Bush Doctor

Bush Doctor is the third studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Peter Tosh. It was released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records.^[1] The album features Mick Jagger as guest vocalist on one song, while Keith Richards plays guitar on two tracks. The rhythm section featured Sly and Robbie.^[2]

Bush Doctor
Studio album by Peter Tosh
Released	1978
Studio	Dynamic Sounds, Joe Gibbs Studio, Kingston, Jamaica and Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York
Genre	Reggae, rock, ska
Length	39:46
Label	Rolling Stones Records EMI
Producer	Peter Tosh, Robert Shakespeare
Peter Tosh chronology
Equal Rights (1977) Bush Doctor (1978) Mystic Man (1979)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

The Bay State Banner called the album "a rather lame hybrid of rock and ska that pales beside his earlier, Jamaican releases on the Intel-Diplo label."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Peter Tosh; except where indicated

Side 1

1. "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 3:43
2. "Pick Myself Up" – 3:55
3. "I'm the Toughest" – 3:48
4. "Soon Come" (Tosh, Bob Marley) – 3:54
5. "Moses – The Prophet" – 3:37

Side 2

6. "Bush Doctor" – 4:04
7. "Stand Firm" – 6:10
8. "Dem Ha Fe Get a Beatin'" – 4:11
9. "Creation" – 6:29

Bonus tracks on 2002 EMI Remaster

10. "Lesson in My Life" – (previously unreleased)
11. "Soon Come" – (long version)
12. "I'm the Toughest" – (long version)
13. "Bush Doctor" – (long version)
14. "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" (dub version)
15. "Tough Rock Soft Stones" – (previously unreleased)

Personnel

• Peter Tosh – rhythm and acoustic guitars, clavinet, audio harp, lead vocals
• Robbie Shakespeare – bass, pick guitar, guitar, horn arrangements
• Sly Dunbar – drums, gato box
• Mikey "Mao" Chung – lead guitar, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, pick guitar
• Robert Lyn – acoustic piano, organ, Fender Rhodes, clavinet
• Keith Sterling – keyboards
• Luther François – soprano saxophone
• Donald Kinsey – lead guitar
• Larry McDonald – percussion
• Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion

with:

• Karl Pitterson – arrangement on "Creation"
• Happy Traum – autoharp on "Creation"
• Keith Richards – guitar on "Bush Doctor" and "Stand Firm"
• Mick Jagger – vocals on "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back"

Technical personnel

• The Glimmer Twins – executive producer
• Errol Thompson, Geoffrey Chung, Lew Hahn – engineer

Charts

Chart performance for Bush Doctor

Chart (1978/79)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6]	34
United States (Billboard 200)	104

Sales and certifications

Certifications for Bush Doctor

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)[7]	Gold	50,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "New Tosh Album". The Globe and Mail. 11 Nov 1978. p. P35.
2. Horowitz, Hal. "Bush Doctor – Peter Tosh". AllMusic. Rovi. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 712.
5. Freedberg, Mike (15 Mar 1979). "Peter Tosh brings music and 'da message' to The Paradise". Bay State Banner. No. 23. p. 14.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 311. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
7. "Dutch album certifications – Peter Tosh – Bush Doctor" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved July 16, 2022. Enter Bush Doctor in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1979 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".