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{{Infobox album
| name       = Time Boom X De Devil Dead
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]] + [[Dub Syndicate]]
| cover      = Time Boom X De Devil Dead album cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1987
| recorded   = On LP via [[On-U Sound]] & [[EMI Records]] in 1987
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = Reggae, dub
| length     =
| label      = [[On-U Sound]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/20414-listen-unreleased-lee-scratch-perry|title=The Quietus &#124; News &#124; LISTEN: Unreleased Lee 'Scratch' Perry|website=The Quietus}}</ref>
| producer   = [[Adrian Sherwood]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/724982082/first-listen-lee-scratch-perry-rainford|title=Lee 'Scratch' Perry Keeps Dub Weird On 'Rainford'|website=NPR.org|date=23 May 2019|last1=Beta|first1=Andy}}</ref><br>[[Lee "Scratch" Perry|Lee Perry]]
| prev_title = [[Battle Of Armagideon (Millionaire Liquidator)]]
| prev_year  = 1986
| next_title = On the Wire
| next_year  =
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|last=Dougan|first=John|title=Time Boom X De Devil Dead|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/time-boom-x-de-devil-dead-mw0000664716|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=4 April 2013}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&dq=Time+Boom+X+De+Devil+Dead+lee+perry+1987+colin+larkin&pg=RA33-PA1997|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&dq=Time+Boom+X+De+Devil+Dead+lee+perry+1987&pg=PA629|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|first1=Nathan|last1=Brackett|first2=Christian David|last2=Hoard|date=July 12, 2004|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780743201698|via=Google Books}}</ref>
}}

'''''Time Boom X De Devil Dead''''' is a 1987 studio [[album]] by [[Lee "Scratch" Perry|Lee Perry]] and [[Dub Syndicate]]. It was re-released in 1994 by [[On-U Sound]] and in 2001 by [[EMI Records]].

The album was something of a comeback for Perry.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/lee_scratch_perry-its_his_mad_mad_mad_mad|title=Lee "Scratch" Perry It's His Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World|website=exclaim.ca}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote that "while perhaps lacking the eccentric edge of Perry’s own work, the LP is still weird and wonderful, a sample of some of the best avant-garde groove music being made today."<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee 'Scratch' Perry (and the Upsetters) |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/lee-scratch-perry-and-the-upsetters/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=12 July 2020}}</ref> ''[[Exclaim!]]'' called it Perry's best album of the 1980s.<ref name="auto1"/> ''[[NME]]'' ranked it #34 on its "50 Best Albums of 1987" list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1987-2-1045385|title=1987 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year - NME|website=[[NME]]|date=October 10, 2016}}</ref>

==First release==
First release of the album was made in 1987.
*Bass – [[Errol Holt|Errol "Flabba" Holt]]
*Drums – [[Style Scott|Lincoln "Style" Scott]]
*Engineer – [[Adrian Sherwood|A.M. Sherwood]], [[Derek Birket]]
*Guitar – [[Bingy Bunny]], [[Dwight Pinkney]]
*Keyboards – Peter "Doctor Pablo" Stroud
*Percussion – Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah
*Piano – [[Steely & Clevie|Steely]]
*Saxophone – [[Headley Bennett|"Deadly" Headley Bennett]]
*Artwork and sleeve concept – Lee Perry
*Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe
*Photography, artwork, sleeve design – Kishi

===Side A===
# "S.D.I." (6:27)
# "Blinkers" (4:58)
# "Jungle" (7:33) (Bass – Evar Wellington, guitar – Martin Frederix, keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto, vocals – Akabu)
# "De Devil Dead" (4:29) (Vocals – Akabu)

===Side B===
# "Music + Science Lovers" (5:05) (Bass – Doctor Pablo, guitar – Doctor Pablo)
# "Kiss the Champion" (7:13)
# "Allergic to Lies" (3:53) (Keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto)
# "Time Conquer" (4:31) (Guitar – Martin Frederix, keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto, piano – Kishi Yamamoto)

==Second release==
This release with electronic remixes was made in 1994 in [[On-U Sound]].

* Bass – Errol "Flabba" Holt
* Bass, Guitar, Keyboards – Doctor Pablo
* Drums – Style Scott
* Guitar – Bingy Bunny, Dwight
* Keyboards – Kishi Yamamoto (tracks: 3,7,8,9,10)
* Percussion – Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah
* Piano – Steely
* Saxophone – "Deadly" Headley Bennett
* Vocals – Akabu (tracks: 3,4,9,10)

# "S.D.I." (6:27)
# "Blinkers" (4:58)
# "Jungle" (7:33) (Bass – Evar Wellington, guitar – Martin Frederix)
# "De Devil Dead" (4:29)
# "Music & Science Lovers" (5:05)
# "Kiss the Champion" (7:13)
# "Allergic to Lies" (3:53)
# "Time Conquer" (4:31) (Guitar – Martin Frederix)
# "Jungle (Original 7" Version)" (3:46)
# "Jungle (Wall Of China)" (2:52)
# "Night Train" (3:04)

==References==
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