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96 Degrees in the Shade — Third World

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96 Degrees in the Shade, Third World's 1977 Island Records album, took its title track's imagery from the 1865 Morant Bay uprising and National Hero Paul Bogle, blending roots consciousness with the band's soul- and funk-inflected reggae sound.

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Type: recording
Confidence: Probable
Era: Open era →

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Story · ProbableWhen reggae became an album format

In the mid-to-late 1970s, international labels started signing Jamaican singles artists as album acts, and a run of records built to be heard start to finish redefined what a reggae release could be.