{{more citations needed|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Marcus' Children aka Social Living | type = studio | artist = Burning Spear | cover = Social_500x500.jpg | alt = | released = 1978 | recorded = 1978 | venue = | studio = | genre = Reggae | length = 37:05 | label = Island (ILPS 9556) | producer = Karl Pitterson, Winston Rodney | prev_title = Live | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Living Dub Vol 1 | next_year = 1979 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = Social_bf_500x500.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Blood and Fire release }} }} '''''Marcus' Children''''' is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Burning Spear, originally released in 1978 as '''''Social Living'''''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Moskowitz |first1=David V. |title=Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall |date=2005 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=46}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Snowden |first1=Don |title=Burning Spear Aims to Stay True to Roots Reggae |work=Los Angeles Times |date=11 Sep 1989 |department=Calendar |page=10}}</ref> It was produced by Karl Pitterson and Burning Spear.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Reggae & Caribbean Music |date=2002 |publisher=Backbeat Books |page=52}}</ref>
"Marcus Say Jah No Dead" was covered by Sinéad O'Connor on her 2005 album ''Throw Down Your Arms''.
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=Social Living Review by Rick Anderson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/social-living-mw0000178395 |website=AllMusic |access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref> |rev2 = Robert Christgau |rev2Score = A−<ref name="RC">{{cite web |title=Burning Spear |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=208&name=Burning+Spear |website=Robert Christgau |access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev3score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref> }} Robert Christgau wrote: "In its sinuous vocalizations and giving groove, its single and unison horns, the music is all charity and cooperation—it's why Winston Rodney is preaching 'Social living is the best.'"<ref name=RC/>
==Track listing==
===Marcus' Children AKA Social Living=== #"Marcus Children Suffer" - 4:39 #"Social Living"- 2:49 #"Nyah Keith" - 4:03 #"Institution" - 3:29 #"Marcus Senior" - 5:09 #"Civilized Reggae" - 7:11 #"Mister Garvey" - 4:52 #"Come"- 3:53 #"Marcus Say Jah No Dead" - 3:57
===Social Living (2003 Island Remaster)=== #"Marcus Children Suffer" #"Social Living" #"Nayah Keith" #"Institution" #"Marcus Senior" #"Civilized Reggae" #"Mister Garvey" #"Come" #"Marcus Say Jah No Dead"
====Bonus Tracks==== #"Social Living [Extended Mix]" #"Civilized Reggae [Extended Mix]"
==Credits== *Recorded at Harry J Studio, Kingston, Jamaica and at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas *Engineer Sylvan Morris *Mixed at Compass Point Studios by Karl Pitterson and Benji Armbrister *All songs written by Winston Rodney and published by EMI Copyright Holdings Ltd. except tracks 2, 3, 5 published by Blue Mountain Music
==Musicians== *Earl "Chinna" Smith - guitar *Bertram "Ranchie" McLean - guitar *Brinsley Forde - guitar *Donald "Roots" Kinsey - guitar *Donald Griffiths - guitar *Lowell "Sly" Dunbar - drums *Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace - drums *Angus Gaye - drums *Robbie Shakespeare - bass *Aston "Family Man" Barrett - bass *George Oban - bass *Bernard "Touter" Harvey - keyboards *Earl "Wire" Lindo - keyboards *Michael "Ibo" Cooper - keyboards *Courtney Hemmings - keyboards *Bobby Ellis - trumpet *Dick Cuthell - trumpet *Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall - tenor saxophone *Herman Marquis - alto saxophone *Vincent "Trommie" Gordon - trombone *Rico Rodriguez - trombone *Winston Rodney - percussion *Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion
==Blood and Fire release notes== *Remastered by Kevin Metcalfe at the Town House, London *Designed and built by Mat at intro, London *Photograph of Cover by Phil Hale *Photograph of the Black Disciple Band by Kim Gottlieb *Photograph of Burning Spear by Adrian Boot *The copyright to recording is owned by Island Records Inc. and is licensed to Blood and Fire Ltd.
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