Editing Legalize It (section)

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r104118}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev2score = B<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: T|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70|access-date=March 16, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev3score = (favorable)<ref>[https://archive.today/20120908222333/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/230748/petertosh?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscographyMainReleases&pageregion=mainRegion Rolling Stone review]</ref>
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The title track was banned when released in Jamaica in 1975. Attempts to suppress the song failed, however, catapulting Tosh to international fame.<ref name=":0" />
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The album was released in the United States in June 1976 and appeared on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart for two weeks, peaking at No. 199. In 1999, the album was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] for over one million copies sold.<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=2001 |title=Top Pop Albums |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbu/page/888 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbu/page/888 888] |isbn=0-89820-147-0 |author-link=Joel Whitburn }}</ref>

Reviewing in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981), [[Robert Christgau]] wrote: "Unlike most sidemen who go on to pursue their own artistic interests, ex-Wailer Tosh has managed to gather about half an album for his solo debut, which ain't bad. 'Ketchy Shuby' even has the makings of a [[novelty hit]]. But oh, how his light heart and romantic spirit are missed among his old mates."<ref name="CG"/>

The album was included in the 2005 book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=7 February 2006|publisher=Universe|isbn=0-7893-1371-5}}</ref>