Spying Glass
A Dance Hall Style track that Massive Attack remade and that returned on his 2024 album with Jah Wobble.
Horace Andy (1981)
- Written by
- Horace Hinds
- Released
- 1981
Spying Glass was recorded in 1981, produced by Lloyd Barnes, and appears on Dance Hall Style. The 1996 Melankolic compilation Skylarking opens with it at 5:06 and closes with the Massive Attack version, recorded in 1994 and running 5:21. That version credits A. Vowles, G. Marshall, H. Hinds, N. Hooper and R. Del Naja as writers.
Andy returned to the song on Timeless Roots, his 2024 album with Jah Wobble, alongside new versions of Skylarking, Natty Dread a Weh She Want and One Love.
Covers and versions
- Massive Attack (1994) Recorded in 1994, with Andy; on the 1996 compilation as the Massive Attack version.
More songs by Horace Andy
Sources
- Skylarking (Melankolic CDSAD 1), Discogs
- Dance Hall Style (master release), Discogs
- Horace Andy and Jah Wobble share reggae covers of Massive Attack songs, Stereogum
- Horace Andy, Wikipedia