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Pablo Moses
Person · male · Jamaica · Jamaica · born 1948 · recording since 1978
Jamaican musician
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Also known as Pablo Henry · パブロ・モーゼス
Timeline
14 events▣ Album 12◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1940s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: I Love I Bring
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography244 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1360962993
Biography
Pablo Moses (born Pablo Henry, 28 June 1948, Manchester, Jamaica) is a Jamaican roots reggae vocalist.
Moses got his start in music performing with informal school bands. He and Don Prendes formed a group and entered talent shows, performing under the name, "The Canaries". Moses released a number of records over several decades, but he is best known for his debut, 1975's Revolutionary Dream, produced by Geoffrey Chung, which included "I Man A Grasshopper", engineered at The Black Ark by Lee "Scratch" Perry. His 1980 follow up, A Song, was well received by his fans and music critics. Also well received was the single "Ready, Aim, Fire" off his 1983 album In The Future
In the FutureSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1In the Future3:432What Is It?4:343The Slayer3:434Sillie Willie4:045Subway Rider3:546Ready, Aim, Fire4:287Who?3:328Reggae Warrior3:139I & I Naw Bow3:4610Rhythm Track3:11.
Reviewing the 1978 I Love I Bring LP in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said "a lot of these charming, moralistic reggae ditties have the lyrical and melodic simplicity of Sunday School hymns—'Be Not a Dread' could almost be a roots 'Jesus Loves the Little Children.' And whoever devised the synthesizer riffs that set off Moses's spacey singsong deserves a gold star."
Album discography
Revolutionary Dream (1976, Jigsaw) (also released in 1978 as I Love I Bring)
A Song (1980, Island)
Pave The Way (1981, Island/Mango)
In The Future (1983, Alligator/Mercury)
Tension (1985, Alligator/Mercury)
Live to Love (1988, Rohit)
We Refuse (1990, Profile)
Charlie (1990, Profile)
Confession of a Rastaman (1993, Musidisc)
Mission (1995, RAS)
Reggae Live Sessions (1998, CRS)
The Rebirth (2010)
The Itinuation (2017)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 21 | 87.5th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 44 | 84.8th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (21 release groups · 15 studio albums)
Albums · 15
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:21
1I Love I Bring3:512Be Not a Dread3:343Give I Fe I Name2:534Come Mek We Run9:225Revolutionary Dream3:046Where Am I3:277I Man a Grasshopper4:248Corrupted Man2:309Blood Money2:5510Lonely Singer3:211980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 38:29
1A Song4:282Dubbing Is a Must4:543Revolutionary Step4:424Music Is My Desire5:185Each Is a Servant4:236One People3:377Let's Face It3:328Protect I / A Song (reprise)7:351981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:50
A1Proverbs Extractions4:46A2It’s a Trick4:49A3Pave the Way4:29A4Dig On5:47B1Africa Is for Me4:09B2A Step Before Hell3:27B3Last Straw3:47B4I See It Everyday3:30B5Sister5:061983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:08
1In the Future3:432What Is It?4:343The Slayer3:434Sillie Willie4:045Subway Rider3:546Ready, Aim, Fire4:287Who?3:328Reggae Warrior3:139I & I Naw Bow3:4610Rhythm Track3:111984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:33
1Tension4:072Watch Out2:143Don't Force Me4:054Outlaw4:285Open3:276Bomb The Nation3:257Play, play, play4:008In the Streets4:179Cutting out4:0910Work, work, work4:211988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:12
1Freedom For The Africans4:012Live To Love3:283Rewind3:444Be Your Man3:585Pay Day3:216I Want To Be With You3:267More Then I Expect3:488Fight Back3:479Bad Trouble3:5310On Your Love4:4211Green Light3:2312Freedom Dub4:2213On Your Love Dub4:5814Rewind Dub4:211992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 44:20
1Revolutionary Dream3:132Where Am I3:383I Man a Grasshopper4:324Corrupted Man2:375Blood Money3:006Lonely Singer3:287I Love I Bring3:598Be Not a Dread3:419Give I Fe I Name2:5910We Should Be in Angola3:3911Come Mek We Run9:341993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:01:59
1The Confession of a Rastaman4:232Give Up3:193Lynch Mob4:104What We Need3:385Laugh Clowns4:366Is Black4:247African Children4:248Woo-Oo4:389Life Is a Big Shot3:5910Nowadays3:5911Comfort You3:4112Try to Know3:5913Everytime4:0014I Need a Break4:0615Dis Reggae4:432004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:11:52
1I Love I Bring4:002Be Not A Dread3:423Give I Fe Name3:014Come Mek We Run9:415Revolutionary Dream3:146Where Am I3:397I Man A Grasshopper4:348Corrupted Man2:439Blood Money3:0510Lonely Singer3:3211We Sould Be In Angola3:0612Angola Version3:3913One People3:0514Dubbing In Unity3:0415Blood Dunzer3:0016Blood Money3:0417Give I Fi I Name2:5918Give I Fi I Dub2:4719I Man A Grasshopper3:2720Grasshopper Part 22:302010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 58:38
