What is the best Culture album of all time?

Led by Joseph Hill's prophetic voice, their catalog spans explosive roots declarations and quiet spiritual meditations. Some picks are legendary, others are deeper cuts only real fans know. Cast your vote!

1. 1
   Two Sevens Clash

   The 1977 apocalyptic roots reggae landmark by Joseph Hill, so powerful that Kingston literally shut down on 7/7/77.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Trust Me

   The 1997 RAS Records album released a year after 'One Stone', continuing Culture's late-1990s run of roots records on the label.
   664pts
3. 3
   Harder Than the Rest

   The 1978 follow-up maintaining the fierce Rastafari energy of Two Sevens Clash with equally inspired tracks.
   636pts
4. 4
   Cumbolo

   The 1979 reflective album with a slightly more accessible sound but retaining Culture's spiritual intensity.
   584pts
5. 5
   Pass the Torch

   The 2007 album pairing seven songs by Joseph Hill with seven by his son Kenyatta Hill, who took over as Culture's lead singer after his father's death.
   524pts
6. 6
   World Peace

   The 2003 Heartbeat Records album, the last studio record released in Joseph Hill's lifetime before his death on tour in Berlin in 2006.
   524pts
7. 7
   Three Sides to My Story

   The 1991 Shanachie album, a roots reggae set that kept the reunited trio recording steadily into the 1990s.
   524pts
8. 8
   International Herb

   The 1979 album addressing cannabis culture and Rastafari lifestyle with Joseph Hill's commanding delivery.
   454pts
9. 9
   Live On

   The 2011 album 'Live On: Tribute to Culture', on which Kenyatta Hill sings his father's Culture classics, including 'Two Sevens Clash' and 'International Herb'.
   454pts
10. 10
    Africa Stand Alone

    The 1978 album released on the April label, recorded during the busy year that also produced 'Baldhead Bridge' and 'Harder Than the Rest'.
    454pts
11. 11
    Lion Rock

    The 1982 album with a more dancehall-influenced rhythmic style while maintaining Joseph Hill's prophetic vocals.
    454pts
12. 12
    Culture at Work

    The 1986 album released on Blue Mountain and Shanachie, opening Culture's long run of records for the American label Shanachie.
    372pts
13. 13
    Baldhead Bridge

    The 1978 Joe Gibbs production that followed 'Two Sevens Clash', keeping Joseph Hill's prophetic Rastafari songwriting over the Joe Gibbs studio sound.
    372pts
14. 14
    Payday

    The 1999 RAS Records album, the last of Culture's three studio records for the label before their move to VP Records.
    272pts
15. 15
    Culture in Culture

    The 1985 album released on Music Track, one of Culture's mid-1980s records issued between 'Lion Rock' and 'Culture at Work'.
    272pts
16. 16
    Nuff Crisis!

    The 1988 album on Blue Mountain, its cover showing the trio on a Jamaican hillside, a roots set named for the local phrase for hard times.
    272pts
17. 17
    More Culture

    The 1981 Joe Gibbs release, also issued as 'Innocent Blood', gathering further roots sides by Joseph Hill, Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes.
    0pts
18. 18
    One Stone

    The 1996 roots revival album on Gorgon and RAS celebrating Rastafari culture and African heritage, later reworked as the dub set 'Stoned'.
    0pts
19. 19
    Humble African

    The 2000 VP Records album, with Joseph Hill's songs on African identity and Rastafari faith carrying the band into the new century.
    0pts
20. 20
    Good Things

    The 1989 comeback album that re-established Culture's relevance with rich roots production and strong songwriting.
    0pts
21. 21
    Wings of a Dove

    The 1992 Shanachie album by Joseph Hill, Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes, continuing their run of roots records for the American label.
    0pts

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