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Burning Spear Discography
Reggae artist Burning Spear started his career in 1969 this article contains the discography of the artist's albums and singles. Albums Studio albums *'' Studio One Presents Burning Spear'' (1973), FAB *'' Rocking Time'' (1974), FAB *''Marcus Garvey'' (1975), Island *''Garvey's Ghost'' (1976), Island *''Man in the Hills'' (1976), Island *'' Dry & Heavy'' (1977), Island *'' Social Living'' (1978), Stop - also released as ''Marcus' Children'' *'' Living Dub Vol. 1'' (1979), Rita Marley Music *''Hail H.I.M.'' (1980), Radic *'' Living Dub Vol. 2'' (1980), Rita Marley Music *'' Farover'' (1982), Radic *''The Fittest of the Fittest'' (1983), Radic *'' Resistance'' (1985), Heartbeat *'' People of the World'' (1986), Greensleeves/Slash *'' Mistress Music'' (1988), Greensleeves/Slash *''Mek We Dweet'' (1990), Mango *''Jah Kingdom'' (1991), Mango *'' The World Should Know'' (1993), Heartbeat *''Rasta Business'' (1995), Heartbeat *'' Living Dub Vol. 3'' (1996), Declic *'' Appointment with H ...
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Reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word "reggae", effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term ''reggae'' more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political commentary. It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section. The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rocksteady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument. Reggae is d ...
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The Fittest Of The Fittest
''The Fittest of the Fittest'' is an album by the reggae musician Burning Spear, released in 1983. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' called the album "excellent," writing that "keyboard stabs, creative percussion and intriguing arrangements provide a solid background to his cries and moans of passion." AllMusic called it "a superb album, which while not in the same class as Spear's first five releases, proves that the artist still has a good deal of simmer left." Track listing All tracks composed by Winston Rodney #"The Fittest of the Fittest" - 3:45 #"Fire Man" - 4:10 #"Bad to Worst" - 3:32 #"Repatriation" - 3:43 #"Old Boy Garvey" - 3:45 #"2000 Years" - 4:00 #"For You" - 4:04 #"In Africa" - 4:04 #"Vision" - 4:42 Credits *Engineered by Errol Brown *Assistant Engineer: Chris Lewis *Mixed by Winston Rodney and Errol Brown *Recorded and mixed at Tuff Gong Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica *Original art and design by Wicked and Wild *Original photography by Howard Liebowitz, ...
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Our Music
''Our Music'' is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear. It was released on September 20, 2005 through Burning Music. Recording sessions took place at the Magic Shop Recording Studio in New York City. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards in 2006. Track listing Personnel *Winston Rodney – lead vocals, background vocals, percussion, arranger *Num Heru-ur Shutef Amon'Tehu – background vocals, percussion *Marie Della Thomas – background vocals *Joanne Williams – background vocals *Patrick Gordon – background vocals *Simone Gordon – background vocals *Melanie Lynch – background vocals *Celia Chavez – background vocals *Michael Hyde – keyboards *Earl Appleton – keyboards (tracks: 10, 11) *Ian "Beezy" Coleman – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar *Donovan Mackity – lead guitar *Andy Bassford – lead guitar *Chino Smith – lead guitar *Cecil Ordonez – lead guitar (track 7) *Linf ...
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Free Man
''Free Man'' is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear, released in 2003. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004. Track listing #"Trust" #"We Feel It" #"Ha Ha" #"Not Guilty" #"Rock and Roll" #"Hey Dready" #"Freeman" #"Loved For Who I Am" #"Rise Up" #"Old School" #"They Can't" #"Changes" Credits *All songs written by Winston Rodney *Published by Burning Spear Publishing *Recorded, Mixed, Edited and Mastered by Chris Daley at MVP ( The New Harry J) Studio, 10 Roosevelt Ave., Kingston, Jamaica, WI "Old School" and "They Can't" Recorded by Stephen Stewart *Assistant Engineer: Khabier Bonner *Remastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound NY, NY *Photography: Mark Seliger *Design: Helicopter *Listening Panel: Elise Kelly, Basil Walters, Roland Reid, Sonia Rodney, T. Boots Harris, Stephen Stewart *Special Thanks to all the musicians who worked on this project, engineer, assistant engineer and listening panel, all the ...
