Equal Rights (album)
# Equal Rights (album)

Professional ratings :

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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+ |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |

Equal Rights is the second studio album by Peter Tosh. It was released in 1977 (see 1977 in music) on Columbia Records.

## Content

The song "Get Up, Stand Up", which was co-written by Bob Marley, was originally a single by Tosh's previous band, The Wailers, from their 1973 album Burnin'. "Downpressor Man" is a cover of "Sinner Man". "I Am that I Am" refers to a religious concept commonly referred to by that phrase.

## Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Peter Tosh except as shown.

### Side 1

* "Get Up, Stand Up" – 3:29 (Tosh, Bob Marley)
* "Downpressor Man" – 6:25
* "I Am that I Am" – 4:28
* "Stepping Razor" (Joe Higgs; credited to Tosh) – 5:47

### Side 2

* "Equal Rights" – 5:58
* "African" – 3:41
* "Jah Guide" – 4:29
* "Apartheid" – 5:31

### Track listing on "The Definitive Remasters" 2002 EMI CD release

* "Get Up, Stand Up"
* "Downpressor Man"
* "I Am That I Am"
* "Stepping Razor"
* "Equal Rights"
* "African"
* "Jah Guide"
* "Apartheid"
* "400 Years"
* "Hammer" (Extended Version)
* "Jah Man Inna Jamdung"
* "Vampire"
* "Babylon Queendom"
* "You Can't Blame the Youth"
* "(Know) Dem a Wicked"
* "Pound Get a Blow"
* "Stop That Train"
* "Get Up Stand Up" (Long Version)
* "Equal Rights" (Extended Long Version)
* "I Am That I Am" (Long Version)
* "Apartheid" (Long Version)
* "Stepping Razor" (Alternative Long Version)
* "Get Up Stand Up" (Alternate Version)
* "Pick Myself Up" (Live)
* "African" (Live)
* Tracks 1-8 originally issued April 1977 as Equal Rights
* Tracks 9-17 previously unreleased original session outtakes
* Tracks 18-23 previously unreleased original session alternatives and long versions
* Tracks 24-25 recorded on 1982 US tour

## Personnel

* Peter Tosh - vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Bunny Wailer - backing vocals
* Sly Dunbar - drums
* Carlton "Carly" Barrett - drums ("African", "Jah Guide")
* Earl "Wya" Lindo - keyboards
* Donald Kinsey - guitar, backing vocals
* Robbie Shakespeare - bass
* Mikey Chung - lead guitar
* Al Anderson - lead guitar
* Robert Lyn - organ
* Keith Sterling - keyboards
* Harold Butler - clavinet
* Abdul Wali - guitar
* Karl Pitterson - guitar
* Uziah Thompson - percussion
* Skully - percussion
* "Dirty" Harry Hall - tenor saxophone
* Bobby Ellis - trumpet

### Technical

* Karl Pitterson - recording engineer
* Alex Sadkin, Jack Nuber, Karl Pitterson - remix engineer
* Herbie Miller, Ozzie Brown - production coordination
* Andy Engel - artwork
* Kim Gottlieb - front cover photography
