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- King Perry is out on February 2nd.
The final studio album by dub reggae visionary Lee 'Scratch' Perry will be released next year.
Out on February 2nd via False Idols, King Perry features tracks recorded with Tricky, Greentea Peng, Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder, Fifi Rong, Marta and Rose Waite. The 12-track album was written, produced and recorded with producer Daniel Boyle in the months before Perry's death in 2021, at the age of 85.
The final track on the album is prophetically entitled "Goodbye." It features strings and piano by classical composer Hugo Bechstein. Boyle, who was working with Perry just days before he died, said the lyrics on the track "have [Perry] musing about going back to being a baby and being reborn." He added: "When the music stops, he just says 'goodbye'—it's the last song on the album and it's the last song he recorded."
Listen to "100lbs of Summer."
Tracklist
01. Lee Scratch Perry and Greentea Peng - 100lbs of Summer
02. Evil Generation
03. Lee Scratch Perry feat. Fifi Rong - Midnight Blues
04. King of the Animals
05. Lee Scratch Perry and Shaun Ryder - Green Banana
06. Jesus Life
07. Lee Scratch Perry featuring Marta - I Am a Dubby
08. No Illusion
09. Lee Scratch Perry featuring Rose Waite - The Person I Am
10. Lee Scratch Perry featuring Greentea Peng - Jah People in Blue Sky
11. Lee Scratch Perry featuring Tricky and Marta - Future of My Music
12. Goodbye
False Idols will release King Perry on February 2nd, 2024.
Photo: Pitpony Photography
