A Luta Continua (Portuguese for The Struggle Continues ) is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Big Youth , released in 1985.[4] [5] The title track is about the fight to end apartheid.[6] Jonathan Demme was inspired to use the phrase in the credits of his movies Something Wild and Married to the Mob .[7]
A Luta Continua Released 1985 Recorded 1984, Music Mountain, Stony Hill, Jamaica Genre Reggae Length 43 :07 Label Heartbeat Producer Herbie Miller
Live at Reggae Sunsplash (1984)
A Luta Continua (1985)
Manifestation (1988)
Track listing
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All tracks composed by Herbie Miller and Manley Buchanan
"Survival Plan"
"Sing Another Song"
"Feel It"
"Weatherman"
"Rock Johnny Roll"
"KKK"
"Bush Mama"
"Action"
"A Luta Continua"
"Song Of Praise"
Personnel
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Recording Information
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References
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^ "A Luta Continua Review by Roger Steffens" . AllMusic . Retrieved 5 May 2023 .
^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B" . Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s . Pantheon Books . ISBN 0-679-73015-X . Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Omnibus Press.
^ Thompson, Dave (2002). Reggae & Caribbean Music . Backbeat Books. pp. 36–37.
^ Morse, Steve (9 Feb 1986). "Does Reggae Have a Future After Marley?". Arts and Film. The Boston Globe . p. 83.
^ Wartofsky, Alona (21 June 1988). "Big Youth, Having Fun with Reggae". The Washington Post . p. D9.
^ Hinson, Hal (20 Aug 1988). "Demme, Picturing the Possibilities". The Washington Post . p. C1.