Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (album)

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a reggae album and single by Black Uhuru. The album was first released under the title Showcase in 1979, then as a re-edition entitled "Black Uhuru" in 1980, with the addition of "Shine Eye Gal" (featuring a guest performance by Keith Richards on guitar), and with different mixes of the original LP tracks (some shorter, some longer.) The Guess Who's Coming to Dinner release, from 1983, is identical to the 1980 re-edition.[1]

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Studio album by Black Uhuru
Released	1983
Recorded	March 1980
Genre	Reggae, Dub
Length	47:00
Label	Virgin
Producer	Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare
Black Uhuru chronology
Chill Out (1982) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1983) Anthem (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Rose; except where indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shine Eye Gal"	Rose, Derrick "Duckie" Simpson	7:36
2.	"Leaving to Zion"		5:30
3.	"General Penitentiary"		5:32
4.	"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"		6:18
5.	"Abortion"	Rose, Simpson	7:25
6.	"Natural Reggae Beat"		8:12
7.	"Plastic Smile"	Rose, Simpson	7:10

Personnel

• Michael Rose - vocals
• Puma Jones - harmony vocals
• Derrick "Duckie" Simpson - harmony vocals
• Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan - guitar
• Robbie Shakespeare - bass
• Sly Dunbar - drums
• Keith Sterling - organ
• Winston Wright - organ
• Keith Richards - guitar (Shine Eye Gal)

References

1. Anderson, Rick. "Black Uhuru: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
2. Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) Reggae: 100 Essential CDs, Rough Guides, ISBN 1-85828-567-4