Calling Rastafari is a studio album by

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singer

Burning Spear Winston Rodney OD (born 1 March 1945), better known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician. Burning Spear is a Rastafarian and one of the most influential and long-standing roots ...

. It was released on August 24, 1999 through

Heartbeat Records Heartbeat Records is an independent record label based in Burlington, Massachusetts. The label specializes in Jamaican music. Founded by reggae music enthusiasts Bill Nowlin and Duncan Brown, the label's first release was a vinyl LP reissue of L ...

. Recording sessions took place at Grove Music Studio in

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. The album peaked at number 9 on the

Reggae Albums The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in ''Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, pr ...

chart in the United States. It won the

Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1985 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre. Honors in sev ...

at the

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in 2000.

Track listing

Personnel

;Burning Band *

Winston Rodney Winston Rodney OD (born 1 March 1945), better known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician. Burning Spear is a Rastafarian and one of the most influential and long-standing roots ar ...

– 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" Thompson Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson (1 August 1936 – 25 August 2014) was a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active from the late 1950s. He worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums. Biog ...

– percussion *Howard "Saxy" Messam – saxophone *Chico Chin – trumpet ;Technicals *Sonia Rodney – executive producer *Barry O'Hare – engineering, mixing *Toby Mountain – mastering *Joshua Blood – supervisor, lyric transcription *Anne Murdock – design *David Corio – photography

Chart history

References

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{{Authority control 1999 albums Burning Spear albums Heartbeat Records albums Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album