1Born to Be Bad3:512So Much5:493Mama Yeah (Africa)4:104Jah Will Make a Way4:315Got to Make a Way5:026Guns4:437They Can't Undo4:178More Than You Can Chew3:549Can Make a Living4:4210We Have the Capability5:4711Jah Is Watching You4:2212Don't Drop Out3:4013Have to Leave3:502014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:19:00
Disc 11Jah Prophecy3:482More Mandela4:353Satan Let Go4:084Hold On Natty3:225Natty Will Fly Again4:386Hallelujah5:317Shine On4:598Cyan't Dep Pon Mi4:159Poor People4:03Disc 21Prophecy Dub3:532Mandela Dub4:443Let Go Dub4:104Wolf & Dub3:295Natty Will Dub Again4:366Halleludub5:317Shine On4:508Cyan't Dub Pon Mi4:219Dub Poor People4:072017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 44:45
1You an Me3:582Attitude4:093The Itinuation3:034Living in Babylon4:165Thanks Jah Jah5:006Mercy4:207Murder4:568Lioness3:509I Love You3:5410In This Jungle3:5311Open Your Minds3:26— · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:07
1Dub Future3:502Who Dub?4:253Dub Slayer4:214Ready, Aim, Dub4:265Rhythm Dub3:476Subway Dub3:517What Is Dub4:368Naw Bow Dub2:349Track Naw Bow4:17— · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:24
1Will Power4:222Brain Wash4:173He Was Bad4:484Tick, Tock4:385One Shot4:046Too Much4:067Never Seen3:508You Got A Spell4:369Stand Off, Back Off4:2910These are The Days4:5311Live Up Woman3:4412Mission4:37— · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:00:10
1I Am a Rastaman4:272The Spirit of Jah4:233Love Is a Thing4:024Charlie4:075Rasta3:486The Life He Lives4:227In South Africa5:158We Refuse4:019Under Your Spell4:1810Bad Boy4:0211What's the Problem4:2712Spirit of Dub4:2713Dub Boy3:5814Rastaman Dub4:33
Album · 6
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Best OfSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:02:511I Am a Rastaman4:25 2The Life He Lives4:22 3Play, Play, Play4:04 4Tension4:11 5The Spirit of Jah4:21 6Bomb the Nation3:29 7Freedom for the Africans4:04 8Live to Love3:32 9Reggae Warrior3:14 10Ready, Aim, Fire4:29 11What's the Problem?4:24 12Fight Back3:53 13Don't Force Me4:11 14I Wan't to Be With You5:38 15What Is It?4:34 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1999 | Special SelectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:07:211I Am a Rastaman4:26 2Give I Fe I Name2:57 3I Want to Be With You3:29 4Freedom for the Africans4:04 5Charlie4:05 6Bad Boy4:00 7Blood Money3:00 8Revolutionary Dream3:13 9Rasta3:46 10Outlaw4:32 11Rewind3:48 12Watch Out4:18 13In the Streets4:19 14On Your Love4:44 15Tension4:10 16Love Is a Thing4:01 17I Man a Grasshopper4:29 | Compilation | 19 November 1999 | |
| 2004 | Pave the Way + DubsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:25:00Disc 1 1Proverbs Extraction4:32 2It’s a Trick4:44 3Pave the Way4:27 4Dig On5:41 5Africa Is for Me4:05 6A Step Before Hell3:26 7Last Straw3:47 8I See It Everyday3:23 9Sister5:03 Disc 21Proverbs Dub5:31 2A Trick Dub5:37 3Dub the Way6:23 4Dig to Dub6:32 5African Dub4:10 6Before Hell Dub3:46 7Straw Dub4:26 8Everyday Dub4:16 9Sister Dub5:11 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2017 | The Revolutionary Years: 1975-1983Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 49:411Revolutionary Dream3:14 2I Love I Bring4:00 3Give I fe a Name3:01 4A Song4:26 5Dubbing Is a Must4:50 6Revolutionary Step4:37 7Pave the Way4:30 8Proverbs Extractions4:34 9Sister5:05 10Ready, Aim, Fire4:28 11In the Future3:43 12Reggae Warrior3:13 | Compilation | 16 June 2017 | |
| 2022 | Pablo Moses & The Handcart : LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:19:511Intro2:27 2Music Is My Desire4:44 3Dig On4:25 4Give I Fi I Name3:25 5Dubbing Is a Must3:51 6Living in Babylon3:54 7Revolutionary Dream4:05 8Mercy4:41 9A Song3:19 10Pave the Way6:52 11I am a Rastaman4:02 12Born to Be Bad4:11 13In This Jungle4:35 14Life He Lives6:12 15More Than You Can Chew5:00 16Mama Yeah4:49 17Ready Aim Fire9:19 | Live | 28 October 2022 | |
| — | Reggae Live Sessions, Volume 4Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:04:581I Man a Grasshopper4:24 2Dubbin' Is a Must4:31 3Brainwash5:50 4A Song4:55 5Proverbs Extractions6:09 6Freedom for the Africans3:54 7Give I Fe I Name3:17 8Never Seen5:13 9I Am a Rastaman5:37 10Pave the Way5:26 11Ready Aim Fire9:31 12I Man Naw Bow6:11 | Live | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Pablo Moses head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 21 | 87.5th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 44 | 84.8th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/74041c43-5700-4290-94cc-b823a290acebdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/74041c43-5700-4290-94cc-b823a290acebcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974306genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974306seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Mosesbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Moses
Why this artist is in the database
- List of reggae musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Bob Doran from Arcata, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q974306 · MusicBrainz: 74041c43-5700-4290-94cc-b823a290aceb
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