Recording

Super Ape
The Upsetters

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

1976

Label

Island

On

Dub and 1976

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 04

   Ranked No. 4 in Dub

   Perry at the Black Ark with every effect running at once, and somehow the murk is legible. The best argument that dub was psychedelia made by people with far better rhythm sections.

2. ·

   Picked by 1976

   Lee Perry's Black Ark at its peak, which means a four-track studio being pushed into producing something no larger studio could. Jamaica has three records on this list and could support ten.