Blood & Fire Records
1977
Deliver Me From My Enemies
About This Album
Yabby You's overwhelming debut album, Conquering Lion, was a masterpiece of dread roots that set the standard for the genre, and one that certainly could never be equalled -- or so it was thought until You's second full-length offering, Walls of Jerusalem (aka King Tubby Meets Vivian Jackson). His third, 1977's Deliver Me from My Enemies, would, in any other hands, be considered a classic. Not quite up to the extreme scintillating heights of its predecessors, however, this album is considered less crucial. That is a shame, because it's really a stellar set. Once again consisting of bundled-up recent singles, the album includes a spectacular title track. With lyrics inspired by the 143rd Psalm, it boasts one of You's most forceful performances set to a suitably simmering rhythm. The rhythm of "Judgment Time" is devastating; in it, the singer warns of the approaching apocalypse and prays fervently for sinners' souls. "Blood Ago Run Down King Street" is also apocalyptic, and here You delivers a powerful sermon on the subject. The equally stunning "Zion Gate" (aka "Judgment on the Land"), is a heart-felt repatriation song, boasting a militant roots rockers rhythm cut, although with a pastoral aura.
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