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Calling Rastafari
Calling Rastafari is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear. It was released on August 24, 1999 through Heartbeat Records. Recording sessions took place at Grove Music Studio in Ocho Rios. The album peaked at number 9 on the Reggae Albums chart in the United States. It won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000. Track listing Personnel ;Burning Band *Winston Rodney – vocals, percussion, arranger, producer, mixing *Stephen Stewart – keyboards *Num Heru-ur Shutef Amon'Tehu – percussion *Clyde Cummings – saxophone *James Smith – trumpet *Micah Robinson – trombone ;Additional musicians *Ian "Beezy" Coleman – harmony vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar *Carol "Passion" Nelson – harmony vocals *Rochelle Bradshaw – harmony vocals *Yvonne Patrick – harmony vocals *Lesline Kidd – harmony vocals *Wayne Arnold – lead guitar *Chris Meridith – bass guitar *Shawn "Mark" Dawson – drums *Uziah "Sticky" Thomps ...
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Appointment With His Majesty
''Appointment With His Majesty'' is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 40th Grammy Awards, in 1998. The album peaked at No. 10 on ''Billboards Reggae Albums chart. Production The title track is thought to be a polemic about the rise of dancehall music. "Play Jerry" is a tribute to Jerry Garcia. Critical reception ''The Washington Post'' wrote that "the reggae ... is typically swirling and hypnotic, but this is first and foremost message music." ''The Boston Globe'' thought that "the formula is simple: mesmerizing bass lines, snappy horns and Spear's own time-worn voice, reflecting conscious themes and Pan-African concerns." '' Stereo Review'' concluded that Spear "remains a quietly persuasive singer with often overlooked knacks for melody and topical bite; 'Commercial Development' and 'Don't Sell Out' strike back at the industrialization of both Jamaica and reggae." Track listing *All song ...
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Rasta Business
''Rasta Business'' is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear. It was released in 1995 through Heartbeat Records. Recording sessions took place at Grove Recording Studio in Ocho Rios. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards in 1996. Track listing Personnel *Winston Rodney – vocals, percussion, akete, harmony, producer *Carol "Passion" Nelson – harmony vocals *Nelson Miller – backing vocals (track 9), drums, percussion *Archibald "Tedo" Davis – backing vocals (track 9) *Jay Noel – synthesizer (tracks: 1, 4) * Robert Lyn – piano, synthesizers *Lenford Richards – lead guitar, funde *Rupert Bent – lead guitar *Lenval "Shayar" Jarrett – rhythm guitar *Paul Beckford – bass *Basil Cunningham – bass (track 11) *Alvin Haughton – percussion *Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion *Mark Wilson – saxophone *Dean Fraser – saxophone *Charles Dickey – trombone *Ronald "Nambo" Robinson – trombo ...
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The World Should Know (Burning Spear Album)
''The World Should Know'' is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear, released in 1993. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 36th Grammy Awards in 1994. Burning Spear supported the album with a North American tour. Production The album was produced by Winston Rodney and Nelson Miller. Critical reception ''Newsday'' noted that "the roots of Spear's heavily rhythmic and deeply spiritual music lie in the insistent patterns of Jamaica's Nyabinghi drummers, which Spear's Burning Band translates into solid drumming and playfully ornamental percussion." ''The Gazette'' deemed the album "embarrassingly short on substance and originality." The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote: "This consummately crafted collection features taut, muscular riddims, contemporary keyboard swirls and strong, jazzy horn lines behind Spear's inimitable village-elder voice delivering love songs and his perennial theme of personal identity." Track listing #"The World Shou ...
