:02 |title4 = Vampire |length4 = 3:33 |title5 = In My Song |length5 = 4:16 |title6 = Lesson in My Life |length6 = 3:58 |title7 = Testify |length7 = 5:36 |title8 = Come Together |length8 = 4:26 | headline = Bonus track on "The Definitive Remasters" (2002 EMI CD release) |title9 = No Nuclear War (Single Version) |length9 = 3:32
Personnel
- Peter Tosh – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, horn arrangements
- Daniel “Danny AxeMan” Thompson, George "Fully" Fulwood, Leebert "Gibby" Morrison – bass guitar
- Carlton "Santa" Davis – drums
- Steve Golding – rhythm guitar
- Keith Sterling, Tyrone Downie – keyboards
- Scully Sims, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion
- David Madden, Dean Fraser, Junior "Chico" Chin, Ronald "Nambo" Robinson – horns
- Cynthia Schloss, June Lodge, Nadine Sutherland, Pam Hall, Ruddy Thomas – backing vocals
Technical
- Dennis Thompson, Peter Tosh – mixing
- Neville Garrick – cover illustration
- Adrian Boot – photography
Charts
::data[format=table title="Weekly chart performance for ''No Nuclear War''"] | Chart (2025) | Peak position | Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) | |---|---|---| | 22 | | | ::
References
References
- "Peter Tosh Biography by Jo-Ann Greene".
- (13 Sep 1987). "Gunmen Kill Peter Tosh, Reggae Star, in Jamaica". The New York Times.
- (13 Sep 1987). "Drug Link Suspected in Peter Tosh Slaying". Newsday.
- (September 13, 1987). "Peter Tosh killed by 3 gunmen". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
- (September 20, 1987). "Peter Tosh's reggae beat lives on in his music". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- Jackson, Kevin (2014) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Tosh-s-call-for-peace-_15841505 Tosh's call for peace]", ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 23 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014
- "No Nuclear War - Peter Tosh | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
- (2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press.
- (23 Aug 1987). "Rastas: Rough, Romantic". Los Angeles Times.
- (1992). "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". Random House.
- (16 Aug 1987). "Tosh Blends in Message". Sun-Sentinel.
- (14 Sep 1987). "Tosh Kept the Faith". The Boston Globe.
- (August 23, 1987). "Peter Tosh No Nuclear War". Omaha World-Herald.
- (September 26, 1987). "Old, bold and still gold". The Times.
- "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2025. 7. hét". [[Association of Hungarian Record Companies.
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