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Jah Kingdom
''Jah Kingdom'' is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Burning Spear, released in 1991. Burning Spear supported the album with a North American tour. Production ''Jah Kingdom'' was produced by Winston Rodney and Nelson Miller. Burning Spear employed horns and synthesizers on the album, which was recorded with the Burning Band. The cover of the Grateful Dead's "Estimated Prophet" first appeared on the tribute album ''Deadicated''. Critical reception ''Entertainment Weekly'' praised Rodney's "high silk voice." ''The Washington Post'' determined that, "pared down to the essentials, the arrangements generally mirror Rodney's economical phrasing, and if they're missing some of the grittiness that characterizes his singing (and some of his lyrics), at least the gloss isn't insufferably thick." ''The Gazette'' opined that the album "is crisply produced, pleasant enough and the band is hard at work, but the singer seems disinterested." The ''Boston Herald'' noted Rodney's "ability t ...
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Mek We Dweet
''Mek We Dweet'' is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear, released in 1990 via Island Records. The recording sessions took place at Tuff Gong Recording Studio in Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston. Burning Spear supported the album by touring with Reggae Sunsplash. The album peaked at number 2 on the World Albums chart in the United States, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album, Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards in 1991. Critical reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' wrote: "As Burning Spear looks to a future of justice and equality, he also envisions a music as modern, energetic and polished as anything young reggae lions like Ziggy Marley are doing today." Track listing Personnel *Burning Spear, Winston Rodney – vocals, drums, producer, executive producer *Lenford Richard – piano, lead guitar, flute *Robbie Lyn, Robert Lyn – piano, synthesizer *Lenval "Shayar" Jarrett – rhythm guitar *Paul Beckford ...
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Mistress Music
''Mistress Music'' is an album by the Jamaican musician Burning Spear, released in 1988 by Slash Records. It was produced by Burning Spear and Nelson Miller. Burning Spear supported the album with a North American tour. Critical reception ''The Gazette'' wrote that "''Mistress Music'' seems to be a logical step in a process by which Spear is trying to make his music more accessible without making more than minor concessions to commercialism." Track listing #"Tell The Children" #"Leader" #"Woman, I Love You" #"One Way" #"Negril" #"Mistress Music" #"Love Garvey" #"Tell Me, Tell Me" #"Say You Are In Love" #"Fly Me To The Moon" Credits *All Songs Written By Winston Rodney *Published By Burning Spear Publishing PRS *Executive Producer - A Burning Music Production 18 Hill Street, St. Ann's Bay *Recorded At - Tuff Gong Recording Studios, Kingston, Jamaica *Recording Engineer - Gary Sutherland *Mixed At - Sound Ideas Studio, New York *Mixing Engineers - Michael Sauvage and Mervyn Will ...
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Greensleeves Records
Greensleeves Records & Publishing, shortened to ''Greensleeves Records'', is a record label specializing in dancehall and reggae music. The company was founded by Chris Cracknell and Chris Sedgwick. Based in Britain, Greensleeves Records started as a small record store in West Ealing, London, in November 1975.Campbell, Howard (2012)Greensleeves Records paves way for dancehall, ''Jamaica Observer'', 4 July 2012, retrieved 2012-07-05Michael De Koningh, Marc Griffiths. ''Tighten Up!: The History of Reggae in the UK''. Sanctuary, 2003, pp. 217-218. The record label was founded in 1977, with early releases including albums by Augustus Pablo and Barrington Levy. They have released records by Red Rat, Anthony Johnson, Barrington Levy, Billy Boyo, Chezidek, Dennis Brown, Dr Alimantado, Eek-A-Mouse, Elephant Man, Freddie McGregor, Gregory Isaacs, Keith Hudson, Mad Cobra, Scientist, Shabba Ranks, Sizzla, Vybz Kartel and Yellowman, and have had crossover pop hits with Tippa Irie's "Hell ...
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